 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  06-12-2004, 07:22 AM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tulsa/Ft Worth Posts: 102 |
Do any of you know of any custom hoods for the ti? I've looked and can't find anything.
I once found a carbon fiber hood, but by the time I got the money to buy it they had discontinued it due to a factory defect. I'd really like to spice up my hood a bit! __________________
uhm...yeah...Vrooom |  |  | | 06-12-2004, 08:01 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 290 |
Look at mashaw.com for a carbon fiber hood. Personally I think a carbon fiber hood looks dumb unless your car is black. Esp if you get one with pins, lol. I'd only get it for the weight reduction on my car (red), and I'd paint it. | | | | | 06-12-2004, 08:36 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 641 |
mashaw.com is a good start
cf can look lame, but good if done right __________________
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S52 CONVERSION UNDERWAY | | | | | 06-12-2004, 11:26 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tulsa/Ft Worth Posts: 102 |
I've seen carbon fiber on orange before an I think it looks good. Thanks for the link __________________
uhm...yeah...Vrooom | | | | | 06-12-2004, 11:29 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tulsa/Ft Worth Posts: 102 |
Holy crap mashaw is expensive. The carbon fiber hood I saw before was around $300.. their prices are just rediculous __________________
uhm...yeah...Vrooom | | | | | 06-13-2004, 01:18 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 641 |
great quality though- - __________________
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S52 CONVERSION UNDERWAY | | | | | 06-13-2004, 10:23 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tulsa/Ft Worth Posts: 102 |
Yeah I imagine, but carbon fiber is still carbon fiber. __________________
uhm...yeah...Vrooom | | | | | 06-14-2004, 06:23 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 290 |
Not really. A $300 carbon fiber hood will be pretty inferior in terms of weave, construction, and finish quality. You gotta pay to play. | | | | | 06-17-2004, 11:25 PM | #9 | | Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bouncing off the rev limiter in CT! Posts: 3,156 |
MA Shaw rules. No cheap crap there...
Remember you have a 4-door sedan hood on your car when you get ready to buy... | | | | | 06-18-2004, 11:23 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tulsa/Ft Worth Posts: 102 |
yeah, i've already replaced the hood once, but it was with another stock one after an accident. I'm sure MA Shaw does rule, but its out of my price range.. at least for awhile. __________________
uhm...yeah...Vrooom | | | | | 07-11-2004, 07:04 AM | #11 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1 |
i think i saw some on nopi.com they had like color carbon fiber hood i dont remember the cost though. | | | | | 07-11-2004, 01:32 PM | #12 | | Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bouncing off the rev limiter in CT! Posts: 3,156 |
Wait, and save your money for quality parts.
You are building a BMW, not a Honda... | | | | | 07-13-2004, 03:43 AM | #13 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: toronto Posts: 29 |
second that no cheap stuff n gotta be black color otherwise too much contrast  look at my hood i have removed the entire ac and am planning on cf hood nxt for the weight not the  bling | | | | | 07-13-2004, 12:46 PM | #14 | | Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bouncing off the rev limiter in CT! Posts: 3,156 |
I thought about painting the hood with the exception of possibly a stripe.
Leaving the entire hood unpainted looks cheap, regardless of the quality of the hood: 'What happened, you did not have the money for paint after buying the hood??'
And, yes the reason for a caron or other composite hood is to save weight, or more importantly, properly distribute the weight. | | | | | 07-14-2004, 09:03 PM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 641 |
but still, carbon fiber looks good if it is not too gaudy, also has to be on a certain color __________________
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