K_Johansen

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I was in a minor accident a few weeks ago and dinged up my front bumper and hood. So I figured, now is as good of a time as ever to pull the trigger on a VIS carbon fiber hood! Only problem is when I installed it onto my car I was not thrilled with the fitment! It sits flush on the top and bottom (where it meets the grille) of the hood, but the sides are almost 1/4 to maybe even 1/2 inch higer than the side quarter panels! It is almost like the hood was sitting too long and warped, if thats even possible (which I doubt). I bought the hood brand new and it does have the VIS logo sticker underneath so it is a legit VIS hood.

My question goes out to anyone with a VIS hood, does anyone else have an issue with this hood sitting flush? Or is this just my luck, and im the only one with a "warped" hood? Any help would be appreciated!!

Pictures will come tomorrow when I get my camera out...

Jesstzn

Contact them and send it back .. I wouldn't even mess with it.

People are going to notice your hood more than a stock one thus also picking out the flaws in it.

RonJonTL757

if you send it back then who is gonna pay for the shipping back and you'll prob get hit with a 25% restocking fee. Post pics and let us decide but i would say keep it

CGP CL9

give them a call. and see what the options are.

erick3

can you post pictures? vis makes a cf hood for our cars now...?

Jesstzn

Why would he get a restocking charge for an inferior product?

Thats where these outfits have you by the short ones .. sell you a piece of crap then want you to pay return shipping even to get a replacement.

In the OPs original thread it was brought to his attention that the seller advised up front that, and I quote from his other thread

"All parts must be prepped and installed by a professional body shop that has experience working with fiberglass car parts including
but not limited to cutting, filling, sanding, and shaving."


Thread https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/vis-hood-legit-deal-765066/

enigmaos

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+1

05AcTL

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is it a sticker or a badge with rivets?

they've been making them for awhile

DeathMetal

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Yep, there ya go. You're more then likely going to have to shim and shave in order to get the flush fit you're seeking. Such was the case with a ViS hood I installed on a buddy's 300zx

K_Johansen

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Thanks guys for all of the responses, sorry I let this thread go a couple of days but I've been out of town for business. I am going to get a couple pictures up later on today once I grab my camera (or settle for my iPhone). I havent contacted them back yet, plan on putting a call out later today.

Thanks for the heads up, but if you scrolled down to the 5th post on there, I took your advice and didnt go with the ebay hood.

Kawika

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Post some pics if you can!

ussi

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Dude, i've seen this before and a lot of CF hoods fit like 90% then you have to do some adjustments. What you might have to do is mark off exactly where the hood is too high and grab a dremel start trimming the bottom of the hood, which might help it sit more flush. Also sometimes the outer plastic panels along the inside of the engine might be pushing the hood up so mess with those as well. You should get it to fit better with some tweaking...

AMUA6

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Well, I'll give you 50 greenbacks for it since you don't like it

K_Johansen

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Well I finally got some pictures of what I was talking about. Here ya go:

jsilas

I'm going to surmise that the gaps are due to the hood support struts pushing up against the hood and misshaping it.

Have you tried disconnecting the hood support struts and then closing the hood?

Jesstzn

Well thats more than a little tweeking ... thats horrible .. your not going to adjust that down. You also have alignment issues with your front bumper/headlight/front pass. side front fender.

The fender/hood seam should line up with the line of the headlight and its off.

stillhere153

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:AGREE:

and if he does have the hood sturts on take them off asap, the oem hood struts not designed for use w/ the vis hood, there is a way to adjust the oem hood struts, no idea how but somewhere I read it

princelybug

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Call. Complain.

BoBByLiGhT83

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wow that is horrible.. I would call and complain.. I have a VIS hood as well. Although the fitment isn't like the stock hood, I have less than a 1/8th of a inch gap on the sides of the hood. Def nothing like that

Souljah

air scoops?

I would return it

ANC297

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yeah, I'd say return it. That looks horrendous, the gaps

Kawika

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Yikes man...that is definitely NOT supposed to fit like that. Call and see about returning that joker....send them these pics if you have to. That is uncharacteristic of VIS quality.

civicdrivr

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Ive not been impressed with ViS products lately. I ordered both a hood and a trunk and the trunk is completely warped. The hood didnt fit perfectly, but it wasnt as bad as yours. What annoys me is that Im not the only person with a warped trunk, someone else has one and its warped exactly the same as mine. It seems as though ViS' QC has been lacking lately.

Steven Bell

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It does look good on your color TL, but wow.......



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Sandals

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Most time after market parts never fit flush like OEM.

Takoyaki

Call/email them and send them the pics too.

Rafee2k9

i actually had the same problem, just not quite as bad as yours. i also had it done at a body shop and they said they had to mess with it a lot and this was as good as they could get it. it sticks up more on the driver side






i second trying to tweak the hood struts. theres definitely a lot of pressure pushing against the hood and it might fix the problem. ive just been too lazy to do it and convince myself that the gap i have is okay because it feeds cool air to my short tam intake(which i LOVE)

ASASN21

Holy shit dude that looks horrible - sorry. You definitely need to call ViS ASAP and get that shit straightened out (No pun intended ). I have no experience with ViS, but I had a Seibon CF hood on my previous car and the fitment was damn near perfect.

That fitment is inexcusable.

cjTL

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That fitment is almost laughable. Wow.

phunctional

holy $hit lol i would complain soo much

civicdrivr

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OP - You are not alone with shitty fitment from ViS. My hood wasnt as bad as yours. At first it didnt close at all, so I had to trim some material near the grill. The sides stick up alittle bit, even without the dampers on.

But, the trunk is the absolute worst part:

















The trunk is twisted so badly it wont even shut, and theres another member on the CL side that has the exact same issues. This whole transaction left a bad taste in my mouth, and that was after 2 months of arguing with them to send me a new hood because the first one had shit embedded in the clear coat.

Im back to the stock pieces, which sucks because I love the CF but I refuse to put such shoddy parts on my car.

Jesstzn

I guess the point I'll make is if you bought a stock hood/trunk and they fit like that you sure wouldn't accept it. Problem is it said right in the web page that it wouldn't fit right .. and they were right .. it didn't.

That hood is going to be the focal point of your car and it will look like crap.

Did you have it installed by a licensed body shop? Either way your hooped because reading thier warranty info they have so many outs you don't stand a chance.

Even if you had it installed by a licensed shop they are going to say they were inept and not cover you .

Terms of Sale
Policy on Guaranteed fitment, if there is a fitment issue please contact us. We will need you to send in pitcures of the the parts and show us what is wrong with it. Also a copy of the business license from the body shop doing the installation. If the parts is defective after reviewing of the info you provided we will send a freight carrier to pick up the bad product and ship out new product.
Shipping times can take up to 4-8 weeks. We can not guarantee shipping times due to back orders in the industry. Althought 95% of our product arrives in 1-3 weeks. But it can take up to 2 months to receive product. If a backorder occurs we will notify you and give you the option to cancel your order & full money back.
All parts must be prepped and installed by a professional body shop that has experience working with fiberglass car parts including but not limited to cutting, filling, sanding, and shaving. Extra fees can be incurred for proper fitment. All parts are for off-road and show use only. Removal of the bumper reinforcement bars maybe necessary to mount/hang front and rear bumpers, this is done at the buyer/owners own risk, we do not accept liability for injuries resulting from customization of buyer/owners car, this is done at their own risk. You, as the buyer, are responsible for complying with any/all local, state, and federal laws.
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By the looks of the vendor he is a reseller ... good chance this is a seconds ...