Vented Hood Question
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Originally Posted by buzzardmountain
Interested in pics.
When you said I, did you mean you cut it or that you took it to someone?
When you said I, did you mean you cut it or that you took it to someone?
I will take pic's, it actually makes the car look great.
Originally Posted by MoodDude
I didn't trust myself since I don't do it everyday. I took it to a body shop, they cut the hood, cut the perferated plate, and touch up the hood with paint - all for $100.
I will take pic's, it actually makes the car look great.
I will take pic's, it actually makes the car look great.
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OK - I will take pic's tonight, just beat me up since my car is dirty. Have been doing multiple projects on her and wanted to finish all of them before I clean her. I will at least clean the hood when I take it. Try to post in the AM.
Originally Posted by jvanquish
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Seibon and VIS hoods and basically all their carbon products are Fiberglass with carbon outter layer for display purposes...
They weigh close to OEM aluminium and doesnt provide OEM crash test safety level... (OEM aluminium hoods will bend upon impact or something like it)
So why pay 600 dollars for something weighs like stock, and kills you when you crash?
Just for looks?
I suggest buying real hoods like from Veilside or Top Secret
or cut your own ^^
Seibon and VIS hoods and basically all their carbon products are Fiberglass with carbon outter layer for display purposes...
They weigh close to OEM aluminium and doesnt provide OEM crash test safety level... (OEM aluminium hoods will bend upon impact or something like it)
So why pay 600 dollars for something weighs like stock, and kills you when you crash?
Just for looks?
I suggest buying real hoods like from Veilside or Top Secret
or cut your own ^^
you think a Top Secret or Veilside hoods will sustain the same crash properties as a stock hood for $1000 more than a $600 Seibon? Yea right.
Even if you cut your stock hood, that will reduce it's crash properties as well.
people who buy vented hoods are trying to aleviate engine temps, and thats a risk we take by going with aftermarket hoods. but to think that one aftermarket hood vs another is gonna be better in a crash due to cost? i highly doubt it unless you prove to me thats its triple layer pre-preg'd carbon with honey comb inserts. from the last time i checked, Veilside hoods were FRP with carbon on it just like Seibon/VIS. just a little less on the resin to reduce weight
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While nothing, short of OEM, will act ideally in a crash, alot of the higher end hoods are using the stock "crush points" into their skeleton design. (These are those pinches in the skeleton that should crumple the hood.) Seibon, VIS, and the like don't have these pinches and are more likely to fly through the windsheild and decapitate you.
Originally Posted by topsecret2001
While nothing, short of OEM, will act ideally in a crash, alot of the higher end hoods are using the stock "crush points" into their skeleton design. (These are those pinches in the skeleton that should crumple the hood.) Seibon, VIS, and the like don't have these pinches and are more likely to fly through the windsheild and decapitate you.
Originally Posted by topsecret2001
While nothing, short of OEM, will act ideally in a crash, alot of the higher end hoods are using the stock "crush points" into their skeleton design. (These are those pinches in the skeleton that should crumple the hood.) Seibon, VIS, and the like don't have these pinches and are more likely to fly through the windsheild and decapitate you.
FRP, Carbon, Kevlar, they all have inherient flex. just because you have a crush point skeleton design on the underside, does not mean the top portion, which is usually glued to the underside, will conform to the crush points. i'd bet that the resin would probably seperate from the top and bottom parts rather than the whole hood 'crush' @ a specific point.
i've seen two carbon hoods flex and break the mounting points (near the windshield and front latch) during an accident (one had pins, the other did not), and both had this "crush point" skeleton underside, but the top portion bounced back to its original state, and not crumbling as it should have, while both seperated from the skeleton...
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Here is the picture of the cut hood. Like I said before - I have not cleaned her in a while due to all the project work I have been doing on her. I didn't have a lot of time to take more pic's, when I get time I will take more, but for now this will have to do. 
