Keeping it "symple"

[Cheeseburger]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/Cheeseburger5203/P1013691.jpg
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http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/Cheeseburger5203/P1013692.jpg

[A18A]

hot!! :D :thumbup:

[Cheeseburger]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/Cheeseburger5203/P1013696.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/Cheeseburger5203/P1013697.jpg
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http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/Cheeseburger5203/P1013708.jpg

To be continued with the rest of the symple crew.....

[Cheeseburger]

and yes i know i need to put on the grill :P

[Civic Accord Honda]

Nice And Sexy Chesse :d Keeping It Real :d

[Civic Accord Honda]

and yes i know i need to put on the grill :P
should get a new 86-87 grill and paint it black and paint your eyelids black and do nightshades on markers :D will match the carbon hood good

[Cheeseburger]

nope going with the 89 grill :P

[frantik]

nice.. hot pix and hot ride :bow:

[Hazwan]

dude thats hot as hell!

[A18A]

so how do you get the hood so open like that? and how is it staying there?

[frantik]

3geezus is holding it :D

[A18A]

oh that makes sense :D

[frantik]

nope going with the 89 grill and jdm corners :P

fixed that for you :lol:

[2oodoor]

You car ...she a lookin real good right about now

great shots

[87LXiR]

Nice.... whered'ja get it and for how much if you dont mind my asking because i want that hotness.....give it to meeeeeee.......:bow:

[87lxiaccord]

Is that hood one of the ebay ones? It looks really nice man, and I love your tires.

[MessyHonda]

looks good

[Toneloc5145]

I looked at this thread earlier today and didn't like the hood, but now that I came back and looked again, I actually do like it. It kinda grew on me, that fast. That would look good with a set of JDM corners. Nice quality pictures too.

[HostileJava]

Nice! I'd paint the sides of the hoods to get it to flow a bit better. But it looks good.

[Hash_man_Se_i]

Lookin good cheese. Some really nice pics too.

[bullard123]

Ole Busted Blue is back again! Looks good cheese. Feel any difference with the weight reduction?? I wonder how it will look with black rims to go with the hood. And I agree that the tint or smoked look will go good with the carbonfiber.

[Estimated Prophet]

Car looks sweet as hell but I gotta know how you get the hood to do that. That's my favorite part.

[reanimator420]

wut color you painting it?



































































j/k sexy hood

[Pico]

Dam that is BEAUTIFUL!!!! Cheese....:thumbup:
(I want one now)

[reanimator420]

Car looks sweet as hell but I gotta know how you get the hood to do that. That's my favorite part.

looks dangerous to me, i would not want to be working under there and a strong gust blow it over!!! are you getting hood pins cheese? ive seen alot of disaster with those hoods flying up

[snoopyloopy]

sweet. looks nice. and the unpainted hood doesn't look too bad w/ the rest of the car color like some colors cause them to.

[TWOLOUDNPROUD]

Now Thats( @ )Y( @ ):rockon:

[89T]

nice!

[JHAAz]

F-in sweet! I need one of those for my white 3G... My B-day was yesterday... Anyone want to pitch in for a Birthday gift? :birthday:

Jeremy

[Pico]

Cheese were did you get the hood from? and it has the rolled edges right?

[BITESIZE]

When did you get it and how much?

[forrest89sei]

VERY NICE!! :D :thumbup: Like I said the other night "Mag Quality Pics"

[drago742]

yes that is hot i like it

[Civic Accord Honda]

X2

[jschatte]

looks alot nicer than your old dented hood :)

[89l_x_i]

looks awesome bro but get a grill and it would look much better.

[guaynabo89]

looks good on your car.

You dont need to paint it, the blue and cf contrast nicely. If you need any help on how to get that grille attached on nicely let me know.

[Civic Accord Honda]

he wants to paint the car the same OEM color

[frantik]

the black/blue looks really good dont paint imo

[Civic Accord Honda]

i think he is keeping the hood the same just repainting the body and bumpers

[Cheeseburger]

thanks for the comments guys. as far as painting the hood i am only going to get a nice coat of clear coat on it

[frantik]

w00t clearcoat FTW

[lostforawhile]

looks good cheese meister,old post whore old pal. you ought to post a pic of when your old hood flew up on the freeway,on the way to the meet,you've come a long way. I might work on something for the grill let me think for a couple of days. there used to be somebody on here who could wrap items in carbon fiber,whatever happened to that? what you need on the corner markers is something really different,what about corner markers you can see through with carbon fiber on the inside and the proper colored bulbs? a convex lens with leds behind it under the clear outer part of the light would look good. actually the 86 87 eyebrows and corners would look better with the hood then the later ones,they look almost like carbon fiber,instead of the straight lines.

[Civic Accord Honda]

i agree the 86-87 eyelids and croner do look more like carbon

[88accordhb]

wowwowwia! no grill for the lost. NICE

[mkymonkey]

hmmm...thos are NICE pics....i specially like the first one with the carbon fiber and the symple crew logo...i wonder who made them look soo fucking pimp status lol

[Cheeseburger]

i wanna thank monkey for cleaning the pics up for me :P












































































there u happy now

[mkymonkey]

i wanna thank monkey for cleaning the pics up for me :P

there u happy now

yep :D thanks

[Civic Accord Honda]

lol

[BITESIZE]

What front lip do you have?!?!

[Civic Accord Honda]

its from a 5gee

[Cheeseburger]

its a 5th get lip bitesize

[lostforawhile]

cheese burger,pm me your adress again, i'm gonna send you a sample of paint on a square,see if it's close to your hood. thats more of a graphite gray color right?

[lostforawhile]

cheese burger,pm me your adress again, i'm gonna send you a sample of paint on a square,see if it's close to your hood. thats more of a graphite gray color right? if it ever gets warmer again,i'm going to play with some crystal clear pourable acrylic plastic,as far as those corner markers go.

[blazin3gen]

damn abe!! the 3gee is lookin hella good!

[Cheeseburger]

thanks man! glad u like!

[Cheeseburger]

i dont think i wanna do the carbon fiber corners. im just planning on getting some jdm corners :D

[BITESIZE]

So like a 93-96 accord?

[Cheeseburger]

its from 94-97. the 93 are still the 4th gen

[frantik]

i dont think i wanna do the carbon fiber corners. im just planning on getting some jdm corners :D

:thumbup: there's some on ebay right now :welcome:

[Cheeseburger]

:thumbup: there's some on ebay right now :welcome:

would u like to buy them for me?

[mkymonkey]

ill sell you mine for 120 :D lol

[Cheeseburger]

ill trade u a $300 flash light for them :P

[mkymonkey]

bitch ass

[Cheeseburger]

ur gain my loss :p

[TWOLOUDNPROUD]

bump

[speedpenguin]

Your car is looking CLEAN! I'm very impressed. I do agree that you should get a set of hood pins, though. Not one of those cheap-ass Pep Boys sets either. Get a nice-looking racing set.

Sorry I misssed this thread earlier

[Cheeseburger]

thanks for the bump 2loud :)

thanks speedpenquin :)

[Cheeseburger]

bump


smart man!

[guaynabo89]

if you do decide to get pins get the low profile key ones, preferably the ones with a nicw cf trim.

i think they look alot better than the slip pin ones.

you see about getting that grille on yet?

[civic_90_08]

Car looks sweet as hell but I gotta know how you get the hood to do that. That's my favorite part.
that shit is hot bro...i like the old school hondas such as yours. I want one like it...bad. Even more after seeing yours like this

-Jordan

[Cheeseburger]

thanks!

[Busted_Blue]

5th gen lip 94-95 accord lip. I know cause i bought it :P

[Cheeseburger]

like i said 5th gen lip :D

[Zufer]

You car looks great, and i don't think you can adjust it, but i feel that it would look even better lowered more. Just a thought.

[Bones]

Sorry for resurecting an old thread (not really ... it looks sharp).

Have you mounted the grill yet? If so could you describe how it was done?

[2oodoor]

Cheese's car looks really good in this thread, it has been reborn since then so I dont know if it looks better or not:kekeke:


:thumbup:

[Bones]

I just recently aquired a carbon fiber hood but it doesn't seem to have the holes for the grill to be mounted. I tried to look for a how-to on mounting the grill but had no luck.

I want to set it up like the stock hood with the windshield washer nozzles in place, the washer tubing mounted like stock, the grill mounted like stock as well, and NO hood pins if I can avoid it.

[lostforawhile]

i wouldn't mind having a carbon fiber hood if the top was painted to look like the steel hood,so it would be a neat trick to open the hood at shows to see the bottom is carbon fiber. likea stealth hood. hey on the one without the holes for the grill mounting take a picture of the bottom side i might have the solution for you on fixing that. picture of the area where the grill is supposed to mount.

[MessyHonda]

i remember at the meet he had cut the back support of the hood and just added a washer and a luck nut to keep the grill in place...every smart idea

[lostforawhile]

i was going to suggest riv nuts,they are a plate with a welded on nut,you install each one of them with two rivets each . these allow you to add a threaded nut to a thin section of material that can't be threaded. these are used a lot in aircraft skins, and a lot of race teams that use real carbon fiber, use them to hold those panels in place on the car body. i will try to find a picture.

[lostforawhile]

correction i meant to say nut plate,these are available from pegasus racing for around 46 cents or so apiece. you have someone hold the grill in position on the hood, you carefully mark each location where the bolt centers will go,now carefully centerdrill each marking so you have a starting point for the drill, now drill each hole so the round part of the nut plate slides into it, now drill and rivet each nut plate into place. now you have a solid mounting point for your grill. i have these all over my car for replacing those dam square plastic things the screws go into. http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/Images/L/MS21047.JPG picture isn't working,so heres the link. http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productselection.asp?Product=MS21047

[2drSE-i]

so do the carbon fiber hoods have cutouts for washers or not?

[lostforawhile]

so do the carbon fiber hoods have cutouts for washers or not?with these nut plates they are a blind installation, you drill the hole,install one of these and rivet it in place

[Bones]

The bottom of the hood looks like they made a mold of the stock hood skeleton with tape in any open holes ... so I can see where the bolt holes are supposed to be.

Those rivet on blind nuts look like the perfect solution. :bow:

Now to see if there's someplace in town to get some of those. I'll probably go down to Jegs later tonight to see if they have some in stock.

[gfrg88]

wow dude, it looked really nice before... i still think people will lke the new look ;)

[LxAcc510]

Lovin your rims and the overall condition of your car.

If you ask me though, the cf hood can go.


:thumbup:

[88accordhb]

derek's old car/abe's current car is da shit!

[ICEMAN707]

Looks perfect! Where did you get that carbon hood from and how much? What's the brand? Symple? Never heard of it.

[markmdz89hatch]

there had been a group buy back in '01 (if I remember right) to get the production of these hoods started, and plenty have been made since. i don't remember exactly what company made (is making) them, but they're around.

They did just take a mold of the stock skeleton, and it's made of fiberglass, not c/f (just the skeleton is fiber that is, not the main skin).

Anyone ever consider using stainless steel T-nuts (used extensively in marine applications)?

[2drSE-i]

so do the carbon fiber hoods have cutouts for washer nozzles or not?

[markmdz89hatch]

Nope. No cutouts on the c/f hoods.

[Bones]

there had been a group buy back in '01 (if I remember right) to get the production of these hoods started, and plenty have been made since. i don't remember exactly what company made (is making) them, but they're around.

They did just take a mold of the stock skeleton, and it's made of fiberglass, not c/f (just the skeleton is fiberglass that is, not the main skin).

The guy I got my new hood from told me it's from that original group buy. He had the padded wooden blocks used for shipping still attached to it. After 7 years it's about time it actually ended up on a car. I'll post updated photos in the "Fresh pics of "Rough Life" thread when I get everything mounted up.

[mykwikcoupe]

there had been a group buy back in '01 (if I remember right) to get the production of these hoods started, and plenty have been made since. i don't remember exactly what company made (is making) them, but they're around.

They did just take a mold of the stock skeleton, and it's made of fiberglass, not c/f (just the skeleton is fiber that is, not the main skin).

Anyone ever consider using stainless steel T-nuts (used extensively in marine applications)?

I do believe there are 2 types being made. Most have cut edges around the corners and the original group buy was for rolled edges. Ive been looking and asking all the ebay companies if theres are rolled or cut. Id pay major bucks for a CF hood without washer nozzles. I cant find anyone willing to modifiy them though. I wish i could find the contact for the company that makes them and see if they will make me one.

[Bones]

mine seems to have cut edges but didn't have cut-outs for washer nozzles or any way to mount up a grill.

I had to get hood locks to hold down the drivers side since the whole thing seems to be twisted ... possibly long term storage issues if it wasn't stored perfectly flat. I guess now that I've HAD to drill it for a couple different things, I might as well mount the washers in the stock position as well.

[wprocomp]

I do believe there are 2 types being made. Most have cut edges around the corners and the original group buy was for rolled edges. Ive been looking and asking all the ebay companies if theres are rolled or cut. Id pay major bucks for a CF hood without washer nozzles. I cant find anyone willing to modifiy them though. I wish i could find the contact for the company that makes them and see if they will make me one.

I have the only hood sold from the group buy-and i have never mounted it its just sitting in a box in the corner

[mykwikcoupe]

I have the only hood sold from the group buy-and i have never mounted it its just sitting in a box in the corner

if you ever feel like selling it let me know how it looks and send me a couple pics. Let me know. I think you had it for sale when you sold your mugen front bumper. If i remember correctly it was 300 plus shipping then? What did you feel like asking for it this time. If its in great new shape Im very interested. Thanks, Mike

[Bones]

Next ya need to replace the 88/89 style side moulding with the 86/87 style to give the sides a less cluttered look.

[Krisverde]

Well that's different.