Evo X upgrades

[Kracka]

Hmmm, looking forward to seeing that actually on your car. Plan to leave it carbon or paint it?

[mlomker]

Carbon. I'll be installing an APR splitter in the Spring. That combined with the obnoxious wing should make for a decent ricer package.

[Murlo26]

Hell yea, great rice package ;)

Keep the hood or sell it for scrap or something. Aluminum is worth money.

[Kracka]

Yeah, definitely would have value at a recycler. Think of all the aluminum cans it would take to equal 22 lbs (or whatever it is)! The little plastic vent pieces might have worth too, seems like a lot of people chip the paint on the center scoop so you could probably sell yours pretty easily if it's in nice shape.

[mlomker]

Aluminum is worth money.

Buying a truck to haul it to a recycling place would really cut into the profits, though. If someone wants to pick it up at RS when the new hood comes in, then knock yourself out.

[simulatedwood]

This is going to look great with your carbon vent setup as well. Is the uv protection pretty good on this bad boy?

[awd-drifter]

pretty good lookin' hood. What's the weight difference between the stocker and the cf hood?

IIRC, when we went to throw away about 9-10ish pounds of aluminum cans, we got back roughly $20. Not bad I guess.

[mlomker]

pretty good lookin' hood. What's the weight difference between the stocker and the cf hood?

I'd guess it's the same. The full carbon hoods are around 2lbs lighter and I went with fiberglass on the under side.

IIRC, when we went to throw away about 9-10ish pounds of aluminum cans, we got back roughly $20. Not bad I guess.

I figure it's enough for RS to not charge me for disposal. :)

[mlomker]

This is going to look great with your carbon vent setup as well. Is the uv protection pretty good on this bad boy?

I'll be selling the Rexpeed hood vents since they are for the stock hood. I have a set of the vents for behind the wheels but I haven't installed them. It'll probably be 'too much' for me. Wing, hood, lip will probably be enough carbon.

I'm not sure regarding UV. The CBD hoods are nearly flawless in quality...they really put Seibon, Rexpeed, and others to shame. It's because autos are a side-gig since they make most of their money making wings for planes and that sort of thing.

[Kracka]

Good to hear since Rexpeed's UV protection is a joke (as is Seibon's fitment).