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Mrjaydeeone · 03-27-2007, 08:34 PM

nah I got no videos, but I have seen plenty of pictures around of what your windsheild and hood look like after the hood has flown up

Willdue · 03-27-2007, 08:50 PM

I had a fiberglass hood on my old eclipse, no pins, flew off.

I have a cf on my eclipse now, pins.

All I gotta say...

CF Hood=expensive
Pins= cheap

Do you want 300,maybe even more to fly into your face or over your head?

So good job gettin pins.

AutobahnRacer · 03-27-2007, 08:52 PM

anyone give links to pictures? it should be simple enough but i cant find it. lol

Mrjaydeeone · 03-27-2007, 09:24 PM

well here are pics of a damaged CF hood that I purchased before the one that I have right now
this one was on a car that the hoodpins werent locked and the hood flew up

Mrjaydeeone · 03-27-2007, 09:46 PM

I found this
http://www.turbooptions.com/video/hoodpinoops.wmv
on here
http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=...ostid=25212345

AutobahnRacer · 03-27-2007, 10:37 PM

thanks a million, but is that fiberglass or carbon fiber? cause i thought carbon fiber wont bend in half that easy

whitezenki · 03-27-2007, 10:47 PM

honestly, i dont know the construction of the hood your gettin, but a real, completely CF hood is hard to come by, and is upwards of 1000 dollars, so most of the ones you see are not really complete CF, just an overlay with fiberglass or some other material that, while lighter than metal, is not CF

AutobahnRacer · 03-27-2007, 11:01 PM

where can u even get a 1000 hood? lol i spent about 450 on the hood. 525 with shipping. JSP so i dunno. JSP just looked appealing

Mrjaydeeone · 03-27-2007, 11:01 PM

^^^ he is absolutely right. they are just fiberglass with a carbon fiber overlay, and resin ontop of that. A completely CF hood would be very very expensive.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carministrator

thanks a million, but is that fiberglass or carbon fiber? cause i thought carbon fiber wont bend in half that easy

where is there a bend? on the top passenger side of the hood that is all scuffed up and cracked

whitezenki · 03-27-2007, 11:12 PM

you have to import them usually, every once in awhile a place will get a few, but usually you got to talk to companies and get one imported....

i know where i would do it, but not for Hondas lol

450 ought to be good quality tho, that tends to be about the price for the better ones for S14's, so im assuming its good for you too

Willdue · 03-27-2007, 11:38 PM

Yea, real cf is expensive, mine was 995$ on sale, so its def pinned.

03-27-2007, 08:34 PM	#21
Mrjaydeeone Tri-State Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Woodbridge NJ/Staten Island NY Member #1587 iTrader: (1)	nah I got no videos, but I have seen plenty of pictures around of what your windsheild and hood look like after the hood has flown up __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 2001 Galant ES 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Special Edition

03-27-2007, 08:50 PM	#22
Willdue Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Catasaqua Member #2000 My Ride: To many VW's iTrader: (3)	I had a fiberglass hood on my old eclipse, no pins, flew off. I have a cf on my eclipse now, pins. All I gotta say... CF Hood=expensive Pins= cheap Do you want 300,maybe even more to fly into your face or over your head? So good job gettin pins. __________________ Mark IV. Wayyy out there.

03-27-2007, 09:24 PM	#24
Mrjaydeeone Tri-State Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Woodbridge NJ/Staten Island NY Member #1587 iTrader: (1)	well here are pics of a damaged CF hood that I purchased before the one that I have right now this one was on a car that the hoodpins werent locked and the hood flew up __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 2001 Galant ES 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Special Edition

03-27-2007, 09:46 PM	#25
Mrjaydeeone Tri-State Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Woodbridge NJ/Staten Island NY Member #1587 iTrader: (1)	I found this http://www.turbooptions.com/video/hoodpinoops.wmv on here http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=...ostid=25212345 __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 2001 Galant ES 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Special Edition

03-27-2007, 10:47 PM	#27
whitezenki Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Jersey Member #3121 My Ride: 1992 Nissan 240sx iTrader: (0)	honestly, i dont know the construction of the hood your gettin, but a real, completely CF hood is hard to come by, and is upwards of 1000 dollars, so most of the ones you see are not really complete CF, just an overlay with fiberglass or some other material that, while lighter than metal, is not CF __________________ The Pirates of Death and Destruction set out to annihilate and humiliate through Brutal Carnage. You gonna drive it, or buy it a dress? To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

03-27-2007, 08:52 PM	#23
AutobahnRacer Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: TriState, PA Member #2056 iTrader: (3)	anyone give links to pictures? it should be simple enough but i cant find it. lol

03-27-2007, 10:37 PM	#26
AutobahnRacer Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: TriState, PA Member #2056 iTrader: (3)	thanks a million, but is that fiberglass or carbon fiber? cause i thought carbon fiber wont bend in half that easy

03-27-2007, 11:01 PM	#28
AutobahnRacer Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: TriState, PA Member #2056 iTrader: (3)	where can u even get a 1000 hood? lol i spent about 450 on the hood. 525 with shipping. JSP so i dunno. JSP just looked appealing

03-27-2007, 11:12 PM	#30
whitezenki Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Jersey Member #3121 My Ride: 1992 Nissan 240sx iTrader: (0)	you have to import them usually, every once in awhile a place will get a few, but usually you got to talk to companies and get one imported.... i know where i would do it, but not for Hondas lol 450 ought to be good quality tho, that tends to be about the price for the better ones for S14's, so im assuming its good for you too __________________ The Pirates of Death and Destruction set out to annihilate and humiliate through Brutal Carnage. You gonna drive it, or buy it a dress? To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

03-27-2007, 11:38 PM	#31
Willdue Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Catasaqua Member #2000 My Ride: To many VW's iTrader: (3)	Yea, real cf is expensive, mine was 995$ on sale, so its def pinned. __________________ Mark IV. Wayyy out there.

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