So originally when I received my hood I was totally satisfied. After about 4 months through the winter i get a problem. I had my car parked all winter in my covered car port, there were a few times that I moved it out into the elements but usually this was for a day maybe two. Towards the end of the winter season about February I take the car down to the car was and clean it up (this is a hand car wash BTW) I was able to look over the entire car. Car was lookin good, took it home parked it out from under the car port. I stood and stared at it for a few minutes admiring it. That night it snows pretty good my car gets covered, the following late after noon the snow melts. I am checking out the car and notice now there is a crack in the front portion of the hood??? How the hell does this happen? I can only determine that the temperature change created the crack in the clear. I figured no big deal I am sure this is covered by Warranty. I get in contact with Jwood about the problem send him the pics that I have attached here. He explains that he is not sure if it is covered but he will contact Seibon. About a week and half goes by I haven't heard anything, so I call Jwood to see what is the outcome if any. He tells me that they feel that it is a rock chip and that is not covered by warranty! It does not at all look like a rock chip in person, it is like a stress crack, like the curve of the hod created it. Oh and another thing is that they say it could have been from the way I shut the hood? I spent 500 dollars on this hood and think that I am pretty careful about shutting my hood. I never drop it closed, or push it down with one hand, I use equal pressure and slowly press until it latches, I am freaking OCD for Christ sakes. So they tell me to get F'ed pretty much! I don't know if I would recommend buying there products if this is how they do business. I know there workman ship is gorgeous and I am sure I was sold a hood that was defective and it was inevitable that it was going to crack. But the fact they wont back me up is ridiculous, to think they could have covered the damn hood and made me satisfied and had me boasting about there great product. Rather than tell me off and push me into posting negativity about Seibons customer service and defective products! I guess you could take the chance and get a bum hood as I did and be stuck with it, or step it up and buy Fiberimages and get the best. I wish I would have!!!!!

I just want to share with you all my experience so please don't be offended just BEWARE!!

 

that's bullshit, you deserve a new hood

 

Atleast your hood isn't yellow like my cheap *** VIS
Don't think carbon fiber would crack like that though from snow.

 

don't buy carbon fiber from chinese people...

haha and i'm chinese, so don't get your vag's all sandy

 

The same thing happened to my hood. It is from overtightening the hood latch bolts on the bottom of your hood.

 

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I've had my VIS hood since 2003 and it hasnt yellowed at all.

 

well i work around carbon fiber products all day, and to be honest with you bro, it does LOOK like a rock chip, but there's no way in really knowing

 

&lt;----very happy with my seibon puchases in the past

 

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haha and i'm chinese, so don't get your vag's all sandy</TD></TR></TABLE>

is that because chinese people are cheap?

 

that sucks man but i wanna see a pic of the whole car lol

 

doesnt look like a rock chip. looks like the the hood warped where the striker is attached to.

 

oh and a pic of the white thing behind you in your reflections cause i'm guessin what it is

 

my friend bought a seibon hood. bad fitment

i bought a vis hood. so perfect it was just like oem quality/fitment

 

lol that sucks. seibon is one of top of the line

 

put one of those cool honda "stupid hurts" band-aid stickers on it and call it a day.
it will get you Honda-Tech points.

 

wack *** hod

 

in all honesty i don't think u have much of a case..

 

got my seibon hood about a year and a half ago..bad fitment looks like the hood is short about 1/2 inch and i have one of those stress cracks also...i wont buy seibon parts again..

 

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HAHA

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You've had the hood for longer than a month, not even honda will give you your money back. Trust me. Think about it, if someone bought your car when you got your hood and came back in four months to complain about some scratch on the car would you give them their money back?

 

i'm on seibon's side.. cuz it honestly looks like a rock chip. i have impacts on parts of my car where the paint's not missing but it is cracked and i know for a fact it's do to an impact.

 

I am not saying it was broken I am saying that the workmanship had a weak spot in the clear coat (or thin spot). Once installed on my car it took about 4 months and some semi cold weather for this flaw to show. I am not going to argue with the few that think it is a chip, its simple I was aware of my hood before and after the crack came out. During this the car was not drivin nor near a road where debris could have been flung at the car.
has a name to live up and market, as for my personal experience and the few others that have posted; I will not recommend nor support there product! Although had they backed there product this post would cease to exist...


I also have a VIS hood on my EF hatch and I do agree it has been a much better hood than Seibon. The fitment and looks as I said of the Seibon is top notch. Just bad business and customer satisfaction, and had I know about this with them I would not have bought there product would have went with VIS again or of course Fiberimages.


Modified by 91CivicSir at 11:28 PM 5/3/2007

 

this has absolutly nothing to do with it
but my vis hood fits like poop on one side

 

In my professional opinion, that does look like an impact. I have no affiliation with Seibon.

Also, no offense, but if you want to keep your argument strong, you should not praise their competitors in the same breath.

Also, how exactly do you know those two other companies you mentioned are so great? You've never owned a VIS or Fiberimages because if you did you would have bought the same brand. By all means I am NOT saying that VIS or Fiberimages aren't great but I am questioning the OP's logic.

All I'm saying is, let's be fair and open minded in situations like this.

 

Sorry dude but what do you expect them to do? I mean if they catered to everybody who came to them w/ some wishlist of a free replacement they would be out of business.

I know for sure if you own a business and htis happens you would do the same (dont lie)

 

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