I search to see if anyone asked about this company and found nothing.........
I was thinking about buying this CF Hood instead of the SEIBON just to save some cash, but i would really want to get the SEIBON. What i want to know is if anyone has ever heard or used this companies product.

I mean free hood pins how could pass that up.. LOL

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1

this one is 289.00
and SEIBON is 448.00


Modified by Kagelude at 3:49 PM 2/28/2007


Modified by Kagelude at 3:50 PM 2/28/2007

 

+$165.00 shipping.

 

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Yeah i noticed that too but that about the same as the vis or seibon hood

 

The layup of that carbon is crap, my guess is that it is fiberglass with a layer of carbon for show. With the way that thing looks I bet half the weight is in resin alone.

 

Got my hood from ebay for around the 250ish shipped price range and it looks very good. Fitment was a A-, had a lil rise on the side that I had to take care of but still looks fits perfect. Ofcourse now a year or so later it's faded some, but if you do some searching ALL hoods will eventually fade as the top layer oxidizes top brands included Seibon and a VIS.

 

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Carbon doesnt fade, the resin turns brown from sun exposure.

 

since you'd end up paying 465 after shipping, pay a little extra for a VIS or Seibon. They will be much better quality. I got my VIS for about 500 shipped, so I'd say that extra is well worth it. I also got sparco hood pins, which look great, fit great, and work great. A couple friends of mine have the cheapo's and they either rust or work like crap.

 

Paying a little more now for quality

Buying another one because you were to cheap to get the nice one at first

 

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Buying another one because you were to cheap to get the nice one at first </TD></TR></TABLE>

i agree

 

ive had my ViS for a couple years now. fit pretty much perfectly. only problem with it now is that with the ebay/BPI/k&n intake the filter is slightly above the hoodline so its a lil off now. however its not very noticeable. go with the ViS...i got mine on ebay for high 400s-low500s, dont remember exactly.

 

speaking of how the hoods fad from sun exposure, how do you fix that? wetsand and buff and re clearcoat???

 

I have a VIS carbon fiber hood and it's a piece of ****. I'm not saying that VIS is bad at all. I think it was the previous owner that made my cf hood meet its' demise. I have the same question though. It is mis coloured and faded...do I wetsand and buff or what? I tried polishing compound and rubbing compound to no avail. It's also surface cracked in a few spots...should I give up on it or try to save it? It's a good hood quality wise, but it took a beating so yea...back to the subject. Buy something good man. I've bought **** in the past off of ebay in my stupid kid days and it's always fucked me in the long run...

 

original owner killed it with his wastegate. The cracking kept going after installing my RMF. 3 years of exhaust being an 1" from the hood will do that

but its still light.

 

I don't have a cf hood....

 

thats because.......nevermind.......

 

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Buying another one because you were to cheap to get the nice one at first </TD></TR></TABLE>

agreed, i'll deffinitely go for Seibon in that case. just wanted to be cheap for a minute

 

Now can you paint the CF hood to match the rest of the car, and also would painting it extend its life(prevent cracks, fading , est.)

 

totally random, but right where 98vtec's hood was killed, the seibon InvaderII has its vents, so couldve prevented that, of course it also kills the lude lines some. And with my IV II it cleared fine with my H23, But my H22 and the vent cover rubbed my valve cover, took it off and no issues, and the h22 has the spark plug cover so no water issues like the H23.

 

Can you put insulation on the inside of the hood to prevent it from getting to hot and hurting the clear?

 

i had thought about it before, but i got the hood from my friend for 100 bux and figured it was already messed up and personally i think it gives the car a little character. It wont have the same meaning with the drag header

 

character?

looks like an elephant pissed acid on your hood



ps t minus 3 days to florida. bioch

 

im a little puzzled on the damage from the "wastegate" not only is carbon fiber great because its light, but it repells heat. Muffler shops, my dyno guy, and the formula team on campus use carbon fiber gloves to hold extremely hott parts/mufflers. So sine carbon fiber doesnt hold heat I wouldnt see heat penetratring from the bottom side and affecting the resin coat. Is this true carbon fiber? I personally want to put the Vis vader style on my boosted prelude so it will vent a little more of the heat out of the engine bay.

For repairing the hoods from fading you can wetsand it really good with a grit starting around 400 and stop around 800. Then a new clear coat can be applied, if the fading isnt terrible you could take the grit all the way up to 2000 and buff it out with a good buffing compound. I personally perfer to repair all my projects w/e I do with clear coat. JDM headlights look great after wetsanding with a new coat of clear on top ...

 

i wonder if that hood will come in and actually fit upon installation

 

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carbon fiber doesn't repel heat. It does not store heat well is what you meant to say, that is, it may be subjected to heat, but does not stay hot for very long. That is carbon fiber.

The clear coat that goes on top of it, however, is not made of carbon fiber, it is some sort of polyurethane sort of coating, and when repetively subjected to heat, begins to break down.

/rant

 

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carbon fiber doesn't repel heat. It does not store heat well is what you meant to say, that is, it may be subjected to heat, but does not stay hot for very long. That is carbon fiber.

The clear coat that goes on top of it, however, is not made of carbon fiber, it is some sort of polyurethane sort of coating, and when repetively subjected to heat, begins to break down.

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Exactly the reason why i wanted to look into painting it. I plan on going turbo in about a year or so. I've searched around but all i could find are people saying to bring it to a shop. I want to know has anyone personaly painted their CF hood and what it involves??