I was plaining on getting a carbon fiber hood on my 98 integra gsr, but when i was talking to my friend, he said it would be a stupid move because less weight in the front, would mean that in a race i would spin them more easily..and i was just wondering if it would be smart to get a carbon fiber hood or just keep my stock hood on...
scott

 

just sit there and think about that for a while.....


do you REALLY thinks it's going to affect your traction??

 

CF hoods are just fine...and they will not affect traction or handling in any possible noticable fashion.

 

Does he also think riceboy aluminum wings help alot with downforce?

 

well pro racer wit full carbon fiber/fiberglass unibodys dont seem to have any trouble so im pretty sure a cf hood wont affect anything! LOL

 

i don't think 15-20lbs will make that much of a difference to affect your traction.

 

wow, you should be ashamed of ur self

 

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No he shouldnt. He didnt know...so he asked. Good for him.

 

ignorance is bliss.. better to ask and find out the truth

 

How much can a carbon fiber hood do anyway? I mean, i'm all about function over fashion. can a CF hood even be all that beneficial?

 

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CF hoods really arent all that beneficial -- I mean yea they are lighter...but cmon. Lets be realistic. Go on a diet and itll do just as much good. I love how they look, so I got one. The performance of it is a great perk...but its not something youll do strictly for performance.

 

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That's what i figured. I do think they look good on certain colored cars, but I don't think it would ever look good on mine.

 

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I'm getting one because someone backed onto my stock hood... costs the same to repair and repaint it as it would for me to buy a CF hood. It will not look all that great on my dark blue car either, but I will lose a few pounds and it will at least be more unique. Why not lose some weight when you have the opportunity?

 

If you get a CF hood, dont you need hood pins to keep the hood from flipping open or something?

if we all go on atkins and loose a few pounds, we wouldnt need CF hoods

 

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If you get a CF hood, dont you need hood pins to keep the hood from flipping open or something?

if we all go on atkins and loose a few pounds, we wouldnt need CF hoods
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the pis are an added saftey procaution "just incase" your stock hood lock or the latch were ever to fail.

 

CF hoods look sharp on white cars with black/gunmetal wheels. Other than that, I dont care for the look too much

 

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and it will at least be more unique. </TD></TR></TABLE>

as opposed to everyone else with a CF/black painted hood?

 

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as opposed to everyone else with a CF/black painted hood?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes... If you had bothered to read my post throughly you would have learned that my car is dark blue, which is not normally accented with CF for aesthetic purposes. Don't believe me? Try to find pictures of 5 different DARK blue Integras with CF hoods, I'm not talking light blue, its adriatic blue pearl on a 1999 LS coupe.

 

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Yes... If you had bothered to read my post throughly you would have learned that my car is dark blue, which is not normally accented with CF for aesthetic purposes. Don't believe me? Try to find pictures of 5 different DARK blue Integras with CF hoods, I'm not talking light blue, its adriatic blue pearl on a 1999 LS coupe.</TD></TR></TABLE>

this is mine

not mine but another

not mine again

on my car it looks good... no disrespect, it's a darker blue than yours.... i am gonna add a type r oem style c/f lip also. who says c/f accents don't look good on a dark car. i'll make them look good!!!


Modified by ernald711 at 8:00 AM 8/4/2003


Modified by ernald711 at 8:01 AM 8/4/2003

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by InFaMoUs GsR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was plaining on getting a carbon fiber hood on my 98 integra gsr, but when i was talking to my friend, he said it would be a stupid move because less weight in the front, would mean that in a race i would spin them more easily..and i was just wondering if it would be smart to get a carbon fiber hood or just keep my stock hood on...
scott</TD></TR></TABLE>

that is SO stupid! hahaha damn, people like your friend crack me the fuq up!

 

get the cf hood but also lighten your cars in other ways. because losing 20lbs or so with the replacement of a CF hood really isnt going to be much of a factor unless you lighten up the entire car. I.E. losing some interior, removing spare wheel etc...

 

Actually my car is more this color, which is far more blue than yours It is also much darker blue than the other cars you got pictures of. This is the only picture of a dark blue Integra I have seen with a CF hood.

 

gregs car=

 

hmm.. its your call bro.. do what you think you want not what others day.. do you have money for one? are you going paint it? or leave it the normal color? how it would look with your car or what kind of cf hood... do what you think is best not what others think... well gj .