The first thing I noticed about my turbo II FC... The weight of the hood.
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The first thing I noticed about my turbo II FC... The weight of the hood.
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Here is the thing. The standard FC hood is flipping heavy. I don't care who you are that thing is massive.
So, you say, quit complaining and put a carbon one on it. I would... but the are all flipping ugly. Infact I like the look of the standard hood.
So I put this question to you, does any company have enough taste to realize Mazda had the design of the looks bang on, but the weight is ridiculous and thereby make a CF hood in the original design???
If anyone know of a hood like this let me know. Or and other simple CF hood that I could put on my FC. The lest vents etc the better....
Thanks for your help!!!
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Here is the thing. The standard FC hood is flipping heavy. I don't care who you are that thing is massive.
So, you say, quit complaining and put a carbon one on it. I would... but the are all flipping ugly. Infact I like the look of the standard hood.
So I put this question to you, does any company have enough taste to realize Mazda had the design of the looks bang on, but the weight is ridiculous and thereby make a CF hood in the original design???
If anyone know of a hood like this let me know. Or and other simple CF hood that I could put on my FC. The lest vents etc the better....
Thanks for your help!!!
Peace!
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Aluminum Hoods weigh about 5 pounds heavier than the CF one and are OEM thus look exactly the same as your steel hood now...
There also happen to be a bunch of CF Stock Looking TII hoods around the market, they aren't cheap however...
Scroll down, I don't know if they do international shipping.
But yeah dude Aluminum hood go find one, there's bound to be one on an S5 Somewhere...
There also happen to be a bunch of CF Stock Looking TII hoods around the market, they aren't cheap however...
Scroll down, I don't know if they do international shipping.
But yeah dude Aluminum hood go find one, there's bound to be one on an S5 Somewhere...
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Aluminum hood FTW. I have an aluminum hood and a steel hood, and the difference in weight is pretty astounding. I think the steel hood weighs over 50 lb and the aluminum one is somewhere around 30 lb. I can open the aluminum one with a couple of fingers, but the steel is a 2-hander.
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And what do you have? Its actually ridiculous, I'm more concerned for the car as a whole as I only have bonnet pins holding it down and at the speeds I do if they were to fail... I can just imagine the carnage... It would destroy the whole car with that kinda weight behind it...
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TII aluminum hood. Like the other guys mentioned try to find an aluminum hood, you probably have a steel heavy one. Once you check out an aluminum hood, you will be convinced =) , hell you could probably cut out the skeleton of the aluminum hood but i dunno. Ive cut the skeleton out of a steel hood *my old s13* and it was great weight savings comparable to a composite hood.
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Hey thanks alot guys, really helpful stuff. Ill go on the hunt for a Aluminium one then... Save mean a few hundy on the CF
Cheers for your help
Cheers for your help
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I just had my aluminum hood off today to fix some dents and start painting it and i was suprised how light it is. I moved it all by myself and even got it on and off on my own. My vert is the same way.
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bad part of alumnium hood- the small indents from the glue, people think these are dents but they are the glue pulling it down.
If you have a steel TII hood it is a aftermarket hood. They used to sell aftermarket steel TII hoods, they no longer do.
I will take the look of a steel hood anyday over a aluminum hood, alum. hoods just dont hold thier shape as well- almost too thin and light.
Most dont notice, but if your like me and your hood looks like this you notice EVERYTHING
If you have a steel TII hood it is a aftermarket hood. They used to sell aftermarket steel TII hoods, they no longer do.
I will take the look of a steel hood anyday over a aluminum hood, alum. hoods just dont hold thier shape as well- almost too thin and light.
Most dont notice, but if your like me and your hood looks like this you notice EVERYTHING
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what was thier thinking and selection process in regards to which cars got steel and which got alum?
I remember back in 1993 needing to replace my hood and a steel hood was offered by my aftermarket parts supplier, not the scoop but just the hood.
Now they dont offer it anymore.
I cant see how mazda selected which cars got a steel TII hood and which ones got alum?
When you bought a SE you know you got a stripped version, but when you bought a TII or a convertible there were virtually no options, a choice of hood was definitely not one of them.
I remember back in 1993 needing to replace my hood and a steel hood was offered by my aftermarket parts supplier, not the scoop but just the hood.
Now they dont offer it anymore.
I cant see how mazda selected which cars got a steel TII hood and which ones got alum?
When you bought a SE you know you got a stripped version, but when you bought a TII or a convertible there were virtually no options, a choice of hood was definitely not one of them.
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Jamehij: un like you the weight of my hood was the last thing I found out about my car I drove it for a year and one day my friend was like dude you hood is freaking light!
Aluminum is sick but I wouldn't mind something lighter or a different style for when I go v-mount one day.
Aluminum is sick but I wouldn't mind something lighter or a different style for when I go v-mount one day.
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glass hoods are not THAT much lighter then aluminum.
If you damage your hood then its one thing to go to a glass hood, but the weight savings of glass over alum. is minimal
If you have a skin of a hood, like a real light weight pinned not hinged or latched hood its one thing, but that hood will not hold its shape and keep a true nice finish like a alum or steel hood.
If you damage your hood then its one thing to go to a glass hood, but the weight savings of glass over alum. is minimal
If you have a skin of a hood, like a real light weight pinned not hinged or latched hood its one thing, but that hood will not hold its shape and keep a true nice finish like a alum or steel hood.
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Jamehij: un like you the weight of my hood was the last thing I found out about my car I drove it for a year and one day my friend was like dude you hood is freaking light!
Aluminum is sick but I wouldn't mind something lighter or a different style for when I go v-mount one day.
Aluminum is sick but I wouldn't mind something lighter or a different style for when I go v-mount one day.