hey guys i need a new JDM carbon fiber hood but i dont wanna end up getting a crappy fitting one. what are good brands to look into, as in good fitment, price, and durability? i just want a OEM CF hood style, nothing wild. you guys know any good shops in so-cal or online vendors that you would recommend for carbon fiber hoods? also, how much should i be expecting to spend? thansk in advance for any advice.

 

ViS around 300 bucks new. Best fitting great quality.

/thread.

 

300 is great. i thought i was going to spend like 700 bucks. where can i get one of these hoods?

 

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ehhh well..when I say 300 you'd have to find a supplier around your area, if you don't of one or there aren't any around you'd have to order online, which shipping will cost like around another 100. Go to visracing.com. And i'll try to find other sites..dont know them off the top of my head.

And also you might wanna try the marketplace here, and the sponsers as well. good luck

 

found this sponser. price is 560 shipped. hows Seibon Carbon Fiber fitment and qaulity?

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1711984

 

I believe seibon is a well established name, but i havent had any experience with them. i saw that sponser too, and it's not 560, it will be around 500 shipped, because of the 10% off. i say if u cant find anything better or cheaper go for it.

 

seibon is

 

ok thanks guys. appreciate it.

 

I heard nothing but good things from Seibon's CF hoods.

 

both are great companies and i've rocked both but

seibon&gt;vis imo

 

^Both of those are good but what I'd do if I was you, unless you seriously have a lot of cash and nothing to use it on (which most people don't), is to find the cheapest carbon fiber hood you can find as long as it fits pretty decently, has a UV protectant clearcoat, and isn't wavy or messed up or anything like that. People usually tell you not to buy cheaper carbon fiber hoods because of the chance of them ripping apart and flying open, but if you put hood pins on, which you should do to all carbon fiber hoods anyway no matter the quality, then there'll be no chance of that.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hatch_R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">^Both of those are good but what I'd do if I was you, unless you seriously have a lot of cash and nothing to use it on (which most people don't), is to find the cheapest carbon fiber hood you can find as long as it fits pretty decently, has a UV protectant clearcoat, and isn't wavy or messed up or anything like that. People usually tell you not to buy cheaper carbon fiber hoods because of the chance of them ripping apart and flying open, but if you put hood pins on, which you should do to all carbon fiber hoods anyway no matter the quality, then there'll be no chance of that.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i dont mind paying 500 shipped for a qaulity hood. also, they are located about 45 min away from me so i could probably pick it up and save money on shipping. As for the hood pins you are talking about, would i have to cut into the acutal hood itself to make a hold for the pins? my CF hood right now is using the stock latch and seems to be holding up fine. do most people use hood pins for carbon fiber hoods? what are the chances of it flying open?

 

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As for the hood pins you are talking about, would i have to cut into the acutal hood itself to make a hold for the pins? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Not to thread hijack, but I've been wondering about this as well.

 

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Not to thread hijack, but I've been wondering about this as well.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes you have to dremel or drill and rotozip a portion to attach the hood pins onto the car. I don't know the terminology of the hoodpin pieces but imagine the actually "pin" needs to go through the hood so it can be secure...

sorry if i haven't explained it well

-Nathan

 

i think vis and seibon are among the best out atm.

 

any vis i have seen that was more than a year old was spidering around the latch.

 

A lot of people do run without hood pins but it'll most likely flop around at higher speeds and especially if you ever reach 120+, it'll kind of wiggle around and look like it's about to open, and I've heard of stories where the top half of the hood rips off from the webbing and flies off or the hood just flies open in one piece. To put hood pins on you do have to drill through the hood.

 

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Is this something doable by anyone, or is it better to have a shop do it?

 

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Is this something doable by anyone, or is it better to have a shop do it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can do it yourself. Put a dab of white grease or something like that on the 'pole' part that'll be going through the hood, then gently close the hood down until it touches the 'poles' and leaves little white dots where you need to drill. Then drill very slow without pushing hard to avoid spider web cracks.

 

I had a vis on my eg and it fit good. the weaves were excellent. I hear nothing but good things about fiber images but i dont have first hand experience with them.

 

i had 2 VIS hoods for my integra..and oth had flaws...

one side was higher then the other...


it took me hours trying to adjust it....and its still not fitting proper...

VIS is OK i guess...thats if your looking to do a lot of test fitting to get it to fit proper...

SEIBON FTW!!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sic_DC_FOE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i had 2 VIS hoods for my integra..and oth had flaws...

one side was higher then the other...


it took me hours trying to adjust it....and its still not fitting proper...

VIS is OK i guess...thats if your looking to do a lot of test fitting to get it to fit proper...

SEIBON FTW!!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Are you sure it was genuine VIS? Did it have the VIS plaque underneath near the hood latch? A lot of people on ebay and internet sell CF hoods labeled as "VIS style" and they try to make it sound like real VIS when actually it's one of the cheaper ones.

 

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Are you sure it was genuine VIS? Did it have the VIS plaque underneath near the hood latch? A lot of people on ebay and internet sell CF hoods labeled as "VIS style" and they try to make it sound like real VIS when actually it's one of the cheaper ones.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes it had the plague

 

the cheapest i can find right now is 450 pick up. what do you guys think? keep looking or is this a good price? oh and this is for the seibon cf hood.

 

For the Seibon one I think that's pretty good, my brother got one of the 'cheaper' ones for I think it was $350 shipped, and $250 picked up but it was too far to pick up for us.