since my hatch has been wrecked, i'm looking at getting a carbon fiber hood for my 92-95 hatchback. if you could post some pics of your hood and where you got it and what you paid for it, that would be very helpful.

or if you know a good website to go to, that would also be great.

i'm looking for something in the 300 - 450 dollar range. i don't want anything like benen or spoon, they're too expensive or take too long to get.

thanks in advance.

 

carbon fiber hoods = waste of money. if you absolutely must get one, at least paint that sum bitch

 

A CF hood is a good way to save some weight and replace a damaged OEM hood at the same time.

 

CF hoods look good mostly when you have no dings whatsoever. i see people that just replace there hood cause they dented there original and slap it on and it totally stands out from the rest of the car. and they usually don't fit that good.

 

i love the way they look..espically on black cars liek mine..i dotn ahve any pics but i have a vis hood.... compared to the other ones ive seen its been the nicest....smooth rolled edges not jus cut off..teh fit and finish is perfect..it even came with the holes for the windshield squirters....got a latch and skeleton....i paid like 470 shipped from NOPI for mine

 

hey blazin i had a 1st gen fi hood and paid 150 for it it was well worth the money here are some pics



but i would recommend getting a bodykitsnw hood thats what i'm going to get and to me the quality is better than the fi hoods

 

Yay.

 

hes right.. why replace your OEM hood with a hood that doesnt match the car? most CF hoods dont even match black cars.. but hey, your car, your money.

 

unpainted cf hoods look good to me


[Modified by RoaringTurtle, 5:29 AM 9/23/2002]

 

To save weight and, personally, I like the vented hoods b/c I am not comfortable with how hot my engine bay gets.

 

IMO. if u were to get a CFhood...get fiber images...it practically unbreakable..there was an incident when my GF's lil sister threw a basketball in the air, and hit my cfHood really hard, but no damage at all...if u ask for an opinon, id say http://www.fiberimages.com goodluck

 

Get a lite weight c/f hood, some are still heavy.

 

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finally someone who thinks they should be painted.. couldnt agree more

 

Why paint a CF hood when the purpose is to safe weight. Car paint is pretty heavy, I'm sure it would add at least another 10lbs.

A good buddy of mine walked over my ViS hood, didnt even leave a mark, so there! He's a decently sized fellow, around 270 at the time.

 

thanks for the pic singlecam screamer.

i'm going to look at the bodykitsnw hood. a friend of mine has one on his '01 prelude and it's only about 10 lbs. lighter than the stock. it fit really good though.

thanks everyone.

 

Weight savings is over rated...Get a stock hood.

 

nah man..dont hate..its so necessary to save 10lbs on a street car

 

Yup, I agree.

-Thayne

 

same here...........

 

I just sanded down my car and with out the paint it so much quicker, he's right paint would add weight and slow ya down just messin with ya

 

Fiber Images

 

i dont know if any of you guys have checked lately, but you can get carbon fiber hoods a lot cheaper than getting a new stock hood, then painting it. plus IMO they look better and save weight.

 

sorry OT: where can i get a VIS racing ZC hood for under 500 shipped?

 

i was going to get the carbon fiber hood because i was going to start autocrossing my car, except now i think i might change my mind because weight reduction would move me out of STS class and into Street Mod.

unless i can find a nice hood for a decent price, i'm gonna just go with another stocker.

 

CF hoods own