hello,

please post you comments...

carbon fiber hoods
(applicatoin 98 civic hatchy)

SEI<FONT COLOR="red">BON</FONT> or VIS?

why?
personal experience?
friend has one?
who has what?
heard from?
fitment?
finish?
links?
bottem line?
(whatever)

any comments and opions are welcome.

wheres seibon made from? japan / usa / taiwan?
wheres vis made from - japan / usa / taiwan?

which is beter - seibon or vis?

thank you.


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Modified by ek44 at 4:19 AM 3/22/2006

 

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thank you

i did a search but these didnt come up.

 

had a VIS on my old 95 EG. It was decent

on my 97 hatch I went with seibon and Im pretty much sold on their products. quality and fitment is awesome, way better than my old VIS

heres a pic

 

thanx for the pic and comments, just saw the same pic in a diff topic about siebon vs vis.

much appreciated.

proly getting the seibon hood then....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek44 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanx for the pic and comments, just saw the same pic in a diff topic about siebon vs vis.

much appreciated.

proly getting the seibon hood then.... </TD></TR></TABLE>
from what i gather on cf hoods is this.. no 2 hoods ar ethe same.. you can get a good and bad hood from anyone. the diff between good companies and bad are the quality control. cheaper hoods have less to no quality control and the bad/throwback hoods sneak out and will eventually make it to the customer. then you have to deal with the vendor who sold it to you to get it sorted out, and usally the vendors dont want any part of it because most people buying car stuff honestly have no business installing it themselves and its almost impossible to pin the blame on someone.
my advice would be buy from someone local so you can see it in person.
i used to sell hoods and id go to the distributor and open and inspect every hood i sold. or 75% of them. it was easier cause i sold a lower amount but the times i didnt check the hood customers would get mad at me cause a hood was the wrong model (packaged wrong in china) or the wood supports that protect the corners broke and caused damage to hood, etc.
so i started visually inspecting every hood. and thats how i come to my conclusion. this is after inspecting hoods from siebon, vis, and china companies which makes 95% of all cf hoods

 

 

leaning towards the seibon hood from a local distrubutor (and the cf hatch as well).

service is great but i told him already that i will not accept the hood if it wasnt to my highest standards.

- it must be perfect fit
- the carbon weave must be straight and nice
- clear coat must be showroom clean and nice/shiney
- not a single damage or stratch at all
- everything must be a 10 out of 10
- abosolutly perfect with not a complaint

... before i pay any cents.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek44 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">leaning towards the seibon hood from a local distrubutor.

service is great but i told him already that i will not accept the hood if it wasnt to my highest standrads.

- it must be perfect fit
- the carbon weanve must be straight and nice
- clear coat must be showroom clean and nice/shiney
- everything must be a 10 out of 10

... before i pay any cents. </TD></TR></TABLE>
id go look for one local in a shop then. theres usally a flaw somewhere. i think 1 out of 10 hoods is 100% perfect. and thats not taking fitment into considaration, because you cant test fit every hood you sell. sometime they just dont fit right, but you can usally adjust your bumper/fenders to fix any gaps. hood pins help also when trying to get the hood to line up cause you can pull the hood down on each side instead of just in the center which might cause 1 side to lift up and 1 to drop down

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek44 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">leaning towards the seibon hood from a local distrubutor (and the cf hatch as well).

service is great but i told him already that i will not accept the hood if it wasnt to my highest standards.

- it must be perfect fit
- the carbon weave must be straight and nice
- clear coat must be showroom clean and nice/shiney
- not a single damage or stratch at all
- everything must be a 10 out of 10
- abosolutly perfect with not a complaint

... before i pay any cents. </TD></TR></TABLE>

honestly, good luck finding a hood then. I've only seen hoods that are 8 and possibly 9 come out of VIS and other mainstream brands.

 

he gauranteed me already on paper and he said he'// have proly 5-10 hoods for me to choose from.

he will (the shop) will mount/test and try till the fittment is perfect.

he garuanteed my satisfaction.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek44 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">he gauranteed me already on paper and he said he'// have proly 5-10 hoods for me to choose from.

he will (the shop) will mount/test and try till the fittment is perfect.

he garuanteed my satisfaction. </TD></TR></TABLE>
gl to you

 

we'll see what happens and ill update this post.

thanx for all the replies.

i do understand that it is hard to get a aftermarket cf hood that 10 out of 10 for oem fit, but i still try my best to get the most perfect oem fit.

we'll see how it goes......?

(ninja side note: im not talking about spoon or mugen or C-west or Js or some other jdm brand where fitment is 99.9% oem fitment)

 

VIS for sure

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">VIS for sure </TD></TR></TABLE>
why?

 

i recently got a vis hood and i like it. very good quality. only minor complaints i have is the fitment. the fitment isn't exactly perfect but still is pretty good. it took a little tampering to get the fitment close to perfect. it seems to sit lower towards the bumper. other then that, overall i am happy with the hood.

vis gets a from me

also, i have a 99-00 civic oem style hood.

 

i've owned 2 VIS hoods, bunch of my friends have them, awesome quality hoods, nice and snug fitment, love em

 

I had a VIS on my hatch and it was PERFECT, every body line was exact and perfect. My buddy has a Seibon and his is the same way, excellent fitment, only thing I noticed is my VIS looked to have a better clear on it and held up longer, but my car also sat in the garage all the time. Either brand you can't go wrong.

 

i have vis. fits perfect. looks like ***. will be buying seibon

 

i have a vis, fitment is perfect, and i am happy with how it looks.

 

i had to sand and reclear mine its less than a year old

 

I heard ebay are the best for the price!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CarbonEG6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I heard ebay are the best for the price!!</TD></TR></TABLE>lol.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I heard ebay are the best for the price!! </TD></TR></TABLE>

you the same from chb/e-hatch.com?

thinking of getting the seibon this week since theyve got a special sale and promo ending this weekend.

i dont trust ebay.

thank you to all that replied and please keep the opions coming!

anyone else?

 

I am everywhere, GET SEIBON!