CF Hood On Blk TL?
02-14-2005, 04:39 PM
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CF Hood On Blk TL?
Does anyone here have a black TL with a Carbon Fiber Hood, or Has pix of it or even seen it? I'm wondering if it will look good since its cheap right now. Thanx
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Is there any advantage to a CF hood except for looks?
The only possible thing I can think of is the reduction in weight would help acceleration... but that's a strech.
Thanks,
Joe
The only possible thing I can think of is the reduction in weight would help acceleration... but that's a strech.
Thanks,
Joe
02-15-2005, 08:59 AM
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well..cf hood is more than 50 percent lighter than the factory hood.. it used to have a good purpose until civics, celicas, accord coupes, sentras, corrola S's, neons, focuses, eclipses, jettas, golfs, select mustangs, etc.. started using them for ricey appearance (I dont know if it was meant to, but its a rice thing to do now!).
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personally i'm a fan of the CF hoods for weight reduction purposes. i'm *not* a fan of the way they look. i would be more inclined to buy one, prime it and paint it to match my car. but that's just me. i don't know much about working with CF anyway, so i don't even know if it could be painted.
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Originally Posted by SatinSilverTypS
personally i'm a fan of the CF hoods for weight reduction purposes. i'm *not* a fan of the way they look. i would be more inclined to buy one, prime it and paint it to match my car. but that's just me. i don't know much about working with CF anyway, so i don't even know if it could be painted.
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CF hood on a TL, no way...our cars are luxurious and classy to me, not a fuckin civic or teg....if i got one id paint it the color of my car
02-15-2005, 04:44 PM
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CF hoods are for civics or tuners man. You have a TL. Touring Luxury, should have gotten a Civic.............. oh and CF hoods on black cars just looks like your hood faded to a non-knowledgable person(most people)
02-16-2005, 02:54 AM
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I already have full body work, inside and out. its marked down 60% right now just wondering how it would look, thats y i asked for pictures cuz i wasnt sure how it would turn out. i got rims, body kit, i/h/e/p vafc, 3 screens, system, rotors, the works...just trying to put more stuff in my car
02-16-2005, 03:06 AM
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Do it.
02-16-2005, 03:10 AM
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haha, i dont really wanna spend 4 bills to see how it will look, i rather have someone else do that, maybe someone older that has money. you can always sell it haha. i'm a college student workn full time, no time or money to play guessing games.
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it will look something like this. theres a carbon fiber hood on this black tsx.
02-16-2005, 02:07 PM
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i guess it has to be in person to notice the difference, cant even tell its a cf w/o knowing. i dont think it'll look too bad/ricey
02-16-2005, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by yunginTL
CF on black is the HOTTEST SHIT MANNNN. specially in the sun. trust me ull love it. any other color is EHH 
02-16-2005, 04:02 PM
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it all really depends on the car, i do agree cf hood on a tl doesnt really match, but trying new things to see the outcome. our cars our luxury/sport cars it wouldnt look good on a 3 series either but when the 3 series it modded to max inside/out the cf hood would compliment the look.
02-16-2005, 04:26 PM
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CF hoods look really good on black cars. Black's about the only color that they always look good on no mater what car its on.
I have to agree that there isn't much of a performance benefit, not even the reduced weight is going to do much. But then again there isn't much of a performance benefit to anything we do to our TL's (NA TL's at least). Think about it, is the added 3WHP gain really the driving force behind us wanting a cat back exhaust or the 5 from a CAI? No. but it is part of it. I mean come on guys lets be real aesthetics is what its all about, there is a certain look that everyone is going for and if it's to make your TL into a more aggressive four door sedan then the CF hood, hyper black wheels, and blacked out headlamps is going to get you there pretty fast. That might not be your cup of tea but hey, to each his own. Right?
FYI: I worked for Honda back in '96-'97 and when they were releasing the new line of Acura’s -- CL, TL, and RL -- the "L" stood for "Legend" not "luxury".
I have to agree that there isn't much of a performance benefit, not even the reduced weight is going to do much. But then again there isn't much of a performance benefit to anything we do to our TL's (NA TL's at least). Think about it, is the added 3WHP gain really the driving force behind us wanting a cat back exhaust or the 5 from a CAI? No. but it is part of it. I mean come on guys lets be real aesthetics is what its all about, there is a certain look that everyone is going for and if it's to make your TL into a more aggressive four door sedan then the CF hood, hyper black wheels, and blacked out headlamps is going to get you there pretty fast. That might not be your cup of tea but hey, to each his own. Right?
FYI: I worked for Honda back in '96-'97 and when they were releasing the new line of Acura’s -- CL, TL, and RL -- the "L" stood for "Legend" not "luxury".
02-16-2005, 09:38 PM
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i had a link saved in my bookmarks, 
that was at my computer at work tho, if you guys still need the link by tomorrow morning, ill post it up, i think it was like 320, 80 bucs for shipping
that was at my computer at work tho, if you guys still need the link by tomorrow morning, ill post it up, i think it was like 320, 80 bucs for shipping
02-17-2005, 04:00 AM
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Just saw a CF hood on a Black CL today. It looks nice, but my friends said it looks stupid/pointless. But hey, if you got the money i say do it. Too bad i didnt have my phone with me to take a picture. At night, you can't see too much of a difference but I thought it looked nice. Looks is just a personal preference, some people like it, others don't. It's really up to you
02-18-2005, 12:02 AM
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www.Jacautodesign.com is the cf hood site. i think i made my mind up, ill do the cf and if i dont like it i can always ebay and lose some money but sall good. get matchn cf dash kit and pedals, so we'll see. thanx for ur opinons guys
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