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10-28-04, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by bricke
Stronger? In a front end accident, neither are likely to survive. More likely the Fiberglass will harmlessly shatter, where the Carbon hood could come back through into the car.
And really the only reason to change the hood on the FD is to get some vents, you if you go CF you might as well paint it.
10-28-04, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by adidashatesnike
The only reason that I could see not to paint a carbon fiber hood is the fact that the paint would put it back to the wieght of a stock hood.
10-29-04, 04:26 AM
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90% of CF hoods are simply CF cloth embedded in fiberglass. The are not any stronger than "fiberglass" hoods. True "CF" would be lighter and stronger than fiberglass. Do an internet search on true "CF" production techniques and you'll understand.
I want the vented hood like on that car but I only know of Pettit racing selling that hood in the fiberglass finish... Simply buy a "CF" hood off of Ebay and have it painted.
I want the vented hood like on that car but I only know of Pettit racing selling that hood in the fiberglass finish... Simply buy a "CF" hood off of Ebay and have it painted.
10-29-04, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Fumanchu
I have always pondered what the big deal is in hiding your license plate. 
If you think it does anything like help keep you car safe, you are retarded.
If you think it does anything like help keep you car safe, you are retarded.
11-05-04, 07:42 AM
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yea thats my car, i bought the hood mid summer mainly because i wanted to go with a vented hood to help with engine temps (radiator flow was obstructed by FMIC) anyway i was a little sketchy about c/f i like the clean look also but the way the paint on my car has faded one side is slightly lighter than the other which would mean either i blow good money making the whole car even again or waste a few hundred to get a shitty blended paint that would probably make the car look like a piece
so maybe subconsciously i did like teh idea of a c/f hood, but honestly my big thing was getting a vented hood that would look decent.
thanks for the compliments
so maybe subconsciously i did like teh idea of a c/f hood, but honestly my big thing was getting a vented hood that would look decent.
thanks for the compliments
11-05-04, 08:20 AM
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This thread should be renamed "Let's all become subjective in thinking a carbon fiber hood looks _________(fill in the blank)".
In all reality, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
MazdaMike, I think your car looks great.
In all reality, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
MazdaMike, I think your car looks great.
11-05-04, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Fumanchu
I have always pondered what the big deal is in hiding your license plate. If you think it does anything like help keep you car safe, you are retarded.
If you think it does anything like help keep you car safe, you are retarded.
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