Anybody else have this problem with their JDM Vis hood, this thing fits like ****

Will vis replace this for free? I sure as hell hope so, my old usdm VIS hood fit perfect




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It looks like you need to move the hood farther back toward the windshield. Is it the new VIS hood or is it a used one?

 

This is brand new vis hood, i just pulled it out of the box

If i do that i will have to grind out the hood mounting brackets. It seems to be warped on the passenger side, but the driver side seems fine.




Modified by BlazeONE at 7:07 PM 3/4/2004

 

my hood has a little gap on both sides but not that bad. sorry, that suck! they should repalce it for you, especially if you show them that pic, if not, i'd raise hell.

 

ive sold some hoods in the past, VIS's last batch was the worst ever. that's y everytime someone wants to get cf hoods form me, i tell them its on backorder til VIS gets their ish straight and gets the new batch going. ill keep you guys posted.

 

the VIS hoods i've seen for JDM ITR front end does not look like that. they have all fit flawlessly...call them and let them know what's wrong w/ your hood. email them pics to show them whats wrong and go from there...

 

I know, ive seen a local jdm conversion ITR with a vis hood and it fit absolutely perfect, which made me order mine.. What a big mistake

 

damn... good thing i didnt go with vis recently on my hood

 

maybe they just arent consistent

 

my vis cf hood fit the same way. i ended up trading it to someone on this board for him oem hood.

 

Some fit fine and some fit perfect and some just don't fit.

 

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WTF, who the hell would buy a hood expecting it not to fit when bolted up? The only way it should be adjusted is by the amount of movement in the 4 bolts the hood is supported by.

 

yea that hood is out of shape from the factory. it looks like factory defect. hit up VIS, see what they say.

 

wooo that looks bad. hope everything works out.

 

mine looked the same, went back to oem

 

cant really see from the pics... is it flexing up? or is the gap to fender off?

 

there is a 1/4" arch in the middle of the hood, whereas it should be flush.

Basically, the middle of the hood from the passenger side sits a 1/4" higher in the middle when you look at it from the side, thus exposing my engine

 

it happens man, and i was one of thier victims, hehehe... i was like ok i dont want this anymore sold it and got an OEM hood

 

thats a nasty gap. I was aware of most cf hoods giving larger gap than oem spec which is one reason why I refrain from getting one myself.

 

i have one from sunny stylings..fits perfect....and its light too 9 lbs only...and my has the small weave or some people call it the "spoon" weave....

 

why are u trippin? even jay smiths hood dont fit right look at the pics on his car from import tuner, u'll see even his hood dont fit right! whateva man u got jdm front most people dont have but i do and i got the lifting on each side just like smiths' but i say hey, not to many people have this front end in the first place so quit talking **** =D

 

My hood didn't fit perfect either. I had to play with it for a few hours to get it right. I still have a gap. It's too bad I'm in IRAQ right now, I would post some pics.

 

Doesnt jay smiths car have the washers stuck under to raise the hood, make it look "drift style"?

Anyways, 1/4" gap looks ridiculous on the car, its unacceptable

 

i hope he doesnt, and i dont know why u would make it look drift style when the car is totally incapable of doing a drift to begin with, hey man id be more pist if in part of the hood the weave would be coming apart, it happened to my boys old b& m spoiler nad he spent 550$ on that, and fat *** unweaving going on in the middle of the spoiler!

 

sorry to hear about the bad fitment, i would definitely complain, good luck