I see hoods, trunks, and now a oem wing for our cars in carbon fiber... I don't really understand the purpose of carbon fiber besides that its slightly lighter than its metal alloy counterparts. I don't really like the wierd effect it has at different angles, maybe I am missing a point of it?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_fiber#Textile

Carbon fiber is extremely strong
i'm assuming you've never seen the video of the CAR driving over the 00 civic carbon fiber hood and it not even leaving a scratch

 

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I know I haven't heard that story, and after reading the info from the link, I think I might buy the hood. lol

Not sure how it looks on the habi though.

 

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I know I haven't heard that story, and after reading the info from the link, I think I might buy the hood. lol

Not sure how it looks on the habi though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have a feeling that on the Habi and RR, it will look awesome. There's something about red cars with CF hoods that make me turn my head.

 

Wow post a pic of the leather seats please i would love to see that even though i perfer suede seat's.

 

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Oh I will as soon as I get my dang digital camera cable to transfer the files.

 

wonder how CF would look on a white car.....looks hot on my black teg and looked like crappy **** on my green teg

 

CF on white is hottt!

 

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you sure? i dont want it to be too contrasty and looking like im a ricer with a primered hood or something

 

Carbon fiber hood on a white car, I have always liked how it looks. imo.

 

i think white and habby are the best colors to buy a CF hood

 

If you don't like the color on the CF, just go get it painted somewhere, to whatever color you want.

 

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im not going to paint a $800 CF hood when i could just keep the oem

 

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im not going to paint a $800 CF hood when i could just keep the oem </TD></TR></TABLE>

how you gonna save weight with oem hood

 

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im not that big into racing that i need to strip my si for weight...thats what my teg is for.....if i were to put CF on my fg it would be more to enjoy the aesthetic part of it

 

I'd also like to see the leather seats. A couple of dealers installed them and jacked with the prices of the car. Luckily I didn't spend $30k, and I hope they didn't get you for that either.

Damn Colo. stealerships.

Either way, nice to see a fellow CO FG driver

 

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I know I haven't heard that story, and after reading the info from the link, I think I might buy the hood. lol

Not sure how it looks on the habi though.</TD></TR></TABLE>



looks good i think, habi red looks good but a lot different under lights than in sun lol

and the video Mike was talkin about, i think that was "fiber images" don't remember but i remember displaying the video a few years back in a school presentation lol. I probalby have the video on my external HD at home, I can check if people are interested in seeing it

CF = strong!

 

I can answer this, well first off, those videos that fiber images did are very very very decieving!!!! The hood flexes so if you ran over it with a fiberglass hood it would have did the same thing. The carbon fiber market is very bastardized. A real carbon hood should not weigh more then 5 or 6lbs. Not like all the cosmetic hoods that ARE MADE FOR LOOKS not strength. I am not knocking on ViS as a product just stating their manufacturing process. All they do is make a fiberglass hood then overlay that with 1 layer of carbon. They use polyester resins as well. This is to make the hoods cheap. A real carbon hood again is very very light and very strong! If manufactured right carbon fiber is 2 times stronger then steel by weight. But most of the carbon hoods on the market are made with low tech manufacturing that is why they are still heavy!

This is carbon made the right way!!





The average consumer does not want to pay $1500 for a race hood that weighs 5lbs because they are on street cars and most the time buying it because of the look not the function.

 

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well thats why I want one...

i think someone on here said they contacted Seibon and Seibon responded that the 2006 Civic CF hood weighs 5lbs :shrugs:

 

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well thats why I want one...

i think someone on here said they contacted Seibon and Seibon responded that the 2006 Civic CF hood weighs 5lbs :shrugs:</TD></TR></TABLE>

but you also have to take into consideration how small that hood is! Someone that has a seibon hood for this app civic should chime in with the weight of it. Seibon told one of my customers the mustang hood they carried weighted 10lbs but his he got in weighted 26lbs when the stock hood weights 24lbs

It is all in what you want. I would not buy a carbon hood that is 90% fiberglass and resin but that is all that is on the market

 

there was a member on FGcoupe.com who bought the Seibon CF hood/trunk and there was weight savings in both hood and trunk

i forget the numbers but I hope Seibon doesn't make em the way you say some manufacturers dood.. i'm in the CF hood/trunk wanting for the weight savings

 

again I am not knocking seibona s a company but they make all their carbon stuff that way. They do it that way so they don't get that many air bubbles. about 99% of all carbon stuff in this market is manufactured this way. You also got to look at the price. My all carbon hoods are between $1200-$1500, but you are getting a tech manufactured hood with race materials with no glass nor poly resin and they are made using RTM process. the average person will not pay that for a hood because they don't need it THAT light for normal daily driving. Don't take this like I am just tring to push my product, I don't even make andything for the new civic

But in the world of composites, most chinese made carbon products are made for cosmetic use not for major reduction or strength. A carbon hood made by these companies are NOT ANY stronger then a fiberglass hood

 

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well let us know when you do (also consider the trunk lid as well)

to me the whole point of CF is to save weight

 

i've considered it but again our stuff is not cheap and are geared towards racing. weight savings are not cheap lol. we have only a handful of street cars that run our hoods but TONS of race cars that have them

Here are a couple of our full race kevlar hoods

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by carbonall &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I can answer this, well first off, those videos that fiber images did are very very very decieving!!!! The hood flexes so if you ran over it with a fiberglass hood it would have did the same thing. The carbon fiber market is very bastardized. A real carbon hood should not weigh more then 5 or 6lbs. Not like all the cosmetic hoods that ARE MADE FOR LOOKS not strength. I am not knocking on ViS as a product just stating their manufacturing process. All they do is make a fiberglass hood then overlay that with 1 layer of carbon. They use polyester resins as well. This is to make the hoods cheap. A real carbon hood again is very very light and very strong! If manufactured right carbon fiber is 2 times stronger then steel by weight. But most of the carbon hoods on the market are made with low tech manufacturing that is why they are still heavy!

This is carbon made the right way!!





The average consumer does not want to pay $1500 for a race hood that weighs 5lbs because they are on street cars and most the time buying it because of the look not the function.</TD></TR></TABLE>



ill say it... pretty much the hoods u buy in aftermarket are **** compaired to the real stuff