Just wondering if anyone of you guys with carbon fiber hoods have had any trouble with police or have been cited for your hood; just wondering because the area I live in is cracking down on everything now. Thanks

 

O btw, are carbon fiber hoods legal anyways?

 

a hood is a hood- why would the fact that it is carbon fiber mean anything to the police?

use hood pins.

later

matt

 

Because a CF hood will not pass safety standards when it comes to crashes. I'm not sure if there is any laws on aftermarket hoods. Thats what I have always been informed.

 

paint it and nobody will know

 

Hate to break it to you, but CF is stronger than metal. A friend of mine got into a front-end collision at 85 M.P.H. and the hood suffered only minor cracks in the gelcoat.

 

Factory hoods are designed to crumple to absorb impact during a head on collision. It also crumples to prevent the chance that it might come loose and removes your head.

 

so...does that mean that they are legal?...cuz I have one!! and I wanna know too

 

I wonder how it would look painted? Sometimes they dont fit the best.


[Modified by slowassR, 7:10 PM 9/4/2002]

 

The paint will flake unless you sand off, or at least rough up the gelcoat. also, be sure to prime it very well. We did it on my friends EG coupe, and the result has been great. Light, strong hood and no police attention.

 

I've got booked doing 139km in a 60 km zone, I have no problem with the c/f hood. Just on the infringement ticket, he putted down "white with black bonnet" as the color of the car

 

not really an issue that has been touched upon on street cars. many competittion car assns. won't let you run them because they don't crumple, they just rip though things like you or other people. it's a good idea to hoodpin yours just in case. i wouldn't be suprised to see them starting to cause tickets on the street thanks to a neverending effort on behalf of authorities to make driving modified imports a pain in the ***.

 

why paint a cf hood?

i would figure fiberglass would be better.

 

Mine has a decal underneath it that say's "FOR OFF-ROAD USE ONLY", but that is probably only to cover the companies a$$.

 

They are illegal.

 

No one has CF hoods around here......... I'm assuming they had to take them off?

 

Very rare in Taiwan too.

 

Carbon Fiber + black car = pretty sleeper Thats what I got and most people don't even notice the hood unless right up close.

 

i have a black car with a carbon fiber hood too.

 

Does it really matter? 75% of the of modifications we make to our cars are not CARB exempt or DOT approved or what-not...

I agree by saying its just a hood.

 

got pulled over a few days ago for speeding, cop gave me a warning and didnt look twice at my hood.

cf hood/py itr.


[Modified by 01-0531, 11:06 PM 9/4/2002]

 

umm no...i see them all the time

 

Urban legend... CF makes a great drive shaft too... cause it brooms and fails safe....

 

its legal in here

 

I have heard that, but I also know that the 'higher end' CF manufacturers claim that they design the hood bracing with the same crumple zones as the OEM hoods. I have not however seen any proof of this. Someone should e-mail the Dept. of Transportation and ask if any are DOT approved.

Mike