MichaelBenz

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You know...I think your right! They call my buddy "The Sticker" cause his Evo is so full of stickers and rice....moves fast...but rice.

Excelerate

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hahahah.. Mikey's in trouble Even Astro is here!!!

MichaelBenz

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Apparently so!

MichaelBenz

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Hood and rims came in today....WOW....


It is a Versus Motorsports Hood....double sided CF too! Pics to come later....in another thread.

Thanks again to Ray for checking this stuff out for me!

CL Platano

Wow that was fast...Can't wait for the pics..The hood is super light right, I couldnt believe it.

ACCURATEin

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

Holy smokes! Get the pictures on here ASAP!

Have fun with it man,...you'll be sure to turn heads.

cM3go

Versus != VIS

MichaelBenz

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I humbly disagree with you sir.....

http://www.visracing.com/

http://www.versusmotorsport.com/


VERSUS MOTORSPORT
1201 West Artesia Blvd.
Compton, CA 90220

VIS Racing
18856 East San Jose Ave.
City of Industry, CA 91748

Two different companies entirely.... , Versus Motorsport, who HAS made a TL hood....and VIS...who HASNT made a TL hood.

Acuracy

enough chit chat and bring in the PICSS mike!!! ....ur the reason i didnt buy one yet...im waiting to get your stamp of approval for fitment...hurrryyy


Travis

MichaelBenz

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I installed the hood today. Did some very very minor work to the hood side edge up by the windshield side of the hood to properly seal the CF layers to make sure there is no intrusion at a later date....then sanded and covered it with some flat black paint from a Testor's paint pen from HobbyTown USA. There was a few pits (very common) in the edge...so I filled em with resin, sanded smooth and covered the entire edge with flat paint...no big deal.

I have several friends with Seibon CF hoods on EVO's and a common issue is for water or air intrustion into the laminated layers which causes fogging in the top layer eventually. In order to prevent this from happening...I took any pitting on the edge and filled em with resin with a tiney model paint brush and sanded flat and covered with paint from the paint pen. You cant even tell I did anything really....but a touch I felt was necessary to insure the longevity of the hood. No big deal though...something I did in the dining room Friday night before I put it on this morning.

Acuracy

so how was the fitment mike?

cM3go

um... != means "does not equal"

The reason I said what I said that was because it was stated the hood was VIS, when it turned out to be Versus

MichaelBenz

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Oh....well...that was something that was figured out before it was even shipped out, plus, he never stated this in the verbiage....just when I asked him on the phone initially....like I said....VIS has never even made a TL hood....which is why I braced him with the question again...and he corrected himself after seeing the box it he repacked it in.

Not sure what the point is though...VIS, VMS, Seibon.....its all about the same quality.....as long as its not a EMM or EMS hood (something like that) that I have never seen...so I cant attest to that quality. You see em pop up on ebay for about $300 every now and then.

MichaelBenz

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Yes...you are right. The hood can be lifted with one finger!

MichaelBenz

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Hey...fitment was fine...no problems at all. 4 bolt in deal. Only thing I had to do was shim the backside of it with two washers (one per side) to make it sit at the exact level of the fenders plus I had to raise the hood catch mechanism two notches up. Took all of ten minutes total. Basically...the backside of the hood toward the windshield was low....raised it with a washer between the rear hing bolt and the hood...and bam....done. Side to side fitment was right on upon boltup. Exact same as it was with OEM.

I was suprised how much difference the feel was with less weight on the front end like that. It does feel lighter up front....no doubt.

Oh....and side note....when people are talking with Versus about the TL hood....and they say you have to put a nonrefundable deposit down and they order it from Japan ....they are full of crap.....they are made in Mexico per the little white tag on the underside of the hood....lol. No big deal there....its hand work....which is often done in Mexico due to labor rates....but dont fall for that Japan line...thats a marketing thing or a mistake on the end of a Versus employee when they said that. I know they import some of their stuff from overseas....but this is not one of em. This comes from South of the Boarder!

Got_3.2?

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yea iv seen that car at the beach and while driving by my house.

MichaelBenz

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For more info and hood install...see this thread here.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...06#post1540506