i'm thinking i would benefit from lightening up my car, im wondering though, if i put a carbon fiber hood and maybe a carbon fiber trunk on my TSX, would it look dumb since my tsx is black? and would it make much of a difference?

 

I don't think it would look the best, but if you got the hood and trunk, it would look better than just the hood. CF stuff just doesn't work well with a black car.

 

how about carbon grey?

 

It's all in the eye of the beholder. If you like it then do it. It will lighten the vehicle up some, maybe 50 lbs.

 

would my quarter mile change much? And does anyone have a pic of black with CF?

 

not much!!~

 

you sure? 50 pounds is alot

 

fine, you will save .000000001 sec

 

Only good thing having CF hood and trunk makes better blance!!~ close to 50-50!

 

50 pounds is not much, but a decent amount of weight especially for where its located. it'll lower the center of gravity a teensy bit, but I don't think the changes would be noticable.

That being said, I would rather have lightweight rims for better acceleration, deceleration, and handling.

 

why would lightweight rims take off that much? wouldnt they only be like a total of 20lbs or so?

 

Because rims are unsprung weight (i.e. not supported by the suspension).

 

a couple of cars here with carbon fiber hoods:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28640

 

WHO THINKS A CARBON FIBER TRUNK AND HOOD WOULD LOOK GOOD ON A NHBP TSX???
i'M THINKING OF DOING IT BUT i CANT FIND ANY EXAMPLES OF IT...... DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY PICS OF THIS....., ON ANY CAR FOR THAT MATTER???? THANKS TO ANYONE WITH SOME HELP.......

 

Dude stop screaming

 

LMAO!

 

paint the cf trunk and hood nbp

 

lighter rims = more power to the wheels

carbon fiber hood/trunk is purely aesthetic because shaving off 50 or w/e pounds isnt going to help much with your 1/4 mile time,

 

Does anybody have any pictures of a NHBP TSX with Carbon-fiber trunk/hood........???? Im having a hard time picturing it. Maybe if you matched the carbon fiber with rims that are the same color it wouldnt look that bad???? What does everyone think?????

 

right... The wheels would be a larger help.


Unless you are going for serious weight reduction. Adding CF hood and trunk isn't really going to do much.

If you want to lose 50lbs... go on a diet You will get the same effect and you will be healthier to boot.... or take out your spare tire.

95% of people that get CF hoods say it is for weight reduction but it is really for looks.

I prefer painted CF hoods

 

still would like to see what it looks like.......??? I will probably end up painting it though....., just curious...

 

here is a google searched one.. bmw, but its black

 

thanks Ducky_TSX..............

 

here is one......., I think its a NHBP............., what does everyone think??????

http://www.tsxparts.com/images/TSXof...pics%20021.jpg

 

i was thinking of doing the CF hood and truck conversion.. but then decided it wouldnt look right.. IMO thumbs down unless it was any other color

 

I think that looks decent. Of course on black you wont notice it as much..

But you also wont get people saying you need to paint your hood.

Hey.. your kind of local btw !

 

why stop with the hood and trunk? why not carbon fibre out your whole ride? do the roof, fender and tail lights while youre at it.

 

wtf?? so you can crash and die by cf..... I thought about purchasing the hood only to protect my weak ass paint on oem hood from rock chips but too expensive..

 

I think is look aight.

 

i say go for it, just make sure the cf is of good quality

 

i think carbon fiber would look good on every color except carbon grey, but i dunno i might change my mind if i see one in person.

 

^ There's a few Carbon Grey here with CF hood and I think it's fine. I might do it too..

 

get the silver carbon fiber hood and trunk. anyone seen those roaming around on ebay?

 

I havent seen the silver ones....., and I have been looking recently.

 

I think a Carbon Fiber hood will only look good on a white or silver tsx. Thats just me though. Give it a try and we will see.

 

i have a nhbp and i would also like to see a cf hood and trunk on a black tsx. although i would never get, just curious.

yeah be the guinea pig

 

Rims take off more weight as each pound of rotating weight shed equates to 8lbs of weight off the car. Thus if you shave 20lbs of wheel weight, you shave 160 off the car in terms of accelration. At least that is what I have been told.

 

if u drive a manual the first thing i would do is get a light weight fly wheel. on other cars ive seen normally a 10hp increase