carbon fiber hood comparison test?
07-26-2004, 10:40 AM
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carbon fiber hood comparison test?
hey, anyone know how many vendors make C/F hoods for our car now? where we can get them? how much they are? and how much weight they all take off? lets do a comparison test if anyone has any good info....
07-26-2004, 10:47 AM
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just call vis, their tsx hood is $441.... the guy says our hood is aluminum and already light weight... only saves 10 - 15lbs? anyone have any more exact measurements?
anyone else want to throw in more info?
anyone else want to throw in more info?
07-26-2004, 10:57 AM
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not many members here have the CF hood
i got a CG TSX too and also think about getting one myself, have you acutally seen one in person? or any pictures of CG TSX + CF hood!?
so far VIS, FiberImage, Phase, Seibon, Feel's have CF hood available for TSX, usually USDM CF hoods cost somewhere from 400~500, JDM CF hoods cost somewhere from 900~1200, of course JDMs are better quality/weave/fitment
just put those names onto google and you can find out where to get them
again, you've got any pictures of CG TSX + CF hood!? ^o^
i got a CG TSX too and also think about getting one myself, have you acutally seen one in person? or any pictures of CG TSX + CF hood!?
so far VIS, FiberImage, Phase, Seibon, Feel's have CF hood available for TSX, usually USDM CF hoods cost somewhere from 400~500, JDM CF hoods cost somewhere from 900~1200, of course JDMs are better quality/weave/fitment
just put those names onto google and you can find out where to get them
again, you've got any pictures of CG TSX + CF hood!? ^o^
07-26-2004, 12:11 PM
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went to racing zone here in orlando florida, and they told me that i should go for JDM hoods over domestic hoods because over time, the domestic hoods sink-in a bit due to cheap quality, personally never saw this happen, but im fairly new into the import scene. I guess u get what u pay for...
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08-06-2004, 01:12 PM
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um... i felt the same way.. but when i said that today at racing zone, the guy starts bragging about how good v.i.s. is..and claims he can get it for me for 450.... what yall think?
08-06-2004, 02:16 PM
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vis cf hood is one sheet of cf overlay on fiberglass backing made in taiwan by some underaged and underpaid kid. fiber image hood is a true cf hood ( frame is still made out of fiberglass though) and that's some hood you can jump on!
08-09-2004, 11:09 AM
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i have seen several VIS hoods in the past, people around me just happen to like VIS, honestly they are not good, some of them even have to be fixed a bit to fit in, but there's no doubt that VIS's price is too attractive
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Originally Posted by dagigu
i have seen several VIS hoods in the past, people around me just happen to like VIS, honestly they are not good, some of them even have to be fixed a bit to fit in, but there's no doubt that VIS's price is too attractive
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good for your friends, but somehow my friends are not quite lucky, two VIS hoods had to be modifiied a bit to fit into their cars
as for the finish, last week a garage showed me one USDM CF hood (not sure who made it) and one Phase CF hood (finally i got a chance to check it out), i have to say...Phase's CF hood has way better weave patterns, and so smooth and clean, but ya...the owner forgot which company made that USDM hoods, otherwise i can get a good comparison from it^^
as for the finish, last week a garage showed me one USDM CF hood (not sure who made it) and one Phase CF hood (finally i got a chance to check it out), i have to say...Phase's CF hood has way better weave patterns, and so smooth and clean, but ya...the owner forgot which company made that USDM hoods, otherwise i can get a good comparison from it^^
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I was looking at the CF hood on the king motor sports web site, has anyone had an expierance(sp?) with siebon? I've never heard of this company, its only 600 and if the quality is comparable to the JDM hoods I just might be picking this up soon. thanks for any info you guys might have.
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Originally Posted by acuratsx03
well, what do you think the Acura would quote a painted hood for?
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