CL with Carbon fibre hood.
09-06-2002, 11:18 AM
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well i would paint it body color...but it cant do anything but help in the heavily bias'd weight distribution...now move the battery to the trunk and you may as well use a light weight one while you're at it
09-06-2002, 11:37 AM
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those rims look like the SEMA rims....they're hot as hell !!!
BTW....i'm sellin 3 18" chrome Ace Mantas (same as above, but CHROME)... for 1500$$$ they have like 300 miles on the tires, and are in flawless condition! one rim was cracked in a accident i got in, so i'm selling the other 3...i bought them for $2800 with tires a few months ago....please only if your in tri-state area...
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I saw a carbon fiber hood on a CL somewhere on the forum, it looks hot, just like every CF hood on any car does....
BTW....i'm sellin 3 18" chrome Ace Mantas (same as above, but CHROME)... for 1500$$$ they have like 300 miles on the tires, and are in flawless condition! one rim was cracked in a accident i got in, so i'm selling the other 3...i bought them for $2800 with tires a few months ago....please only if your in tri-state area...
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I saw a carbon fiber hood on a CL somewhere on the forum, it looks hot, just like every CF hood on any car does....
09-06-2002, 12:44 PM
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No one seems to offer a custom CF hood for our car. It would save a bunch of weight and you could put some small, non-ricey heat extractors near the top of it to help cool our sweltering engine bay.
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09-06-2002, 01:55 PM
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i dont have it on my car.. but i can get it..... for really cheap..... bUT i dont want it... cuz the CF hood i can get is really thin...
09-06-2002, 02:17 PM
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I don’t like the Carbon Fiber hood look.
Whenever I see one on a car I think it looks like the guy got in an accident and couldn’t afford to paint the damaged pieces.
Shawn S
Whenever I see one on a car I think it looks like the guy got in an accident and couldn’t afford to paint the damaged pieces.
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09-06-2002, 03:19 PM
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The rims don't match the car. Nobody should put chrome rims on a silver car....and then leave it at the stock height. The hood would look better if that car was dumped on some gunmetal rims.
09-06-2002, 03:22 PM
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Originally posted by oonowindoo
i dont have it on my car.. but i can get it..... for really cheap..... bUT i dont want it... cuz the CF hood i can get is really thin...
i dont have it on my car.. but i can get it..... for really cheap..... bUT i dont want it... cuz the CF hood i can get is really thin...
09-06-2002, 04:14 PM
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Originally posted by AcuraTypeSboi
How much is a carbom fober hood for teh Cl-S?
How much is a carbom fober hood for teh Cl-S?
around 400
09-06-2002, 04:18 PM
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Originally posted by Shawn S
I don’t like the Carbon Fiber hood look.
Whenever I see one on a car I think it looks like the guy got in an accident and couldn’t afford to paint the damaged pieces.
Shawn S
I don’t like the Carbon Fiber hood look.
Whenever I see one on a car I think it looks like the guy got in an accident and couldn’t afford to paint the damaged pieces.
Shawn S
09-06-2002, 04:29 PM
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Originally posted by tripod
i agree... and now if you look closely alot of people drive around with black hoods, hoping people will think its a CF..haha
i agree... and now if you look closely alot of people drive around with black hoods, hoping people will think its a CF..haha
09-06-2002, 04:40 PM
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As far as I can see from the picture, it looks the same. I would think if someone was going to come out with a custom hood, they would incorporate vents in it for cooling purposes...and it would look cool too.
09-06-2002, 06:53 PM
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Originally posted by SJ Silver Type-S
The rims don't match the car. Nobody should put chrome rims on a silver car....and then leave it at the stock height. The hood would look better if that car was dumped on some gunmetal rims.
The rims don't match the car. Nobody should put chrome rims on a silver car....and then leave it at the stock height. The hood would look better if that car was dumped on some gunmetal rims.
09-06-2002, 07:41 PM
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If i get a carbon fiber hood id paint it ASAP!!!
U.V. rays deteriorate the carbon fast!!! look at older motorcycles with C/F mufflers. the top is probably faded and cracking, thats from U.V.
U.V. rays deteriorate the carbon fast!!! look at older motorcycles with C/F mufflers. the top is probably faded and cracking, thats from U.V.
09-06-2002, 09:05 PM
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Originally posted by bigman
That's not a real hood, i did that with photoshop.
That's not a real hood, i did that with photoshop.
but i don't think it would look good on a CLASSY silver car (cf hoods look kinda good on a silver civic or integra). i think it would look especially on black cl, kinda good on white, red and blue. but other than that...
09-07-2002, 02:23 AM
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The rims look like Ace Mantas. Look pretty sick I say. I called VIS awhile back asking when they were coming out with a carbon fiber hood for the 01' and they said it would come out sometime during the end of September or at least that is around the time they are hoping to release it.
09-10-2002, 04:33 AM
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Thanks, how about shipping? I might be interested.
thanks again.
Thanks, how about shipping? I might be interested.
thanks again.
my suggestion to u is.. DOnt get it... if it s good... i bought it like 6 month ago already...but i didnt buy it... cuz u can see through that shit ... that s how thin that fuking shit is...
09-10-2002, 09:54 AM
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personally I like carbon fiber hoods. It gives it that unique look.
although i've seen some cool set ups with carbon fiber hoods my favorite ever was on import tuner(it's a TV show) this girl(she owned the car) had a 240 or 300 ZX had a Salvia custom front end to the ZX(which the Salvia is Japan's version of the ZX) then she had this metalic paintjob on the carbon fiber hood wanna talk about tight
but she dropped some serious cash
although i've seen some cool set ups with carbon fiber hoods my favorite ever was on import tuner(it's a TV show) this girl(she owned the car) had a 240 or 300 ZX had a Salvia custom front end to the ZX(which the Salvia is Japan's version of the ZX) then she had this metalic paintjob on the carbon fiber hood wanna talk about tight
but she dropped some serious cash
09-10-2002, 10:14 PM
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Originally posted by oonowindoo
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my suggestion to u is.. DOnt get it... if it s good... i bought it like 6 month ago already...but i didnt buy it... cuz u can see through that shit ... that s how thin that fuking shit is...
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my suggestion to u is.. DOnt get it... if it s good... i bought it like 6 month ago already...but i didnt buy it... cuz u can see through that shit ... that s how thin that fuking shit is...
09-10-2002, 10:36 PM
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i wish i can get my hands on a CF engine hood and trunk hood. i like the contrast to the silver finish. and with possible some gunmetal wheels...tight!
hey acls,
where in VA BCH are you from? you may see ohio under my name, but i have lived in VABCH for 20 years. i lived near Salem Road.
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hey acls,
where in VA BCH are you from? you may see ohio under my name, but i have lived in VABCH for 20 years. i lived near Salem Road.
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09-10-2002, 11:31 PM
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U can have "ANY" color carbon fibre hood u want, and still be able to keep some what of teh carbon fibre appreance. Instead of that black and grey that u would normally associate with carbon fibre. U can have it in, say, silver. Where the checker pattern would kinda look like silver and grey, but still be able to keep that checker board apperance. All u do is add the color to the epoxy mixture, I don't believe you can use regular automotive paint. to color carbon fibre I would think that u would need ot use special paint that is formulated to work with the epoxy. Also u can add sparkles of any color to the epoxy mixture, for that true :ghey: touch.
Also about the UV fading the carbon fibre. Very true, but there are UV blockers that u can add to the epoxy mixture to prevent this from happening.
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Also about the UV fading the carbon fibre. Very true, but there are UV blockers that u can add to the epoxy mixture to prevent this from happening.
Juker008
09-11-2002, 01:39 AM
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The CF hood can be painted to match the body color...here is one of my friend's friend's GSR with a CF hood painted to match the body color, durango blue...
P.S. I don't very much like it when people get CF and leave it in it's ugly honeycomb look...rather have it painted to match.
P.S. I don't very much like it when people get CF and leave it in it's ugly honeycomb look...rather have it painted to match.
09-12-2002, 04:42 AM
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like i said before, get one and PAINT IT!!! if your serious about racing, you can save a lot of weight! anyone ever weight the stock hood? carbon fiber weighs nothing compared to the stock hood!
09-12-2002, 11:07 AM
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Originally posted by bullaculla
like i said before, get one and PAINT IT!!! if your serious about racing, you can save a lot of weight! anyone ever weight the stock hood? carbon fiber weighs nothing compared to the stock hood!
like i said before, get one and PAINT IT!!! if your serious about racing, you can save a lot of weight! anyone ever weight the stock hood? carbon fiber weighs nothing compared to the stock hood!
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