Anybody know how hard it is to install a new CF hood and remove the original hood? How does it work if I want to swap hoods with someone? Can I do it in a garage with a few tools or should we go to a shop?

 

it takes 3min, 4 bolts i believe 10MM or 12MM socket!!!!

 

It may take more than 3 mins.... Prob about 5 to install it.. Maybe 20 to drill the latch holes to make them bigger left or right.. and a adjust the bumper latch if needed...

 

with a decent set of tools and about half an hour from what I've seen you should be able to knock it out.

 

4 10mm bolts.

Unbolt old hood, put down old hood, put on new hood, bolt in 4 bolts.

Done.

 

how heavy are we talking? should i have 2 people holding the hood on either side while i'm bolting it, or what's the standard practice on this?

 

i can do it by myself

 

I might be slightly awkward to go at this alone, but probably could be done with not too much hassle. Just find a buddy and get this done in under 10 min.

 

i tried putting my cf hood on without my brother's help and it ended up taking me like 4 hours just cuz i was messing up. i had a friend help me align it and bolt it in but it wasn't the bolts that messed me up, it was the latch, i think my brother loosened up the latch a bit and he did it in like 3 minutes. it was the most annoying 4 hours of my life -___-

 

i forgot to mention that it wouldn't lock because the latch wasn't loosened. if you are having trouble, loosen the latch a bit and try locking it down

 

^^^

that's why you should have waited until I got back from autocrave.

5 minutes - give or take

 

yeah, he's my brother -------> chriskabobbers

 

what about hoood pins? I don't trust cf hoods without hoodpins.

 

nitrouz ran CF hoods (seibon VT, top secret, asuka) without hoodpins...and as far as i know, still does. He's got tons of power to throw at them too. I'd be curious to hear if he ever had any issues

 

If your interested in a Seibon hood you can pick it up at our location in Monrovia, Ca and we will install it for free.

 

i'm running alex's old top secret hood (w/out pins), but i paranoid when i go on the freeway.

i bought some of the latch pins....but i don't want to touch that hood

 

I had hood pins on the Seibon only, because of poor fitment with the latch when closed...I didn't trust it. With everything else, I ran the CF hoods as is.

Went from Seibon VT to Veilside ver. 3 to Top Secret to now Asuka.

 

You guys mind postin some pics of your hoods?

I'll be in the market within the next few months....wanna see some examples.

Thanks

 

https://my350z.com/forum/media-share/243173-top-secret-cf-hood-installed-2.html

second page has the most current pics

 

Here's all the Seibon hoods installed on some customers cars


OEM


GT


TS


VT


VS2


TS2