Hood Recommendations
08-10-2010, 11:53 AM
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Hood Recommendations
I currently have no hood and wanted your opinions on my options for a new hood:
Not looking for the CF look but not ruling out Fiberglass or CF Hoods themselves.
I'm looking for recommendations on where to procure hoods and painting the various materials. A few options I've found:
- Order from Courtesy, get painted at a shop: ~$700
- Order from Ebay, comes pre-painted: ~$450 (more than likely sub par quality)
- Find used stock hoods on Ebay/Forums, get re-painted: ~$450-650
- Order CF Hood, get painted: ~$800-1000+
Anyone who has experience purchasing hoods, can you lend your two cents? Thanks
Not looking for the CF look but not ruling out Fiberglass or CF Hoods themselves.
I'm looking for recommendations on where to procure hoods and painting the various materials. A few options I've found:
- Order from Courtesy, get painted at a shop: ~$700
- Order from Ebay, comes pre-painted: ~$450 (more than likely sub par quality)
- Find used stock hoods on Ebay/Forums, get re-painted: ~$450-650
- Order CF Hood, get painted: ~$800-1000+
Anyone who has experience purchasing hoods, can you lend your two cents? Thanks
08-10-2010, 12:17 PM
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ask superchargedg about his stillen hood...
On a serious note, whats your budget? I would not buy anything pre-painted unless I was 100% sure of the color matching. Ask some of NJ guys at their meets about thier opinions, like Phreaktor who is currently getting his car painted. If it were me, I would buy used carbon fiber hood with good fitment and get it re-cleared. (Shipping would cost $) Im not a fan of painting over CF, but thats just me.
What year is your car? You wouldn't wanna buy the 03-06 if you have an HR. I have the Seibon VT version, others think its too flashy but I think its just right. Stay away from the banned vendors...
On a serious note, whats your budget? I would not buy anything pre-painted unless I was 100% sure of the color matching. Ask some of NJ guys at their meets about thier opinions, like Phreaktor who is currently getting his car painted. If it were me, I would buy used carbon fiber hood with good fitment and get it re-cleared. (Shipping would cost $) Im not a fan of painting over CF, but thats just me.
What year is your car? You wouldn't wanna buy the 03-06 if you have an HR. I have the Seibon VT version, others think its too flashy but I think its just right. Stay away from the banned vendors...
08-21-2010, 07:01 PM
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just my 2 cents, you can get a used cf hood for relatively cheap, so my thought is, why not go ahead and upgrade from stock. i know that VIS and Seibon make oem style hoods if that is what you are looking for. mine is a VIS cf hood, 07-09, "terminator" style and fitment is great, i only pinned it because i have had a hood fly up on my before and im not dealing with that again.. check it, save weight (i know not all cf hoods are lighter, but mine saved almost 8 pounds)
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