ot: cf hood or not
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Re: ot: cf hood or not (type R 599)
Im not a big fan of JDM front, but if you have it, a CF hood on a white R is the best combo. CF hoods on black Rs look stupid and on a yellow car it's just ok.
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Re: ot: cf hood or not (Ross)
thats how i felt but now after i saw that picture about a week ago of typermsm's R racing on the track, i'm not sure anymore...does anyone have any pics of cw R's with cf hood but no cf lip. i just want to see how it would look. oh well...keep the comments coming! 
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Re: ot: cf hood or not (comptechgsr)
Best of both worlds:
Get a CF hood and paint it CW.
On black cars, I think, CF hoods look good. On light color cars they stick out too much.
Call me a weirdo, but if you're getting the hood for weight saving purposes I would really consider paiting in CW, I love the color. Just my $0.02, dont flame.
Get a CF hood and paint it CW.
On black cars, I think, CF hoods look good. On light color cars they stick out too much.
Call me a weirdo, but if you're getting the hood for weight saving purposes I would really consider paiting in CW, I love the color. Just my $0.02, dont flame.
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Re: ot: cf hood or not (George Knighton)
Not a big fan of the JDM nose.
However, if you are going to do it...it seems to me the JDM nose by itself puts the car "underground" but the carbon fibre hood makes it stand out more than the USDM nose by itself makes the car stand out.
Make sense? Every time I log on, there seems to be another theft or some kind of vandalism, and I'm not sure we want our cars to stand out <u>more</u> than they already do.
Two JDM's that I think look a cut above most: Vic Perri and Mike (ISP Racing).
However, if you are going to do it...it seems to me the JDM nose by itself puts the car "underground" but the carbon fibre hood makes it stand out more than the USDM nose by itself makes the car stand out.
Make sense? Every time I log on, there seems to be another theft or some kind of vandalism, and I'm not sure we want our cars to stand out <u>more</u> than they already do.
Two JDM's that I think look a cut above most: Vic Perri and Mike (ISP Racing).
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Re: ot: cf hood or not (type R 599)
i heard that CF hood dont lasts
they fade, bouble and they crack
dont tell me thats coz its just shity make~ if so i've seem alots of shitty CF
hood around the area~! i mean dont trust CF in the picture~ they are not
as good as they look in the pic
they fade, bouble and they crack
dont tell me thats coz its just shity make~ if so i've seem alots of shitty CF
hood around the area~! i mean dont trust CF in the picture~ they are not
as good as they look in the pic
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Re: ot: cf hood or not (FreddyR)
i heard that CF hood dont lasts
they fade, bouble and they crack
dont tell me thats coz its just shity make~ if so i've seem alots of shitty CF
hood around the area~! i mean dont trust CF in the picture~ they are not
as good as they look in the pic
they fade, bouble and they crack
dont tell me thats coz its just shity make~ if so i've seem alots of shitty CF
hood around the area~! i mean dont trust CF in the picture~ they are not
as good as they look in the pic
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Re: ot: cf hood or not (ITYP3R)
GUYS: To those ppl that have CF hood, it needs to put on a clear coat before install on your car. That is the only way the hood will last. Once the clear coat is on, you can put wax, polish..treated like another body panel. Or else it will crack, fade, lot of scratches on it. 
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