Mr. Choi

and yes i did a search, spent over and hour looking through the archives.

anyways, which hoods are good? which hood requires hood pins, which recommends, and which dont need them. i would like to get one that does not require me to have hood pins cause i think i'll look rice on my 4 door. jus my opinion, i rather not have them. any help will do.

thanks

BenB

I have a VIS Hood...probably the best looking...but definitely not the lightest. No hood pins and no problems. I dont like some of the other CF Hoods because the edges look cut. The edges of the VIS wrap around to the underside of the hood making them look rounded and smooth. It has a nice clear coat on it and looks very good, perfect fit. It also has the holes to put on the rubber trim at the front of the hood. I would definitely put the ruber trim back as it will keep less air from getting under the hood and creating lift. This is probably why some of the hoods fly open while going down the highway. I was able to get plastic snaps at my local hardware store and just pop the trim back on.

Do you want the lightest? or the best looking? ::







[Modified by BenB, 11:57 AM 9/29/2002]

h huff

DG Motorsports. beautiful fit, excellent finish on the topside and on the underside. highly recommended. no hood pins either.

agent marlon

got my hood from JDMHondaparts kinda looks like the VIS hood..rolled edges and all...




[Modified by 95 EJ, 5:02 PM 9/29/2002]

BROOD

DG is an excellent hood, I also like the Hammerhead Aviation hoods (I have one of the revised versions that will fit B18 equpped Civics), VIS is alright but a bit heavy.
FI hoods are excellent if you don't mind the cut edges. They are on the lighter weight side though.

And really I'd pin any hood other than an oem steel hood. That is just for my piece of mind.

95redcivicex

VIS hood and love it. I pinned it though because im kinda weary about it coming up. I think the pins are really stylish. VIS is good quality for the money. Thats my $.02

kefka

iTrader: (1)

ehh, i have had two now, and i have had one big problem, i wax and i keep it clean, and right above the motor the clear coat always fades, if you stock hood has nice paint keep it...

Looose_R

sunnys=drool!
whatever you do dont get one from autolink, mine fits liek utter dog ****

mrlegoman

"considering carbon fiber hood"
Considering for what? A performance mod or just for looks.
For looks, make sure the manufacturer rolls the edges (like VIS)
For performance, for the weight difference, your money is probably better spent elsewhere.

my .02$

Jonathan_ED3

my friends have had that problem too...put some aluminum backing on the underside...dynamat makes some good stuff.

Takes care of that pretty dang good.

Oh, and for those of you that have the VIS hood, does the hood have a REAL CLEARCOAT? Or is it just the standard gel finish people try to play off as an actual clear coat?

Mr. Choi

im considering buying one because someone rolled on my hood and its wrinkled. he's paying of course. i want to get a CF hood because my weak *** engine has too much weight to pull. the car is not stock and i want to loose some weight so i can turn a bit faster. im more into handling than straightway speed. i jus want to shave some weight off so my weak *** engine wont have to struggle as much.