I was wondering what the reasoning was behind the large price gap between the Seibon cf hoods, which are around $700 on intensepower, and others such as the Power Enterprise, which is about $1200, and the Ings+1, which is about $1700. Do the prices correlate with quality? If so, is it worth getting the Seibon or am I better off shellin' out a little more cash for the others? Thx in advance.

 

Maybe some have more CF? Or they are completely 100% CF? I think most hood have fiberglass as a base, you can see sometimes underneath.

As far as Seibon goes, they make some nice products, saw one of their hoods and a CF hatch on a Z at Sema, lokked great and fit good. So good that Im going to order a Seibon TS hood shortly. I dont see other hoods getting much nicer than those, so I dont know why they are so much expensive. I would assume how tight the weave is, the quality/amount of clearcoat and just the size of the company have to do with the price difference, among other things.

 

you pay for what you get

 

Unless you can show me the difference, or $hit even explain to me why Ings CF is so much better than a Seibon CF hood then Id say not necessarily.....

 

I believe the INGs is a DRY CF Vacume formed and autoclaved (makes it SUPER strong)

where Siebon (which i have and love) is a wet lay CF. Light, strong... but not as strong as the INGs

 

Well there you go, thanks for clearing that up I personally wouldnt pay $1000 more for an Ings hood

 

Tha main difference is fitment, qualitfy of the CF weave, and if there is a fiberglass underlay the difference among different companies is huge. Seibon handlays their fiberglass which adds a lot of weight when compared to say a cwest or even better a dry carbon product. It is all up to the buyer on what they want...pure looks or looks, weight, and structural integrity. You get what you pay for

 

Was your car at SEMA outside one of the buildings? Saw a Z it had to be yours, what CF hood and hatch do you run? Hows it compare to Seibon?

 

Did you see this one?



If so, yeah that was my car. The hood is believe it or not a hood that is crappier than Seibons. The hatch was sold to me by the owner of Seibon for wholesale price since a forum member on motoring knew him from way back and put in a good word for me. If you want a better product a Varis CF hatch is the way to go or even a dry carbon version from japan. However to me, paying 2-3K for a CF hatch that I can very well F up at the track was not worth it so I went for the lexan window to gain the majority of the weight savings.

 

Yes your car is hot, Im looking into getting the Seibon TS hood and the hatch. So your hatch was Seibon, did it fit well?

 

Fitment was not PERFECT, but it was good for the price I paid and for it being an early production version. The driver side was slightly higher on the rear bumper section. No complaints so far, but if you use lexan take off the hatch shocks, since they are too strong for the hatch at that point

 

OK thanks for the tip So can you just use 1 hatch shock to hold it up?

 

LOL. Never tried that. I use my back when I grab stuff or a stick of wood

 

Man, you learn something new everyday. Thanks guys!

 

Thx for the great info guys. This will definitely come in handy.

 

very helpful thread...anytime you can pick rick's brain, it seems to be valuable...just curious, where'd you get the CF doors?

 

Haha, thanks for the compliment. You can contact John @ AIT Racing. They show up on google

 

i got a seibon cf hatch as well have the same fitment issues as mentioned, however i was just wondering how well this hatch would hold up with a subwoofer in the trunk?

 

What type of subwoofer you plan on using? It should hold up fine unless you are competing in some crazy bass competitions