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Some companies ship junk anyway. Like AsswordJDM. I've had 2 hoods from them and they were damn near unrepairable. Since then I've been getting them from Jhot. Very nice condition, last one I got only had 2 small dings in it.
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Good point. Unless you saw pics of the one you are buying, its hard to say if it was damaged ahead of time. Lloyds' House of JDM is probably not a good place to buy stuff from, but most places sell good products
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u have dealt with PWjdm and jdmshit and i can tell you that jdmshit is a lot more pleasant. but i have hte luxury of being in california and being able to pick up everything i buy. i feel bad for guys like bart who live in buttfuck ohio
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turn the hood over and pop out the bigger dents. You won't be able to get the smaller dents so just fill those with bondo or some other kind of filler, sand it down the prep
the edges though your kinda screwed on. maybe a pair of plires may fix it a lil but. I know for a fact the bigger dents can be fixed to almost perfect condition
I really should have taken a picture of my hood when it happened to me but i didn't think it would be of any use. My edges were bent to but the body shop fixed that too
the edges though your kinda screwed on. maybe a pair of plires may fix it a lil but. I know for a fact the bigger dents can be fixed to almost perfect condition
I really should have taken a picture of my hood when it happened to me but i didn't think it would be of any use. My edges were bent to but the body shop fixed that too
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thats copyright infringement
eBay and there ****** EF shirts, sticker, and replica ****
plus my car is higher
If i didn't have this wriched pink eye i would take it out for a photo shoot right now
eBay and there ****** EF shirts, sticker, and replica ****
plus my car is higher
If i didn't have this wriched pink eye i would take it out for a photo shoot right now
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Well I just talked to the guy and he told me to take it and get an estimate to have the dents fixed. They are going to compensate me for that. I'd be surprised if it's cheaper than buying another one, though.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xDEFTONESx »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">u have dealt with PWjdm and jdmshit and i can tell you that jdmshit is a lot more pleasant. but i have hte luxury of being in california and being able to pick up everything i buy. i feel bad for guys like bart who live in buttfuck ohio</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeah my first hood from Assword was on a skid and it was junk. All my hoods from Jhot were Fed Exed, and good shape. My body man that painted my Old Suzuka Blue hatch had more hours in the hood than the rest of the car........ Then my good friend that works at hasport tells me how he picks up rare **** at local shops all the time.
Yeah my first hood from Assword was on a skid and it was junk. All my hoods from Jhot were Fed Exed, and good shape. My body man that painted my Old Suzuka Blue hatch had more hours in the hood than the rest of the car........ Then my good friend that works at hasport tells me how he picks up rare **** at local shops all the time.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vega_box »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">turn the hood over and pop out the bigger dents. You won't be able to get the smaller dents so just fill those with bondo or some other kind of filler, sand it down the prep
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vega, i hate to say it but: do you have ANY ******* CLUE how hard that is? you post it like its as easy as making a bowl of grits but in fact it is damn near impossible to get it perfect.
HENCE, the reason you will see a lot of us guys looking for "perfect" metal hoods and just giving up and getting CF because perfect metal hoods hardly exist. whether it be road damage or the most common some dickhole sitting the hood down, then hitting it with his fist to latch it completely
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vega, i hate to say it but: do you have ANY ******* CLUE how hard that is? you post it like its as easy as making a bowl of grits but in fact it is damn near impossible to get it perfect.
HENCE, the reason you will see a lot of us guys looking for "perfect" metal hoods and just giving up and getting CF because perfect metal hoods hardly exist. whether it be road damage or the most common some dickhole sitting the hood down, then hitting it with his fist to latch it completely
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRXBart »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Yeah my first hood from Assword was on a skid and it was junk. All my hoods from Jhot were Fed Exed, and good shape. My body man that painted my Old Suzuka Blue hatch had more hours in the hood than the rest of the car........ Then my good friend that works at hasport tells me how he picks up rare **** at local shops all the time. </TD></TR></TABLE>
thats what im saying. i dont think a lot of people who do not do body work haveethe slightest cclue how large a piece of metal a hood is to get comepletely smooth. they are not flat.
i had one that was perfect with the exception of a pimple on it where someone shut the hodo iwth a wrench on the VC. i took one look at that one blemish and bought a CF hood and sold the metal one for 50 bucks to some kid who thought he could just "pop it out"
Yeah my first hood from Assword was on a skid and it was junk. All my hoods from Jhot were Fed Exed, and good shape. My body man that painted my Old Suzuka Blue hatch had more hours in the hood than the rest of the car........ Then my good friend that works at hasport tells me how he picks up rare **** at local shops all the time.
</TD></TR></TABLE>thats what im saying. i dont think a lot of people who do not do body work haveethe slightest cclue how large a piece of metal a hood is to get comepletely smooth. they are not flat.
i had one that was perfect with the exception of a pimple on it where someone shut the hodo iwth a wrench on the VC. i took one look at that one blemish and bought a CF hood and sold the metal one for 50 bucks to some kid who thought he could just "pop it out"
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xDEFTONESx »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
vega, i hate to say it but: do you have ANY ******* CLUE how hard that is? you post it like its as easy as making a bowl of grits but in fact it is damn near impossible to get it perfect.
HENCE, the reason you will see a lot of us guys looking for "perfect" metal hoods and just giving up and getting CF because perfect metal hoods hardly exist. whether it be road damage or the most common some dickhole sitting the hood down, then hitting it with his fist to latch it completely</TD></TR></TABLE>
Exactly. The placement and size of the large dent concerns me. They may be able to get the dent out, but it'll have to be filled/prepped. Even then it may not look perfect. I might just ask for a refund.
How much is a decent SiR hood going for? Or the price of a new c/f hood. The reason I ask is I bought the whole front end for one price, I don't know what the refund should be.
vega, i hate to say it but: do you have ANY ******* CLUE how hard that is? you post it like its as easy as making a bowl of grits but in fact it is damn near impossible to get it perfect.
HENCE, the reason you will see a lot of us guys looking for "perfect" metal hoods and just giving up and getting CF because perfect metal hoods hardly exist. whether it be road damage or the most common some dickhole sitting the hood down, then hitting it with his fist to latch it completely</TD></TR></TABLE>
Exactly. The placement and size of the large dent concerns me. They may be able to get the dent out, but it'll have to be filled/prepped. Even then it may not look perfect. I might just ask for a refund.
How much is a decent SiR hood going for? Or the price of a new c/f hood. The reason I ask is I bought the whole front end for one price, I don't know what the refund should be.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xDEFTONESx »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
vega, i hate to say it but: do you have ANY ******* CLUE how hard that is? you post it like its as easy as making a bowl of grits but in fact it is damn near impossible to get it perfect.
HENCE, the reason you will see a lot of us guys looking for "perfect" metal hoods and just giving up and getting CF because perfect metal hoods hardly exist. whether it be road damage or the most common some dickhole sitting the hood down, then hitting it with his fist to latch it completely</TD></TR></TABLE>
us big city guys just pay someone to fix it for us
I'm speaking from experience when I say it is possible
vega, i hate to say it but: do you have ANY ******* CLUE how hard that is? you post it like its as easy as making a bowl of grits but in fact it is damn near impossible to get it perfect.
HENCE, the reason you will see a lot of us guys looking for "perfect" metal hoods and just giving up and getting CF because perfect metal hoods hardly exist. whether it be road damage or the most common some dickhole sitting the hood down, then hitting it with his fist to latch it completely</TD></TR></TABLE>
us big city guys just pay someone to fix it for us
I'm speaking from experience when I say it is possible
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xDEFTONESx »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the new FI one, which i have seen in person and it is VERY nice, and VERY K-friendly is like 6 something? ask dohc_c-rex. he has the only one right now.</TD></TR></TABLE>
expletive those lazy bastards at FI taking forever to get off their lazy *** to ship our hoods
expletive those lazy bastards at FI taking forever to get off their lazy *** to ship our hoods
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Boosted Chemist »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
expletive those lazy bastards at FI taking forever to get off their lazy *** to ship our hoods </TD></TR></TABLE>
its will. i dunno him and i dont know the situation so i wont say anything.
150 is f or a ZC. i would be very suprised if you could find an 90-91 si-r and if you do i bet itll be 300.
what i will say it that it seems to me a lot of these companies do not want to front for the materials to make the hoods. they want to take full price orders, take your money, THEN go buy the materials and make the hoods orr whatever the product is.
all i have to say to these ******* is quit selling your idea, and sell a product that exists. if you have to front 3k to make 8k i dont think that should be an issue.
expletive those lazy bastards at FI taking forever to get off their lazy *** to ship our hoods
</TD></TR></TABLE>its will. i dunno him and i dont know the situation so i wont say anything.
150 is f or a ZC. i would be very suprised if you could find an 90-91 si-r and if you do i bet itll be 300.
what i will say it that it seems to me a lot of these companies do not want to front for the materials to make the hoods. they want to take full price orders, take your money, THEN go buy the materials and make the hoods orr whatever the product is.
all i have to say to these ******* is quit selling your idea, and sell a product that exists. if you have to front 3k to make 8k i dont think that should be an issue.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xDEFTONESx »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
150 is f or a ZC. i would be very suprised if you could find an 90-91 si-r and if you do i bet itll be 300.</TD></TR></TABLE>
you guys really do shop on the wrong sites
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NAallTheWAY »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well my guy is checking on the refund for me now. Who makes an SiR hood for the SiR front end besides FI? I might ask Dustin what he thinks...</TD></TR></TABLE>
jhp sells CF hoods. also there is a place over here Carbon1 I'm sure they might have some customes ones made but I'll have to check. I asked them a while ago if they could make a copy of my hood but never followed through.
150 is f or a ZC. i would be very suprised if you could find an 90-91 si-r and if you do i bet itll be 300.</TD></TR></TABLE>
you guys really do shop on the wrong sites
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NAallTheWAY »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well my guy is checking on the refund for me now. Who makes an SiR hood for the SiR front end besides FI? I might ask Dustin what he thinks...</TD></TR></TABLE>
jhp sells CF hoods. also there is a place over here Carbon1 I'm sure they might have some customes ones made but I'll have to check. I asked them a while ago if they could make a copy of my hood but never followed through.
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Compositesfab would probably do a copy if there was enough interest. I thought about forking out the dough and having him make me a c/k hood. I just PMed him to see who has the best quality.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NAallTheWAY »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well my guy is checking on the refund for me now. Who makes an SiR hood for the SiR front end besides FI? I might ask Dustin what he thinks...</TD></TR></TABLE>
your guy?
"youre talkin to my guy all wrong and if you do it again, im gonna stab you in the face with a soldering iron."
your guy?
"youre talkin to my guy all wrong and if you do it again, im gonna stab you in the face with a soldering iron."
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vega_box »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
you guys really do shop on the wrong sites
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For sure I got my last 2 SiRs for like 40bux from Jhot, off of Ebay.
you guys really do shop on the wrong sites
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For sure I got my last 2 SiRs for like 40bux from Jhot, off of Ebay.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NAallTheWAY »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Compositesfab would probably do a copy if there was enough interest. I thought about forking out the dough and having him make me a c/k hood. I just PMed him to see who has the best quality. </TD></TR></TABLE>
WE tried this before we went with FI, he wanted alot of cash and didnt really seem intrested compared to fI, we just did a 15 hood buy in so i doubt you will find enought intrest to get another one..
WE tried this before we went with FI, he wanted alot of cash and didnt really seem intrested compared to fI, we just did a 15 hood buy in so i doubt you will find enought intrest to get another one..
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Boosted Chemist »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
WE tried this before we went with FI, he wanted alot of cash and didnt really seem intrested compared to fI, we just did a 15 hood buy in so i doubt you will find enought intrest to get another one..</TD></TR></TABLE>
I see.
WE tried this before we went with FI, he wanted alot of cash and didnt really seem intrested compared to fI, we just did a 15 hood buy in so i doubt you will find enought intrest to get another one..</TD></TR></TABLE>
I see.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vega_box »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">turn the hood over and pop out the bigger dents. You won't be able to get the smaller dents so just fill those with bondo or some other kind of filler, sand it down the prep
the edges though your kinda screwed on. maybe a pair of plires may fix it a lil but. I know for a fact the bigger dents can be fixed to almost perfect condition
I really should have taken a picture of my hood when it happened to me but i didn't think it would be of any use. My edges were bent to but the body shop fixed that too</TD></TR></TABLE>
Mannn, its sooooo much harder than that!! The hood is constructed from thin gauge metal and is very tough/time consuming like a mother to "just smooth dents out."
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xDEFTONESx »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
vega, i hate to say it but: do you have ANY ******* CLUE how hard that is? you post it like its as easy as making a bowl of grits but in fact it is damn near impossible to get it perfect.
HENCE, the reason you will see a lot of us guys looking for "perfect" metal hoods and just giving up and getting CF because perfect metal hoods hardly exist. whether it be road damage or the most common some dickhole sitting the hood down, then hitting it with his fist to latch it completely</TD></TR></TABLE>
. This is why i sold my OEM metal hood that i had some few months ago. To get it *near* perfect i was quoted something like 500-750$. Yea, it wasnt worth it to me. Everyone just said buy a new one, but of course they didnt know it was a jdm hood.
I would love to see some of your guys' "repaired" OEM metal SiR hoods and I'll let u know if its "clean" or not, LOL.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xDEFTONESx »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the new FI one, which i have seen in person and it is VERY nice, and VERY K-friendly is like 6 something? ask dohc_c-rex. he has the only one right now.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I have the new FI one also, i think me and him received ours around the same time since we were part of the test fitment thing....its of a much higher qaulity than the ViS by far.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NAallTheWAY »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Who makes an SiR hood for the SiR front end besides FI? I might ask Dustin what he thinks...</TD></TR></TABLE>
ViS CF is the one i used to have on my car before i upgraded to an FI piece. BTW, FI also makes the SiR hood in a fiberglass version as well (which i havent seen, but was assured its fit and finish is exact to their CF counterpart).
the edges though your kinda screwed on. maybe a pair of plires may fix it a lil but. I know for a fact the bigger dents can be fixed to almost perfect condition
I really should have taken a picture of my hood when it happened to me but i didn't think it would be of any use. My edges were bent to but the body shop fixed that too</TD></TR></TABLE>
Mannn, its sooooo much harder than that!! The hood is constructed from thin gauge metal and is very tough/time consuming like a mother to "just smooth dents out."
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xDEFTONESx »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
vega, i hate to say it but: do you have ANY ******* CLUE how hard that is? you post it like its as easy as making a bowl of grits but in fact it is damn near impossible to get it perfect.
HENCE, the reason you will see a lot of us guys looking for "perfect" metal hoods and just giving up and getting CF because perfect metal hoods hardly exist. whether it be road damage or the most common some dickhole sitting the hood down, then hitting it with his fist to latch it completely</TD></TR></TABLE>
. This is why i sold my OEM metal hood that i had some few months ago. To get it *near* perfect i was quoted something like 500-750$. Yea, it wasnt worth it to me. Everyone just said buy a new one, but of course they didnt know it was a jdm hood.I would love to see some of your guys' "repaired" OEM metal SiR hoods and I'll let u know if its "clean" or not, LOL.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xDEFTONESx »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the new FI one, which i have seen in person and it is VERY nice, and VERY K-friendly is like 6 something? ask dohc_c-rex. he has the only one right now.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I have the new FI one also, i think me and him received ours around the same time since we were part of the test fitment thing....its of a much higher qaulity than the ViS by far.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NAallTheWAY »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Who makes an SiR hood for the SiR front end besides FI? I might ask Dustin what he thinks...</TD></TR></TABLE>
ViS CF is the one i used to have on my car before i upgraded to an FI piece. BTW, FI also makes the SiR hood in a fiberglass version as well (which i havent seen, but was assured its fit and finish is exact to their CF counterpart).