can anyone tell me some good prices on a stock looking carbon fiber hood and how much does it take off the car

 

well prices could range from 100-500 depending on who/where you get it from. if i remember, it takes something like 14 lbs off the car?

 

yea it doesnt take anything noticable off ur car wont make ur car faster at all just a little lighter, lose some weight and itll be the same thing

 

if you are really looking to reduce the weight this is not a very good way. Most CF hoods are really only for looks. The CF is only on the outside, they have a thick fiberglass skeleton on the bottom of the CF. The weight is slightly less but unless you really want it for the looks I would not get it. Also CF hoods had a tendency to flap in the wind as they are not as sturdy as the OEM hoods.

 

it's not that hard to take off the car. i took mine off and put it back on by myself. but then again i didnt have a helper that time so putting it back on by myself was the only option.

you only need a 10mm and a ratchet

 

thanks ill take that into consideration ... still wondering what else i can make cf on my car

 

lip kit, wing, mirrors, dash, seats...i think that's about it

 

every lil bit counts

 

my buddy no joke lost around 100 pounds.. and said he felt a actual difference in a pull.. so if u think about it if any of us wanted to gut unessasary **** out of our cars you can fell it not much but i tjust think cf looks sex...

 

Actually, if you can spring some money for dry carbon (most mainstream manufacturers use "wet") you will save a considerable amount of weight. However, it is expensive as heck. Companies like Seibon and ViS make their products mainly for looks and as others have said, they only lay a sheet on the top and the rest isn't CF.

 

it took about 15 from my car and i got it for $180.00(with the hook ups)F1 CARBON FIBER

 

post pics of your F1 carbon hood. If that hood weighs more then 5lbs I doubt it is F1

 

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The rear hatch is available in c/f, too. There's got to be more available for the RSX, though -- you can get c/f doors, front fenders, and maybe even a sunroof plug for the EP.

 

every 125 lbs save u 0.1 seconds on ur 1/4 mile time

 

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with the $ u spend on losing 125lbs u could do soo much more to drop time..

 

these are all carbon fiber if you were still wondering what you can do to your rsx

<U>fenders</U>
http://www.kgsengineering.com/....html

<U>front bumper</U>
http://www.kgsengineering.com/....html

<U>trunk lid</U>
http://www.kgsengineering.com/....html

<U>trunk</U>
http://www.kgsengineering.com/....html

<U>rear bumper</U>
http://www.kgsengineering.com/....html

<U>type r wing</U>
http://www.kgsengineering.com/....html

<U>9 different hoods</U>
http://www.kgsengineering.com/....html

and thats just one website i found on froogle....im pretty sure you can find these cheaper somewhere else

 

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hoodpins

 

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exactly....

 

I just got a carbon fiber hatch from Seibon for my 03 EP3 and i was wondering how hard it is to install it.

 

most of the listed cf is for the 02-04 ... there isnt much for the 06 ... do i have to special order cause of that ...

 

Carbon fiber looks stupid. I will point at you on the street and laugh. You lose minimal weight by switching, and you're fucked if you get in a crash.

I know a guy who got an aftermarket hood for his Mustang, and his insurance wouldn't cover replacement after an accident, for either a new OEM hood or another aftermarket one.

 

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Hard enough that you might want to enlist the help of a glass shop, who will remove the glass from the stock hatch and reinstall it onto the carbon hatch.

Unpainted carbon fiber, to me, looks better than unpainted fiberglass. But, I don't know how smart it is to have on a street car, especially a safety-critical part like the doors. If you have an honest-to-goodness circuit-legal cage that includes several side beams, you could afford to lose some door protection. For a hood, I'd rather have something that bends & stays attached in an accident, while a carbon hood may do some weird **** that I don't know about.

I still may get the CF fake Mugen wing on my car painted to match. It really doesn't look bad the way it is, though, and actually escaped the eye of at least one of my coworkers (he finally noticed it maybe two years after I had put it on).

I'd like to see some crash test data on typical carbon fiber panels, but I don't know if I ever will.