After having to compare weight between seibon TS II and VS II, TS II was surprisingly lighter than stock. VS II, not much. However i had to choose VS II for some reason; now it's on my car
Would it be a wise thing to gut out the hood skeleton? I asked this to Chris Forseberg, and he said it's ok. Most of his hoods are gutted inside.
So if i decide to gut out, do i simply gut out anything that is not glued to the hood?

 

I wouldn't recommend gutting it out, you'll loose the support and could end up cracking your hood. I'm sure a guy like chris foresburg can afford to get replacements all day long

out of curiosity, how much weight could you possibly save by cutting the hood?

 

TS II was really light and flexible. the hood would flex when i try to latch the hood.
Light weight hood doesn't require your guns to raise it haha

 

Who cares about cracking?? Its for weight reduction.. Do it kris.. JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE HOOD PINS..

 

That's what i'm talking about i also asked forseberg if gutting it out will mess up the clear coat. Answer was no i want to hear from "normal" people though
installing sparco hood pins tomorrow

 

could you update with weight specs when you do so? I have a spare seibon vt hood that I could try this on.

i have a seibon ts hood on the way, mainly for cosmetic purposes. I didn't know if you didn't care about damaging your hood, so don't take things the wrong way.

 

Not going to take off the hood from the car. I could weight the amount of material i cut, which won't be much lol
Can you gut you "spare" hood rather than i gutting my only hood?

 

I'm actually trying to sell it and try to make up for some of the cost since I messed up while trying to install aero catch hood latches.

If you were local I'd give you a hell of a deal

 

not a fan of vt hood.
Did you call Aero Deisgn today?

 

ONLY HOOD? wheres your old one?

 

Prolly gonna sell it.
6 tires, a set of 17" wheels, hood, and rear bumper do not work in a single garage. I'll be putting a set of 17" gramlight in my garage too..

 

Hang it from the roof

 

so your wanting to cut all the reinforcement out from under the hood skin? ive never seen what a carbon fiber one looks like underneath but cutting it out of a steel hood would be a problem and i got to imagine a cf hood would be a problem too. not only are you taking the structure of the hood out of it causeing it to be thin, but that structure is also there for collision reasons. with no reinforcement underneath it, itd probably shatter in a front collision.

 

The hood folds in a collision, it is made to fold, thats what the hooks in the back do. A CF hood will also fold in collision.

IMO, not worth it unless its in a dedicated race car.

 

@bagged
The under side of a cf (seibon brand) is made out if fiber glass. Its pretty thick and a little difficult to cut into without ripping thru the other side. I think in an event of a collision, the cf hood would snap, break, shatter etc

 

it flexed because it's fiberglass and because you're trying to support it on only 1 side...my TSII was heavier than stock by 1.6 lbs, and "leaned" when using the hood prop.

 

The seller told me that they are FRP not fiberglass. (dunno the difference).
The TS II and my VS II are both FRP structure with 1 piece carbon fiber or whatever.
TS II was light and flexible (Definitely lighter than stock). VS II is heavy and not flexible.
Today i installed my sparco hood pins. I had some fun cutting the underside of the hood lol.
it was like snow falling. Pretty fun.
i'd go crazy on cutting the underside when i'm bored lol

EDIT: my stock strut doesnt fit so i need to gut that area anyways

 

FRP (fiber reinforced plastic/polymer) is fiberglass. The hoods are fiberglass, the carbon is wrapped on top to give it the carbon look

 

gutting hood may not be a good idea especially toward the front windshield area.
i drove around with my hood and hood spacers on. The end of the hood toward the front windshield shakes, flexes up and down at speed. Hope it doesn't stress the clear coat or carbon fiber over time.

 

there is no clear coat on it, and yes, any amount of flex will eventually lead to separation of materials