Carbon Fiber hood
10-28-2006, 08:24 PM
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Carbon Fiber hood
My wife dropped a light on my hood and put a major dent in it which popped paint out of the dent down to the primer. Makes me ill, I don't even want to drive it...BUT...she feels pretty bad and wants to get me a Carbon Fiber hood to replace it. SO...first, who has these that are high quality, how much will she expect to pay, how much will shipping be, how hard is the install, and are they true carbon fiber, not just some wrapping, and does it reduce any weight really?
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10-28-2006, 11:15 PM
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My wife dropped a light on my hood and put a major dent in it which popped paint out of the dent down to the primer. Makes me ill, I don't even want to drive it...BUT...she feels pretty bad and wants to get me a Carbon Fiber hood to replace it. SO...first, who has these that are high quality, how much will she expect to pay, how much will shipping be, how hard is the install, and are they true carbon fiber, not just some wrapping, and does it reduce any weight really?
Many thanks for answering any of the questions above.
Bif
Many thanks for answering any of the questions above.
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they are pretty good quality.
expect to pay $600-700 for a new one or $300-400 for a used one
shipping will cost around $50
it is a pretty basic install, all the parts are the same
they are made of real carbon fiber
it does weigh a lot less than the stock hood.
i am going to get one soon.
make sure to only use one hood strut or you can crack the hood
10-29-2006, 01:52 AM
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10-29-2006, 01:17 AM
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Get ready to strap some hood pins on that bad boy 
BTW Unpainted CF hoods should weigh less then half of what the real hood weighs. In my maxima days they weighed around 16lb's as apposed to 45ish.
BTW Unpainted CF hoods should weigh less then half of what the real hood weighs. In my maxima days they weighed around 16lb's as apposed to 45ish.
10-29-2006, 01:17 AM
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Thanks for the information - why will one strut cause it to break? Seems like two would give you more uniform stress across the thing as you closed/lifted it?
Thanks again for the good information!
Thanks again for the good information!
10-29-2006, 01:33 AM
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CF hoods are so light 2 struts will make the hood snap into the air and it will also make it harder to shut. Half the weight means you only need half the strut.
10-29-2006, 03:02 AM
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let me know when you find a good line on one...just fyi, VIS hoods are garbage and are not full CF, it is just a weave over fiberglass...i would like one as well, but getting one that is full CF will probably be hard to find unless someone is already manufacturing one...
10-30-2006, 09:53 AM
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Sorry to hear about your hood, Bif!
10-30-2006, 10:21 AM
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let me know when you find a good line on one...just fyi, VIS hoods are garbage and are not full CF, it is just a weave over fiberglass...i would like one as well, but getting one that is full CF will probably be hard to find unless someone is already manufacturing one...
FYI i doubt you will find an all carbon fiber hood. Mostly all will have fiberglass reinforcnents for street applications. And if you do find an all carbon one plan to spend at least $1500 on it if not more. The trick is to find one with the least fiberglass. Carbon shell with fiberglass structure would be the lightest. If you are painting it i would just buy an all fiberglass one still alot lighter and less expensive.
10-31-2006, 04:17 AM
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VIS like other said the only one out there. fitment is good, but running the stock hood shock will likely destroy the mounting point on the hood. I would recommand some type of softer hood shock.
the VIS hood's not a real-real CF hood. They're made with CF layers with fiberglass and resin back, not like the real-real CF material which is high pressure-temperature baked with resin.
the VIS hood's not a real-real CF hood. They're made with CF layers with fiberglass and resin back, not like the real-real CF material which is high pressure-temperature baked with resin.
