Carbon Fiber Hood Feeler Thread
04-05-2007, 03:41 PM
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Carbon Fiber Hood Feeler Thread
Hey guys...
As many of you know....we have been toying with the idea of making Carbon Fiber hoods more readily available for 3G TL'ers. My first question is....
1. How many would be interested before I invest time and money in it. This would be a single sided Carbon Fiber Hood.....not double sided.
2. How many would be willing to pick up here in Indianapolis. I am very leery about shipping items this large via freight trucks, ect. which is what has held me up this far. If I have at least 2 or 3, maybe 4 interested within driving range....I will see it gets done. But I am worried about the prospect of taking an expensive part and shipping it across the United States that has the kind of qualities that CF has. Plus...I dont want to invest $ in several hoods only to have em hanging on my shop wall in the end because nobody wants to drive to Indianapolis to get em. lol
3. Proposed Price = Around $725 pickup at my dock in Indianapolis
(or possibly picked up from my home on the weekends? I can have it moved to my home if necessary for a weekend pickup)
Lead time on these....could be made available as early as two weeks. I dont mess around...if I am gonna do it...I do it!
As many of you know....we have been toying with the idea of making Carbon Fiber hoods more readily available for 3G TL'ers. My first question is....
1. How many would be interested before I invest time and money in it. This would be a single sided Carbon Fiber Hood.....not double sided.
2. How many would be willing to pick up here in Indianapolis. I am very leery about shipping items this large via freight trucks, ect. which is what has held me up this far. If I have at least 2 or 3, maybe 4 interested within driving range....I will see it gets done. But I am worried about the prospect of taking an expensive part and shipping it across the United States that has the kind of qualities that CF has. Plus...I dont want to invest $ in several hoods only to have em hanging on my shop wall in the end because nobody wants to drive to Indianapolis to get em. lol
3. Proposed Price = Around $725 pickup at my dock in Indianapolis
(or possibly picked up from my home on the weekends? I can have it moved to my home if necessary for a weekend pickup)
Lead time on these....could be made available as early as two weeks. I dont mess around...if I am gonna do it...I do it!
04-05-2007, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by NumberFive
Pics sell car parts... would ya mind posting a few? Actual applications, concepts, whatever...
I mean...I could show you a pic of my hood....but thats not really what we are talking about here. Here is what a car looks like with a carbon fiber hood....but this is NOT the hood I am talking about....its just the pic of MY hood.
Here is an engine cover I did a while back ago.....
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04-05-2007, 05:24 PM
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Note...and so it IS said outwardly....this is NOT to bypass any AZ vendor program here....I would re-up my vendor status at that time if we go to sale with these under more or less what would be a "group buy" situation. Been here too long to screw over the AZ family....so no worries!
04-05-2007, 06:52 PM
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might sound retarded, but what is the dirrerence between the single and the double sided?
04-05-2007, 09:48 PM
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I'd be interested. I have friends in St Louis, so I think that screams ROAD TRIP! Just a couple of questions- Any chance of a custom hood, by that I mean raising the center of the hood up 1", kind of like a semi raised hood? Would it use the stock mounting hardware?
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04-06-2007, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by csmeance
might sound retarded, but what is the dirrerence between the single and the double sided?
For example....pictured below is a DOUBLE sided carbon fiber hood....
As you can see....it has that same look top and bottom. What I am proposing is NOT a double sided hood...but just a single sided one. Double sided hoods are much more expensive as there is twice the CF involved in making it, and frankly, fairly rare to come across.
04-06-2007, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by dragonlord
I'd be interested. I have friends in St Louis, so I think that screams ROAD TRIP! Just a couple of questions- Any chance of a custom hood, by that I mean raising the center of the hood up 1", kind of like a semi raised hood? Would it use the stock mounting hardware?
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04-06-2007, 07:04 PM
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I am moderately interested.
It would be a pretty long drive for me from D.C., but I'd be willing to do it. A couple questions:
1. Is weight savings the main advantage? If so, how much weight do you think you saved versus the stock hood?
2. Is it paintable? My TL is SSM. Even if it is paintable, I wonder how close the match would be with the rest of the car (similar to slight shading differences between painted sheet metal and plastic bumpers on the same car).
Thanks for doing this (or at least thinking about it).
It would be a pretty long drive for me from D.C., but I'd be willing to do it. A couple questions:
1. Is weight savings the main advantage? If so, how much weight do you think you saved versus the stock hood?
2. Is it paintable? My TL is SSM. Even if it is paintable, I wonder how close the match would be with the rest of the car (similar to slight shading differences between painted sheet metal and plastic bumpers on the same car).
Thanks for doing this (or at least thinking about it).
04-07-2007, 09:48 PM
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Just a couple questions about the cf hood...
1) How will it be in rain? This is my daily driver and I dont want the cf hood to trap water in between. I think you know what Im talking about
2) how much would it cost?
3) How fast can you get it done? Im going to be entering my car into HIN Nightshift in July, so I would like to have it by then
I work in Libertyville, and I remember you saying that you dont live too far from there.... so I can pick it up
1) How will it be in rain? This is my daily driver and I dont want the cf hood to trap water in between. I think you know what Im talking about
2) how much would it cost?
3) How fast can you get it done? Im going to be entering my car into HIN Nightshift in July, so I would like to have it by then
I work in Libertyville, and I remember you saying that you dont live too far from there.... so I can pick it up
04-09-2007, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by shayan
Just a couple questions about the cf hood...
1) How will it be in rain? This is my daily driver and I dont want the cf hood to trap water in between. I think you know what Im talking about
2) how much would it cost?
3) How fast can you get it done? Im going to be entering my car into HIN Nightshift in July, so I would like to have it by then
I work in Libertyville, and I remember you saying that you dont live too far from there.... so I can pick it up
1) How will it be in rain? This is my daily driver and I dont want the cf hood to trap water in between. I think you know what Im talking about
2) how much would it cost?
3) How fast can you get it done? Im going to be entering my car into HIN Nightshift in July, so I would like to have it by then
I work in Libertyville, and I remember you saying that you dont live too far from there.... so I can pick it up
2. $725
3. Two weeks.
04-10-2007, 02:03 AM
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I am most interested in knowing how much weight would I save as compared with using the stock hood.
Do you have any info on that?
Did you know how much weight you saved with your current CF hood?
Do you have any info on that?
Did you know how much weight you saved with your current CF hood?
04-10-2007, 03:56 AM
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Would this be made with the standards and strength in mind that you mentioned in the other thread (cf hood& trunk). And also, would there be a possibility of a CF trunk with the same weave if enough interest shows?
Is there no way you are going to ship this, or is that still on the fence?
Is there no way you are going to ship this, or is that still on the fence?
05-02-2007, 03:22 PM
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Very interested in CF hood! only problem is that I live in NY and its too far to drive. Any possibility you can ship the hood, i know its a difficult task but fcuk i've been looking for a CF hood for a long time! Props to your work!
05-02-2007, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by lookinco
I am most interested in knowing how much weight would I save as compared with using the stock hood.
Do you have any info on that?
Did you know how much weight you saved with your current CF hood?
Do you have any info on that?
Did you know how much weight you saved with your current CF hood?
05-02-2007, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ussi
i weighed my CF hood (same as mikebenz), and i don't remember it being much lighter than the stock hood...5-10 pounds lighter maybe?
05-03-2007, 01:59 AM
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And I would have plenty of them for you before you paid one dime or drove one mile. I understand what you are saying totally. I wouldnt even leave the garage till I saw a pic. But here...I am asking....if you were provided such (at the time they are ready of course) is this something people would be interested in me doing. I dont want to have hoods left over when this is over.....trust me...I will have the proof, ect before the sale happens or is started at all.
I mean...I could show you a pic of my hood....but thats not really what we are talking about here. Here is what a car looks like with a carbon fiber hood....but this is NOT the hood I am talking about....its just the pic of MY hood.
Here is an engine cover I did a while back ago.....
I mean...I could show you a pic of my hood....but thats not really what we are talking about here. Here is what a car looks like with a carbon fiber hood....but this is NOT the hood I am talking about....its just the pic of MY hood.
Here is an engine cover I did a while back ago.....
! I thought you were going to check on breathing new life into the engine covers??? You going with the hood man! That is like knocking half of the members off (because you know we NBP represent the majority 
)! I stopped as soon as I saw the engine covers, so are you going to do them or are you just going to do these hoods? Because I would drive in my car and pick up that cover from Maryland if you do!! 
05-03-2007, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by sixsixfour
have you ever thought of making a CF TL-S rear deck lip? Id seriously buy one in a heartbeat.
