CF Hood?

[86LXItooFAST4me]

oh, so no one knows the actual wieght of the hood?

[guaynabo89]

the CF hood sucks... dont get it. AND YES I am being serious

Am I goign to have to drive up there to gt your hood situation straightened out?

































Well maybe you better drive down here.

[88LXi68]

Am I goign to have to drive up there to gt your hood situation straightened out?

Well maybe you better drive down here.

Check your PMs!

[Justin86]

I'm most likely just going to cut the webbing under the hood. the cheap easy mods are the best.

[DeathRat]

I'm most likely just going to cut the webbing under the hood. the cheap easy mods are the best.

The only thing I see wrong with that is you'll lose the stability at higher speeds due to the air flow under the hood. The hood may fly open because it can't stay rigid enough to keep locked. I have enough trouble with a stock hood at 120 MPH as is right now, as it looks like it may fly open.

[Justin86]

damn I have gone 130mph with the stock hood no problem. hood pins might be a good idea. I know some people have done this, as for a speed test I'm not sure.

[86LXItooFAST4me]

yeah, i would say hood pins too if you like to go that fast all the time. but they really dont look to great on our cars for some reason. IMO

[DeathRat]

yeah, i would say hood pins too if you like to go that fast all the time. but they really dont look to great on our cars for some reason. IMO

Yeah well....looks is not as important as staying alive. lol
I do drive fast, I've got some photo radar tickets to prove it too! lol

[86LXItooFAST4me]

hey deathrat, you gotta how to on your front clip that you made? or what you used anyway. i like it with the wide driving lights.

[smufguy]

hey deathrat, you gotta how to on your front clip that you made? or what you used anyway. i like it with the wide driving lights.

Its a body kit dude. also Deathrat, i see u have 17" wheels and big brake kit and lowered it 2" how come none of the actual pics have any resemblence to it?

[86LXItooFAST4me]

not the one he has on now, the other one on his cardom site. it shows it in two pieces on his table. unless they started selling front clips in two sections or he cut it, i think he made.

[Vinny]

Its a body kit dude. also Deathrat, i see u have 17" wheels and big brake kit and lowered it 2" how come none of the actual pics have any resemblence to it?

Maybe because those things are listed as Mod "Wish List"

[Justin86]

Yea I'm not crazy about hood pins but I will throw some on if they will have some benefit. I'm not crazy about apperance mods so if it dosen't have a positive impact I really won't do it.

[DeathRat]

Its a body kit dude. also Deathrat, i see u have 17" wheels and big brake kit and lowered it 2" how come none of the actual pics have any resemblence to it?

Read it again...That's what I want in my WISH LIST section.....That's why there is no pics of it YET!

BTW! Thnx Vinny!

[DeathRat]

hey deathrat, you gotta how to on your front clip that you made? or what you used anyway. i like it with the wide driving lights.

Page two of my Car Domain site basically shows a "Work In Progress" of my modified ground fx.

Those driving lights are the signal lights actually....All my modifications are listed in my "Mods List" on the first page too.....This includes what parts I used & whom made them as well.

The whole project was done over last winter, & was finished during a week of vacation time I took off (used about 50 hours) to do the final prep & fitting.

[DeathRat]

not the one he has on now, the other one on his cardom site. it shows it in two pieces on his table. unless they started selling front clips in two sections or he cut it, i think he made.

The two pieces on the table were both the Front & the Rear fascias!
The LH piece is the Rear Fascia, the RH piece is the Front Fascia.
I assume you're talking about this pic???

[86LXItooFAST4me]

yeah, thats a actual body kit? it kinda looks like you fabricated them. my bad.

[DeathRat]

yeah, thats a actual body kit? it kinda looks like you fabricated them. my bad.

It's a sedan Erebuni kit! I just heavily modified it instead of starting from scratch.

[Free_3G]

i like CF but a hood that is wraped in CF isnt very appealing IMO. and what does our hood wieght? 30-35 lbs? a CF hood weights about 10 so thats pretty good, worthless if thats the only wieght reduction you have yes. bbut wrapped? that is ask anyone. i mean what ever floats your bout, this is just IMO.


im in northside austin. im working right now in the heart of austin downtown on 38th street. ever been to austin?

Not to put you down or anything, but 10-15lbs can give you an edge. Any little bit of weight saved is speed gained.

[ICEMAN707]

i won't pay $270 for a plain carbon fiber hood like that. now if it was EVO style or has some nice vents in it, i might consider it... but not a stock copy of the original hood.

[DeathRat]

i won't pay $270 for a plain carbon fiber hood like that. now if it was EVO style or has some nice vents in it, i might consider it... but not a stock copy of the original hood.

You must remember that CF is more $$$ too. I do agree that just stock replacement is too pricy though......I would like to see some custom hoods is CF actually.

[crwa]

I bought a cf hood from Princeof auction on ebay and its great... Very clean and finished and it fit well, it was just a pain to line it up perfectly...

I know its stock looking, but I don't see why you guys want aggressive looking hoods like evo style and such, our cars arn't aggressive looking so I think it would look out of place to have a stock bodied car with a mean looking hood...

[Vanilla Sky]

i'd do it with a stock replica hood... i would have it painted, though... probably cut a ram-air scoop into it, too

[smufguy]

I bought a cf hood from Princeof auction on ebay and its great... Very clean and finished and it fit well, it was just a pain to line it up perfectly...

I know its stock looking, but I don't see why you guys want aggressive looking hoods like evo style and such, our cars arn't aggressive looking so I think it would look out of place to have a stock bodied car with a mean looking hood...

well i wont mind having a vent in the hood or on the side corners of it cause to disperse the heat from the engine bay. Turbo generates a lot of heat and to cool it down faster, its much easier to have a place where the extra heat can vent thru, so u can have a better cooling of the engine and the turbines itself by air.

[TheAsianInside]

Yeah I bought mine from prince of auction too...and yeah it was a pain to line up but it looks good so I was cool with that...everyone who sees it likes it so yeah...