mattg

...carbon fiber hood?

check out this thread, pics of the rsx hood on page 2. no hood pins!

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=79713

mattg

:sqnteek:

mc222

If I had a black car maybe, but not w/ my silver

JRock

I'm interested depending on price and how it looks. Also it would have to use the stock locking mechanism.

I'd probably take one that looks just like the stock hood on our car but with very small heat extractors near the back of it to aid cooling and airflow under the hood if it was under $500.

civic4982

hmmm... i'd say leave carbon fiber hoods to REAL race cars and stick with your painted one...

phatpat

i second that

WiLd~CL~TYPS-@SS

how much does the stock hood weight?

JRock

Best guess... 50lbs?

AztecRol

iTrader: (2)

I think the stock hood wieghs closer to 100 lbs.

Just a guess!!!

Matt, I would be interested!!!

Do you know if he is going to do FULL Carbon Fiber??? I don't want that half and half crap!!!

The hoods look NICE!!! I like the fact that he puts the underside on so you can still use your hood latch. I wonder if you can keep the shocks to hold the hood up????

I have a friend I can call that lives up in Vancouver Can, he has hook up for body kits, carbon etc, I will ask him where he got his RSX hood made.

liquid_x

i would think about it but i would like to have a body kit before a cf hood

JRock

bump

bullaculla

I am interested! I want one for performance not looks so I would paint it ASAP. plus it will last longer. I'd like to see where this goes. I thought I seen a pic of a CL with CF hood. Anyone know.

mattg

like bullaculla said, cf hoods can be painted.

although, the quality of these hoods seem nice enough where you could leave it raw if so inclined.

the nice thing about getting the hoods from Bodykits NW is they are only 15 min from where i live. i could make absolute sure of the quality and help w/ the test fit etc.

so, if we can get a handful of members committed, we can begin the process of having custom hoods made for our cl's.

WiLd~CL~TYPS-@SS

how much does the stock hood or the CF one weight??

JRock

mattg,

If you can get us some answers to what we've asked, perhaps we could offer some commitment.

Price?
Full CF?
Use stock locking mechanism and stock hydraulic lifts?
Design?
Weight?

I will not commit to buy a product I know nothing about, most of all how it looks and what it costs.

If it's just going to be another JT Autostyles goofy rice part, count me out. If it's going to look close to the stock hood but offer some better cooling via heat extractors near the back of it (perferably without opening up my engine bay to a lot of rain water) I will be quite interested.

My stock hood has plenty of rock chips, and I'm sure that is the case with many of us. I've seen a couple other CLS drivers' hoods and they look as bad or worse than mine, chip-wise. Eventually we'll have to get them repainted, but if you can offer us a CF hood for a reasonable price, I'd probably do that over repainting the stock hood.

So if you can get these questions answered with this "bodykits nw" place, perhaps we could give some commitment.

mattg

i'm on it

BodyKits NW

The carbon fiber hood will be the same quality that we produce now, if not better. The hood will be a OEM replica. We use 3k carbon fiber with a UN protected gel coat. I do not have plans on making anymore Acura hoods unless there is a special groupbuy such as this. Let's put it this way, when you get a hood from us, you will be able to do your hair using the CF hood as your mirror. The average weight is about 17lbs for our hoods when it comes to this size of a car. If you guys are interested just e-mail us. I would need 10-15 confirmed buyers. WE are currently working on projects for SEMA, but right after that our schedule is pretty much open. There is no reason why these hoods would be any different than the hoods we produce now. Just another hood to me guys. If you guys want one for sure just send a e-mail to acuraclproject@bodykitsnw.com

The price will be around 550.00 a hood +100.00 for shipping to a business or 155.00 to a residence. These hoods will be amazing. We are going to use our special Urethane Coating on them to give them a great shine. You get what you pay for guys.

JRock

Hmmm, price sounds about right. OEM replica is a good thing I guess because it won't be a ricey hood scoop or anything.
Weight is excellent.

I assume OEM replica means it will use the stock locking mechanism, will connect to the stock grille, and hydraulic lift mounts, yes?

I'd actually prefer some sort of improved cooling over the stock hood but that isn't really a number-one priority.

Overall, sounds pretty good.

http://www.bodykitsnw.com/images/hoods/9802accord.jpg looks nice.

Someone needs to weigh a stock hood and see how much weight savings this offers us.

Also, if we got 15 buyers would the price drop to $475/hood like you said in the 1st Gen forum?

mattg

my best guess would be 60-70 lbs.

and yes on the stock locking mechanism and hood lifts.

JRock

And the grille too, right? Would be kinda funny if it didn't allow the grille to be screwed in.


What we should do is post a list here if you are interested in buying one for the 15-buyers price ($475+shipping supposedly) and see how many names we come up with. That way if we don't have 15, no one is going to suddenly have to pay $550 for it or whatever.

I should be able to say if I'm in or not in about a week. Have to acquire some funds first.

edit- At least a week for me. I just remembered the $400 I had set aside was for new tires. :-\

liquid_x

i jus cant see myself droppin $550 + shipping to get a cf hood on my otherwise stock looking car. does bodykits nw make body kits also or just sells them? cause if they can make body kits and we can strike a deal for them to make a kit for our car then i'll really be into the whole cf hood thing

Rescuer

i heard that a place in So.Cal made CF hoods for our car for $350

but i am one person interested in one

JRock

I'd think it would be a ten times harder to find a kit style enough people agree on to get a mold made for it and to be a group buy, than it is to get a stock-looking cf hood.

Perhaps we should get the hood out of the way before attempting a body kit?

Unless maybe they can do a kit that looks like the OEM 3.2TL kit but fits our car? There might be at least 15 people that would be down with that style?

JRock

bump

lou_RENAMED

If the hood locks like stock and wont fly away in the highway when Im doing 110+ mph and is quality carbon fiber Im definetly in. Mattg since you live so close get yours done at show us how it turns out, nothing sells better than seeing the finished product. Just my .02

mattg

we need 10 people before they will make the hood.

i'm surprised more people aren't interested, the hoods look really nice. i might even leave mine raw

AFitchTLS

I would much rather see a custom Body Kit than a Carbon Fiber Hood made first. See if you can strike up a deal about a Body Kit and then work on the CF Hood.

swt-cls

I AM VERY INTERESTED....but as previously mentioned, I'd kinda like to see the finished product before I drop close to $700 (I am including shipping here).

mattg

did you look at the rsx hood they make?

there will be no finished hood until 10 people commit, period.

if it takes me driving over there and personally inspecting the products i will.

and, if you don't want a hood stay the f*ck out of this thread

Rescuer

but i also don't want to fork out $700 to get a hood with tons of flaws in it. i've seen some perfect CF hoods, and some with huge flaws in the fibre.

i'd rather look at one before i buy it. and most people say the same thing

JRock

Yeah if it's such high quality he shouldn't demand 10-15 pre-orders, he could make the mold and show us this "high quality" which would in turn sell some of us on it.

If he wants to know how many of us are interested, he should be able to get an idea from this thread:

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=82711

edit - Update: Already five yes votes and the poll's only been up like 10 minutes. I think bodykitsNW needs to rethink their strategy. If they would just make the mold and sell initial hoods to a couple of us who are willing to take the plunge to see the quality, they would then selling many more hoods to people who are interested but wary. This is all as opposed to not selling any hoods with their current strategy.

mattg

are you saying you don't trust me :o :sqntfawk:

mattg

they could care less about making hoods for us, our market is small compared to the rsx and other popular cars. why we can't get 10 interested people out of our 8000+ members makes no sense to me.

and people bitch about there being no mods for our cars

nate'sCLS

I'd be interested, just not ready to purchase this month (or next).
I'm sure a few more rock chips may persuade me.

JRock

mattg - no, there are probably at least 10 people interested, it's just that few if any of them are interested in agreeing to buy something before they can actually see the quality of it on someone else's car. I think that's a pretty logical point of view and bodykitsnw is being a little ridiculous in expecting people to sign up for something sight-unseen. I understand they dont want to waste money on a mold if there aren't enough people interested in buying it, but my poll shows that there probably are enough people who would buy one (we will see how many Yes votes there are in another day or two to be sure), it's just that people want to see the product first.

I already have 9 people who would buy an OEM cf hood in my poll thread and it's only been up about 12 hours (and spent some time on page2 until I bumped it just now).

How about one or two people who are willing to actually fork out the cash sight-unseen go ahead and buy cf hoods from bodykitsnw and take pics of them, tell us how fitment is, quality is, finish is, etc. I mean if they would make the mold.

Then if everything checks out, the rest of us would be willing to buy.

In general, yes, there aren't a ton of people interested in modding a CL to death because they realize the overall potential is minimal unless as a show car.
But don't you dare come in here saying people don't want mods jsut because bodykitsnw has an odd way of releasing a CF hood for our car.

mc222

nate'sCLS

Likewise.

JRock

14 Yes votes already.

mattg

they were never planning on making a hood for a cl-s until i asked. so i'm sure they could care less about making a hood w/o some guaranteed buyers. as i mentioned before i would be glad to go check out their facility and the quaility of the rsx hood. and i could inspect and testfit the 1st cl-s hood, take pics etc.

the best way for us to show we are truly interested in having the hoods made is to email bodykits nw and tell them. maybe we can work something out with them.

mattg

acuraclproject@bodykitsnw.com