HELP! CF Hood Problem
 

so i just got an AMAZING deal on an oem carbon fiber hood.

i couldnt wait to put it on so i just got home and took my hood off.

when i put the cf one on, the bolts went in but wouldnt screw. i thought stripped or no threads, but there are threads.

my stock bolts are just ever so thinner than the threads on the hood. anyone else have this problem, or know how i could get an accurate size of a bolt so i dont have to bring the hood to home depot tomorrow.

one more thing.. any certain bolts i should get, to avoid rust/breaking bolts?

thanks alot guys

...get new bolts?


i'm... confused.

JB weld it on.

ya just get new bolts, take your OEM bolts in and jsut look for ones a little smaller with same thread pattern shouldnt be hard.....

Just go to your garage and find that pile of bolts and screws and try until one fits? Everybody has a pile of bolts somewhere.

just go to ace or home depot, that's what I did when I got my seibon

Lowes is good for off the shelf metric stuff for that.

haha I have a cool whip jug of bolts... its wack

who installs a c/f hood in feburary anyway?

what does that matter?

the fact that its feburary and theres still a chance for snow, why risk ****ing up your new c/f hood with road salt?

lol, worst post ever. get some new bolts man bring your old ones in with you.

how is road salt gonna hurt a CF hood?

it can crack the clear. it can also damange the weave. it can also take a chip out of the hood itself. I have a hood that I can show you what happens when cinder hits c/f.

hmm.. well my bf's hood has gone through 2 winters and looks good as new.
what brand is yours?

vis. id like to see his hood close up to see just how good it looks...unless he wet sands it every year...

It wont.

Salt/road grime does not cause the fading of the gell coat on Carbon Fiber hoods. The fading is caused by direct exposure to the sun.

There is NO WAY to prevent it unless you DA the stock crappy gell coat off and spray a few coats of quality clear coat on the hood. 10 minutes after taking my brand new seibon hood out of the box.......it was in the paint booth getting re-cleared. Thats the only way to insure it will stay looking fresh.

thats what i was gonna say, its the sunlight that fades the CF not the salt and road grime.

I was talking about the damage from the rock salt due to scratches and putting marks in the c/f. not about the clear coat fading.

*edit*
in fact I didn't even say anything about sun fade.

sorry everyone i explained it like an idiot...
i was wondering if cf hoods were supposed to come with other bolts. ill end up just having to take a bolt into home depot and trying to find a slightly bigger one.

was hoping someone had this problem before, and maybe knew the exact size of bolts. sorry for confusing everyone i guess.

and sorry its the worst post ever. i thought this site was supposed to be helpful if people are confused about something. weird.