I'm looking into a OEM CF hood lately and I was wondering what brand I should go with and where to buy.
I have a 01 Honda Prelude

 

VIS.

 

Does anyone know where I can get a good deal on a VIS Hood?

 

Ebay.

 

Seibon. Haven't seen as many problems with them as I have with VIS.

 

Does anyone know of any place beside Ebay because I don't trust their CF hoods

 

Yea I hear that the clear coat lasts a lot longer on the Seibons, this is the one I'm eventually buying. You can get amazing deals on eBay as long as you know what your doing.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...h=015

 

If you want I can order you products from this site. They are more exspensive and you do have to pay for shipping. But its not ebay.

 

http://www.mimousa.com/home.as...id=46

 

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Seriously, eBay is not a brand. You will the exact same VIS hood from eBay that you will get from VIS or any other car parts website....probably even get a better price.

 

find a friend of a friend who happens to be a seibon/VIS dealer. or you can get a used one thats faded but CF weave perfect so u can refinish for less than new and get a better product. VIS is darker colored CF IIRC, seibon is green-ish i believe. The clearcoat thing I think is conditional, I mean if you wax/buff it, it'll last longer than you would expect

 

anyone know where to get cosmetic damaged ones for cheap? im gonna paint mine anyway. dont care about the look of cf, just saving weight, and my stock one is dented

 

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I'd look on places like Craigslist, H-T classifieds, eBay, etc....

 

seibon.

 

I'd say just go with ebay. All CF hoods will fade so that shouldn't be a deciding factor. So your left with quality of the weave, and fitment. All I know is I got mine for 275 shipped and it fit near perfect with minor adjustments, and the weave looks great. Had it for a couple years. Now I laugh at people that spend twice that Seibon and VIS.

 

i guess it would be worth a shot when i go to get my new one

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94Vtecluder &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'd say just go with ebay. All CF hoods will fade so that shouldn't be a deciding factor. So your left with quality of the weave, and fitment. All I know is I got mine for 275 shipped and it fit near perfect with minor adjustments, and the weave looks great. Had it for a couple years. Now I laugh at people that spend twice that Seibon and VIS.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you know the name brand or even better the guy you got it from? ebay is hit or miss. some great stuff some junk...

 

Seibon FTW!

 

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you know the name brand or even better the guy you got it from? ebay is hit or miss. some great stuff some junk...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Here are some older shots for ***** and giggles....





As you can see for ebay fitment was awsome. Also you can't really see the weave to well in those pictures but believe me it looks good. I'll try to dig up the person I got it from.

 

how much would it be to refinish a cf hood?