Harbow

Just dropped off tl at the shop today to fix the accident i was in and to install the cf hood i bought. Its a Seibon cw style hood and the fitment looks perfect can't wait to get this on the car the shop is going to hook me up install the hood for free since its just a straight bolt on install nothing crazy will post pictures once I get car back.Ive never seen this hood on our 3g tls before, so im excited of course

I do have a question though. The guy said it wasnt necassary to use hood pins even though when i bought it the website warned me to install some. It is wise to add weight to the latch area or use hood pins so it doesnt fly off haha. Much help welcomed!

mzilvar

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I've been wondering what that one would look like on the TL.

I've got a VIS CF hood on my car now and no hood pins, I think they all state that due to liability.

For reference most of the carbon hoods out there have a fiberglass underskeleton so the strength to hold the hood isn't always there. The area around the latch can crack as can the area where the hood bolts to the hinges. If the latch lets go your hood comes up, it happened to a guy that I work with on his M3.

I didn't install pins on mine, I actually have some aerocatches in one of my drawers here .. if I see it starting to crack they'll go on though.

I would probably at least swap the mesh on it for a black mesh, can pick some up that's powder coated from customcargrills

I'm using stuff from there for the vents on my RJ body kit.

I actually have an uncut sheet of their diamond XXL that's powder coated black, I ended up changing my mind and went with their perf hex mesh (honeycomb) in gloss black powder coat.

Harbow

Hey mzilvar,

Yeah my main worry in all this is the safety of the hood you know staying on the car lol.
But yeah i head the same thought of getting new black mesh to better blend in with the hood, but maybe the silver will compliment the silver grille accents but ill know that once its all done.

I work for a online auto company (idk if i can say the name on here because of the forum rules, can I?) but yeah ill just buy some different type of black sheets. Thanks for the heads up man. Like i said, ill defiantly post pictures once i get the car back later this week so the people who've been wondering how it would look, now they will lol.

Harbow

I'm going to post pictures of the back of the hood, i do believe its fiberglass like mzilvar stated

Harbow

Here are the rest of the pictures I have of the hood

Looks like fiberglass backing to me mzilvar

swoosh

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subd for pix

Harbow

what do you mean???

swoosh

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you gonna ever install that hood on the car?
when you do, you gonna take pix?
when you do, you gonna post them up?
when you do, I would like to see them

comprende?

Harbow

[QUOTE=Harbow;14777751]Hey mzilvar,

Yeah my main worry in all this is the safety of the hood you know staying on the car lol.
But yeah i head the same thought of getting new black mesh to better blend in with the hood, but maybe the silver will compliment the silver grille accents but ill know that once its all done.

I work for a online auto company (idk if i can say the name on here because of the forum rules, can I?) but yeah ill just buy some different type of black sheets. Like i said, ill defiantly post pictures once i get the car back later this week so the people who've been wondering how it would look, now they will lol

Swoosh

defiantly will post a lot of pictures, cause ive never seen this type of hood on the TL before so it'll help others out who are thinking about buying it

swoosh

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eager to see the pix

Harbow

Yeah i know lol im eager to see what it will look like on my 07 WDP TL, Should have the car back by the end of the week. Plenty of pics to follow

Nick216

Not sure if I like hood vents on a TL.

TLin401

I gotta see the pics before I make my judgement

Andy11891

kinda excited to see it on lol

Steven Bell

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Interesting. I'm anxious to see it installed.

mzilvar

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Hopefully it doesn't come off lol .. my hood flexes a good bit driving on the highway you can actually see it looking near the wipers. Also there's really no way to tell if the bottom is fiberglass or carbon fiber really without asking seibon.

I think sometimes the silver or polished diamond mesh just looks too much like chicken wire. Looks pretty easy to swap it out, just careful with those metal tabs that they don't break off the C-MOD grille has similar tabs holding the mesh and they're fairly fragile anytime I messed with them.

I'm also using just 1x of the hood struts and it holds the hood just fine.

07badasstl

its gonna look good if you have good supporting body mods to go with it

Harbow

Getting the pictures together as we speak. Also did a type s converted bumper since i was involved in an accident so i thought go big or go home

cazio

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sub'd

TLin401

Update?

abrieluno

CLtotheTL32

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swoosh

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Morgan?

Harbow

this is just one of the quick pictures I took with one of my phones will get my nice camera out soon enough can take some good pictures after the snow has melted here in Jersey

Harbow

I'm thinking Ksport coilovers and window tints are the next steps in the cars progress +CF accents

CLtotheTL32

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Coils and A-Spec kit are must-haves!

mzilvar

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^^ +1

I wouldn't be surprised if you start seeing your car on vendor's sites that sell the hood lol, thats the first time I've seen a pic on the web with it installed and I did quite a bit of searching.

myron

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so before any other mods, you did a CF hood that looks like that? Eh I don't know, you need supporting mods to make it look good, now it looks like crap. Drop, a-spec, headlights at least

Also I would paint that mesh on it black so it doesn't stick out like that.

justnspace

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holy crap that is an aggressive looking hood.
sorry to say, it does not belong on your ride without major major mods to the car.

please do the following in no particular order ASAP.
- clear and black out your headlights
- lower that mother fucker
- throw some rims on that hoe.
- vinyl the roof black to match the hood
- get rid of front license plate
- get an aspec kit.



DO THIS TOMORROW.
as you look like a wannabe Evo

story.customz

+1 to all of the above


I'd clear and blackout the headlights first

GKinColo08TL

That hood looks sick, but the boys up ^ there are right...needs supporting mods!

Harbow

Like i said before, the hood was done because i got into an accident. Cost of this new Seibon hood from ,y job was half the price of an unpainted OEM hood. I will do a lot of the mods listed above in time $$$ rules everything.

Kaiii

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what justin said.

there's a LOT of potential, harbow! thanks for updating!!

justnspace

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^i'd rock one. (provides cooling without having to hack up your OEM hood.) although, I'd paint it body color.



YOu said its half off through your job???



*edit

well, maybe not. I dont like how the scoops protrude out of the hood.
if they were vents, like M3 vents, then I'd buy a CF hood like that.

nttstt444

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Yes sir, agree with everyone else. It looks out of place on a bone stock base TL. Could look sick along with other mods.

Steven Bell

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Really, that ain't bad looking at all.

JHAYJHAYB

Looks nice. I dont know if i would prefer it on my wdp though.

wusty23jd

Bumping an old thread here. Anyone else have pictures of the c-1 style vented hood?

BreezyTL

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god this looks awful...Hopefully that hood flew off the kids car and did him a favor.

wusty23jd

Would you think that even if it was paint matched?