Guys, are carbon fiber hoods now considered rice? Ive had one for a couple years on my 90 integra and it has come to my attention that my car now looks ricey. So sad... Do I have to now get rid of the hood to avoid being called a ricer?

Here is my now ricey baby:

 

Look's nice and clean IMO.

 

CF hood on Integra isn't rice since it would save a lot of weight. But CF wing, bodykit and other stuff are definitely ricy.

CF hood is ricy on S2000 and NSX.... how much weight can you save from CF over aluminum??????

 

CF OWNZ. Its not ricey, its too expensive to be ricey.

 

looks fine to me

 

yes.
but first ask the opinion of complete strangers. and live you life by those opinions


i dont think its rice
its clean looking from what i see

 

if u buy it buy it for looks, u not saving much in weight hehe....not signicantly at least

 

acutually I bought it because my stock hood was mangled.

 

Oh ya...the new NSX-R is very RICEY!

 

Even if it was deemed rice, just paint it the color of your car. It will save you the weight like you wanted originally. I think they look very clean. Considering getting one for my white gsr, as well.

 

I don't think they're rice if used the proper way ofcourse

 

JDM one piece for second gens =

US headlights are sux0rs and heavy too. every pound counts!

 

CF hoods are cool....CF fenders and kits really push the thin line between rice and jdm...IMO

 

A carbon fiber fender is definitely for looks. a fender cannont weigh more than 8 pounds. The main reason a hood is heavy is because of the bracing.

BTW a metal hood doesn't really weight that much.

 

No cotter pins

 

cf is not rice because you don't have the body kit riced out look, it is only rice now cause people r haters.

 

yea i know....fenders are hella light as they are...CF body kits bother me a little more...i could see some one claiming the body kit saves weight but just having such a large body add on even if its made in CF would be just as heavy if not heavier than the stock bumpers...well anyways

 

Hood looks fine, just leave it.

 

It depends on the color or your car, i think they look good on black, gray or even white cars

 

cf hoods aren't ricey IMO. your car looks really nice. you shouldn't care what people think of your car, because its yours and not theirs. keep the cf hood!

 

Licencs plate in window is rice.

CF hood is lightweight.

 

like a chameleon paint job?

 

"Licencs plate in window is rice"

what??


[Modified by metal-x, 1:58 PM 9/10/2002]

 

cf hoods on some cars are ricey to me. Yours looks fine, but on some looks like crap. I've seen cheap cf hoods weighing as much as a stock hood. If so, then that's rice. I hope yours isn't like that. I dont like the plate in the window either. Either on or off.

 

who cares what other people say about your car just as long as YOU like it