hello I am new to the board, did a search but still couldnt find the answer.

Who makes the best fitting Carbon Fiber Hood? I am going stealth and going to paint it, so the fit has to be perfect. thanks

 

spoon sports

 

For the JDM frontend, I would get the spoon sports or the mugen.

 

J's racing and CRUX makes good JDMs too!

 

Ive seen pics of the Crux one.. looks just like the mugen hood with the vent right?... ques is... Is the Crux one as rigid as Spoon's CF Hood?.. like no use for Hood locks?... 187 hood locks!!!

 

I dont want the Mugen or CRUX carbon fiber hoods because I want the stock look.
How does the J's carbon hood look like? could someone post a picture?

So far, it seems the Spoon hood is best on fitment. How many of you guys have the Spoon Carbon hood?

 

man its such a shame to paint a Spoon CF hood, its Beautiful!! by far the best looking CF ive seen. near perfect. This is just my opinion though.

 

not my fiberimages hood, anyways good luck and see if you can trial fit before you buy.

 

I totally agree with you And I like the bare carbon look on some cars, but I want the stealth look with the weight advantage. BTW, I only plan on putting a thin layer of paint only on the top side (paint is heavy ) You could still admire the beauty of the hood when I open it.

I have considered fiberglass but have you guys seen the JUNK out there.

I wonder who did the carbon work on Adam Sawaraturi's NSX. It was Perfect, no flaws could be seen. At certain angles you could see the carbon weave under that paint but it was glass smooth. weird. Too bad it caught on fire and burned.


[Modified by ITR#132, 10:28 PM 10/24/2001]

 

yea, but u know adam saruwatarttartartari ......$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ money buys you the best Carbon fiber

 

If you're going sleeper, get the Spoon.

 

Spoon if you have a JDM front end.......FI if not,mine fits good

 

$poon is the best, but you pay for what you get.

 

You want to go stealth, yet you have a JDM front end, HIDs and Red recaros....

 

if you want a good CF hood, with excellent fitment that cost far less then spoon or mugen hood.. look into VIS hoods.. they are http://www.visracing.com/

i'm sure this post is going to get flamed now and etc.. VIS is a pos etc.. whatever!
i have seen both sunny stlying hoods and fiber images, comparing to VIS hoods they make now all the rest are simply POS. The best 300 bucks i have ever spent.
The hoods have plenty of clearcoat on them, and are reinforced underneeth with carbon fiber as well.. look very similar to benen hoods. The CF pattern is just flawless on the one i got. For those in slocal on the next meet i can show you why i think it was worth 300 bucks.. (btw, i think they sell them for 400) this is what i paid through a friend.

I'd love to get spoon but dont have 1K to fork out right now when this one is almost as good, for much less. btw, the hood latch also features plenty of reinforcement and the hood seems to be very stable at high speeds with no hood pins. I had someone drive next to me to see if the hood will become unstable as the speed was increasing but it all seemed fine.. so far i've taken it up to 135 or so and everything seemed to be intact.

hope this helps.


the whole point of this reply is to try to save this dood some cash.. btw, you get a hood like this it leaves you with cash for something like a spoon CF lip or a spoon muff etc...

 

That has nothing to do with speed. I respect the JDM goodies and the hidden CF

 

True that...I love jdm front and red recaros.

-Chuck-

 

But all of that is what comes with the car STOCK

 

hybrid eg- Thank you, that is what I wanted to hear. All that really matters is excellent fitment.

Forget the brand names, I want to pay for fitment. So you are saying that fitment is perfect?? If it was painted, would it look like the stock hood?

Also you mentioned benen, Please let me know more info on their hoods. Do they have one for the JDM front?

Is there anymore that I should look at before I buy one??

 

i dont know if benen makes them from JDM front end yet.. i've heard of rumors that people have them but have never seen one in person yet. The VIS one that i have has excellent fitment! fits like stock, and aligns right on, closes with ease no need to push on it like a maniac to close it. Plus its very stable at all speeds, no need for hood locks, has excellent finish! i took it to a body shop that did my front end and asked to get it cleared some more, the reply was, it looks so good as is, if i tried to clear anymore i'd probably **** it up.. and the waive pattern is close to perfect, it matches my spoon lip excellent.

 

Would you happen to have any pics that you can post? thanks

Also, You compared to benen, Is benen suppose to be another spoon in quality or something?


[Modified by ITR#132, 11:42 PM 10/25/2001]

 

i dont have any pics of mine.. need to take some so i can post later..

but yes from what i have heard benen quality should be better then spoon.

 

Spoon

 

from what i've seen of FI hoods they are hit or miss on the quality of them

i have a JHP.com hood and they are suppose to be comparable to the Spoon hood.. fit is good.. finish is good.. ect.. I'm very impressed with it!

Spoon hood would be nice..

 

hey hybrid, When did you get your VIS carbon hood?? I talked to a friend who had a VIS carbon hood and he said the quality and fitment sucks, he went on to say that Sunny Styling makes the hoods for VIS. Thats no good.