Non-Stillen Hoods for Stillen SC
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Originally Posted by WA2GOOD
I for one do not mind the looks of the Stillen (SC clearing) hoods for the Z and the G. But I agree it is an acquired taste, once you get used to the way a car with one on looks, it looks kinda plain when the stock hood goes back on. 
Yes, he (Mike S.'s ) Vision619 did opt to leave his CF Stillen hood on even after we removed his SC. Here is Mike S.'s (Vision619) car that we JWT TT'ed, and my G with the Stillen hoods along with a couple more of our cars with them on, I think they look pretty good.
Yes, he (Mike S.'s ) Vision619 did opt to leave his CF Stillen hood on even after we removed his SC. Here is Mike S.'s (Vision619) car that we JWT TT'ed, and my G with the Stillen hoods along with a couple more of our cars with them on, I think they look pretty good.
My god I creame my pants everytime I see that yellow Z. I have never seen a better looking car.
Originally Posted by USN HM 350Z
just cut a hole in your stock hood and leave the blow out. That would look pimp
I opted for the cowl only and not the entire hood. My Z is SS, the cowl is CF. I had to cut out a section of my factory hood for my S/C to fit through and the cowl went on top. This would give me the two tone look I wanted without wasting more money to get the whole hood in CF then have the sides painted to match the car. End result looks good. I am going to wash and wax her today, ill be posting up pics soon.
This seem to be the best solution. AND you get to keep the crash characteristics of the factory hood for the most part. I would be concernd about a carbon fiber hood coming through the windshield in a bad crash.
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Originally Posted by reptile718
I opted for the cowl only and not the entire hood. My Z is SS, the cowl is CF. I had to cut out a section of my factory hood for my S/C to fit through and the cowl went on top. This would give me the two tone look I wanted without wasting more money to get the whole hood in CF then have the sides painted to match the car. End result looks good. I am going to wash and wax her today, ill be posting up pics soon.
A buddy of mine that saw it yesterday said the same exact thing, LOL. The front of the cowl wraps around like a clip which holds onto the factory hood, rest of it is down with 3m tape which once on there its a PITA to take back off. Another friend of mine that works for a race team here did the cut out on the factory hood using an air saw and sander. Looks perfect under the the hood.
I dont know that I have seen just the cowl on anyone's hood. I would like to see those pictures. I know the hoods were like $800+ when I got mine, but how much was the CF cowl?
That cowl looks a lot better than I expected it to look, do you have anymore pictures of it... there were only a couple of sort of weird angles of it and one really low angled one from the front.
What did the cowl cost? And did it come with a pattern of where to cut your hood?
What did the cowl cost? And did it come with a pattern of where to cut your hood?
Originally Posted by BlackSpec02
The G35 hoods are little more understated and seem to flow a little better.
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This has always been my problem with with the stillen blower. I would be sold on it in a heartbeat if I could find a nice looking hood that will clear it. There must be one out there that will work.
Originally Posted by BlackSpec02
I dont know that I have seen just the cowl on anyone's hood. I would like to see those pictures. I know the hoods were like $800+ when I got mine, but how much was the CF cowl?
https://my350z.com/forum/media-share/221951-pics-of-my-z-tail-of-the-dragon.html
Originally Posted by VN_350z
these stillen hoods look like a freaken mole on a face. so ugly
Stillen is only 5 min from my house. Untill they get better hood, no stillen supercharge for me
Stillen is only 5 min from my house. Untill they get better hood, no stillen supercharge for me
btw blackspec,the car looks good.