Well I have an opportunity to get a Carbon fiber hood for my car. These are sotra hard to come by for GVR4's. I will have to get hood pins even though this is a true bolt on hood, due to the light weight, it would eventually crack and fly open if I didn't. Keep in mind my car is black, so even unpainted it won't stick out too bad. The only reason I am hesitant is I don’t want the attention a fibber hood brings. Do they bring that much attention anymore?

Just say no to unpainted CF hoods.BTW your chip is at QPR.

FIBBER!

:lol:

carbon fibber on a black car = nice

Don't worry about painting it unless you catch a lot of flak for it.

That would look nice.

I have seen 1 black car with a crappy fibber hood, it stands out a lot. But you can put it on and if you dont like it take it off and get it painted somewhere.

~John

I say rock out to it. I think it woudl look great on your car Ryan and be ideal for a little weight loss on that beast.

They are worth it if that's the look you want. Very little performance gain will be picked up. For the same amount of $$ you could do something else to the car that would make it faster. Just my thoughts.

same weight savings as if you got a small tiny batery...

-E

Ruins sleeper effect. But if you already have some nicer rims on there, and an exhaust, it's not gonna matter.

Go for it...the weight savings up front should be noticable towards the handling of the car. I know when I shaved 25 lbs by switching to a small battery the car was slightly more responsive and had easier turn-in.

I've never heard of a fibber hood. Is that lighter than a fiber one? :stick: ;)

I saw a real shitty one at the SO. I would've painted that POS for sure.

CF hoods don't save much weight do they? It's mostly for looks but like Dane said-- if you already have some bling parts on, add it! It looks nice.... IMO

:cheers:

I would only get the carbon hood if it really saved a good amount of weight. If it doesnt save weight like some people say then whats the point of buying one besides looks?

Stock hoods weigh alot... maybe like 40lbs. I would assume a carbon would cut that in half or more.

go for it! I've decided to run an unpainted fiber hood on the blue beast when its running (sometime in 2010!).

My VIS hood is probably 20 lbs lighter than stock. I am guessing 25 vs 45 for the stocker. The 1g's have a fiberglass structure though, unlike the 2g ones.

Was the shitty one you saw at the SO on a really nice black GVR4? Unfortunately after further research the maker of the hood seems to have QC issues, as the first two were really nice, and the next two not so nice. One of the guys that got a not so nice one was at the SO. He did a full restoration on his car, and ended up with a crappy hood, after a year and a half wait in a group buy.

Do it .!!!

I LOVE CARBON FIBER!!!!

just get the whole car in carbon fiber!!!

:bowdown: Carbon Fiber

I say no. Money could be spent else where for a greater effect. I don't think that a stock 1g hood is that heavy myself. I don't know about a Gvr4. For me, that $300-$400 could be a wideband kit. You could also spend it on a SAFC, logger, and a fun night at the strip club. I am just against the idea.

I already have a wideband AND a logger. It's would just delay further HP boosting mods. But saving weight is like modding everything at once, just very slightly.

How about a SAFC or a Maft so you can use the logger and wideband?

Its only a matter of time before the hood and trunklid become next on the weight redux.

CF hood :)
I would like one on the SRT with a CF lid, but on a black car, I think they look great un painted.
Just my opinon.

It is quite aparent that some people on this board are very single-minded. Like Ryan said, dropping weight is like everything overall getting a slight boost. The car will handle better, accelerate quicker, and put less strain on the drivetrain. A good racecar or streetcar has to be well rounded, it can't just have tons of go-fast parts tossed on it. Think of it like this...the olympic runners do a lot more than just run to train, they also swim, bike, lift weights, etc.

and always go to bathroom before they run in any competition!!!

-E

I say go for it if it's what you want.

I for one think it will go with the car well.

:lol:

The main reason I like weight reduction is the less strain on the drivetrain components. I don't want to be breaking hard parts when I launch!

You cant even comprehend the weight difference until you have held one. My buddy has a turbo civic and his carbon fiber hood just stays up when he lifts it, without a hood prop. It is that light that it can just sit on the hinges, which are the same as dsm hinges. Weight loss ( in racing) is always beneficial.

if i had a chance for a cheap CF hood i would definetely get it..

-E

If I had the $$$ I've always wanted to buy one of Brents 1 Piece Fiberglass fronts.

And SquidSkins
-door
-hatch

With lexan.

But that's about $2,000

I never said anything about cheap. Although it would be a group buy price. As far as I can find, there is only one place that is making them. And only 4 or 5 people in the USA have them so far.

I am with the idea of weight reduction but am not a fan of paying good money for it. In my talon, I have no AC, PS, emissons, ABS removed, and a bunch of other misc stuff including moving the battery to the trunk. Even the laser has all the weight reduction above minus the power steering and batt relocation. I would rather spend the money on performance upgrades than dropping ~20 pounds. I do not see a great bang for the buck in a CF hood as far as performance is concerned. If you like it for looks, get it. I hope you don't get stuck with the horible fitting one that looks like shit.