Does any one own the r35 fiberglass hood for their z? Cause i want to know how good the fitment is?

 

I would stay away from VIS hoods:

https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-an...oods-suck.html

 

+1 OEM or higher end hoods and even then they don't fit right sometimes.

 

Cause i have the Nismo v2 replica front bumper and rear aprons by them and theyre pretty good, i'd say a 8-9/10.

 

I have the OEM style Vis CF hood.
To each their own, but I like CF hoods in most cases.
My fitment is pretty much on the dot.
No complaints.

BUT, my OEM hood is about 1lb lighter than my Vis

 

Thats what i heard too that our OEM hoods are lighter than CF ones which is unusual.

 

A bunch of my friends laughed at me when I said I wanted a CF hood.
"Your hood weighs much less! You're going to ruin your car! It's going to be ricey!" etc.

Haters gonna hate.
Too bad all of them liked it when I put it on
Their rebuttal is, "....It's still heavier..."

But to answer your question about the R35 hood.
Can't say that i've seen a Z with one on.

 

Got a friend like that that thinks Benz's are almost better than anything lol

But thanks for the input

 

Pics?

 

Pics of the car with the hood on?
Or a picture of the weight of the hoods?

I don't have any close up shots of the hood and it's fitment.
It's my dayoff tomorrow so I can make that happen upon request

 

Czarrr it looks nice =) what rims do u have?

 

Thanks for posting the pics, Z looks great and fitment looks good as well

 

CF hoods don't look good on a stock exterior Z and appear out of place or unfinished... though once you start adding tasteful exterior mods it starts looking better.

Czarrr you're Z looks good but I would like to see what your Z would look like with the V2 grill painted black.

 

Personally I think the hood looks okay on stock exterior.
What throws it off is the crappy wheel fitment.
Very unaggressive.
Don't get me started on the wheel gap.

There's a local DB Z here in my area.
I see him often, always throw up the deuces when we pass.
Stock exterior, CF hood, BUT with anniversary rims.
It looks real good.

I've actually been thinking about painting the grill black.
I don't know how I feel about painting the whole 'mouth' of the kit black.
It might look 'too much'.

Thank you.
My baby has come a long way.

Varrstoen 3.3.2
I'm not ashamed of my replicas!

 

Ive seen them on ebay usually for less than a grand for the set and they look good do you know the weight of them compared to the stock casue i tried to contact the sellers but they never respond so i was thinking of going with advans or volks or bbs

And nothing wrong with replicas like alot of people think sometimes there allmost as good for a fraction of the price lol

 

Talk to Navith here on the forums.
Great guy, I have never had a problem communicating with him,
His price is just as good, if not better than the Ebay seller.

 

Which BBS'?

 

Havent decided yet lol ive seen a couple that look good but price is also a facter

 

Thanks ill try to find him if i do decide to go with those rims

 

That's the only factor...