well, i have about a hundred or so little dents from the nasty hailstorm the other day... and now, i'm wondering .. what should i replace it with.

oem honda/acura or carbon fiber (oem style)

...and questions about the carbon fiber... how does it handle during the winter? (or does it?) do they usually just bolt on in the same way the oem hood does?

some images .... blah.

 

since your car is black, might as well get an oem style cf hood. its probably cheaper anyway.

 

Ugh, how could you watch that! It all depends on what you are looking for. If you like the style/look, go for it. If you like sleeper/cleaner look, go OEM. As far as bolting up and quality, just stick with quality parts and you wont have any problems. Vis Racing makes nice CF hoods. They bolt up the same as OEM hoods, but you may need hood pins (not the ones that stick out of the hood) to keep in secure.
gmoore

 

are there currently any companies that make 100% CF Hoods for our cars yet?

 

thanks for the quick replies. it was really horrifying .. watching. that was all i could do.

so i should look into Vis Racing CF Hoods?

anyone know how durable in terms of weather abuse CF hoods are? askin.. cuz i am wondering if i should keep the dented hood around for winter....

 

look up dg motorsports in oceanside ca.... they make one of the best cf hoods.. its better than vis hoods.. but they make only oem style... no crazy hood scoops..they can make a hood for any car.. i have seen f-350 to crx's with there hoods.. looks PERFECT,,,,

 

well firslty.. how on earth could u just sit there and taek pics ? i mean cmon.. park ur car inside.. if u dont have a frickin garage... just run put under an umbrella and take ur comforter and just lay it on ur car wid the blanket sides closed between ur doors so that it dont fly but cmon ??????????????????????????? how could u see it happeneing ? diidnt u think of anything ?...


well get a CF hood.. and more importantly whoever asked does anyone make 100% CF hoods.. well YES THEY DO !!!! well clean car BTW

 

Maybe brain damage?

 

get a CF hood and a J's racing or FAL back hatch.

 

nah. i wasn't even aware that it was hailing.. til the power went out. a tornado was in the neighborhood. i wasn't going to run out into that.... seriously, people's homes are destroyed. my baby has dents. kinda makes it seem trivial. but regardless. back to the topic.

carbon fiber hood is what i'm gonna do. i want to get as close to oem as possible.

 

hail sux... ive only seen it a few times here in so cal.. good thing that was back when I didnt own a car.. let alone able to drive.. anyhow sorry to hear that about your car..

I have yet to see a cf hood exactly replicated to our oem hoods.. One thing that bugs the hell out of me is the unusually large gap on the sides of the hood and im seeing a lot of uneven fitting hoods.. so until they get those things straightend out ill be sporting oem

 

damn dude, we got that same hailstorm up in the chicago area...i got 2 dents in my trunk

 

if you park it outside, you might want to consider getting a car cover or something.

 

isnt ur roof and trunk all jacked up too?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vain &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nah. i wasn't even aware that it was hailing..</TD></TR></TABLE>

that doesn't look like hail to u?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1Tym &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> that doesn't look like hail to u? </TD></TR></TABLE>

BEFORE i took the picture... duh.

if i had known it was gonna hail, i would not have left my car there....

 

ive got an oem hood from my py itr.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vain &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

BEFORE i took the picture... duh.

if i had known it was gonna hail, i would not have left my car there.... </TD></TR></TABLE>


u have a picture of car being hailed on

 

get a cf hood. i got mine from jdmhondaparts.com great quality.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1Tym &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">u have a picture of car being hailed on </TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, i do. by that time, it was too late to do anything... so i took pictures for insurance reasons (not that they'd ask, but you never know).

 

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thanks for the lead. unfortunately, they don't ship i am in the chicago land area.

 

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yes, i do. by that time, it was too late to do anything... so i took pictures for insurance reasons (not that they'd ask, but you never know).</TD></TR></TABLE>

So would it, uh, be inappropriate to post this picture:




Good luck with your insurance/body work/future plans.

 

dam mayn...never seen that **** before...preety crazy...id go oem hood....

 

haha :D

 

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