Carbon Fiber hood
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Carbon Fiber hood
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I was wondering what a good price for a VIS carbon fiber OEM hood would be. I found a lot of different prices, the lowest being 474 shipped - but I was at work and didn't do all that great of a search. If somebody could help me out that'd be great.
Also check these out what do you guys think. think they'd look nice with the cf hood? (my car is eternal blue)
http://www.symmic.com/index.asp?Page...ROD&ProdID=771
I was wondering what a good price for a VIS carbon fiber OEM hood would be. I found a lot of different prices, the lowest being 474 shipped - but I was at work and didn't do all that great of a search. If somebody could help me out that'd be great.
Also check these out what do you guys think. think they'd look nice with the cf hood? (my car is eternal blue)
http://www.symmic.com/index.asp?Page...ROD&ProdID=771
Yes, it's an Acura EL
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Rep Power: 368 I think because they're black they'd look nice with the CF hood. Thing is projectors usually don't give as much light as OEM, so expect a loss in visibility unless you were to retrofit a set of HID projectors in there....
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Rep Power: 296 hrmmm.... how would i go about doing that? is it expensive? i was thinking that they would give more light because my OEM lights seem to be very dull - sometimes i have to turn them on and off just to make sure they're on....
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Rep Power: 368 If you think your OEMs are "dull", wait till you get a set of aftermarket projectors on there...you'll find yourself only going out on sunny days.
HID projector retrofits are kinda pricey - you're lookin at $400+ for the projectors, ballasts, and bulbs, say from a Lexus or BMW, then actually fitting them in can be $$$ if you pay someone to do it, or lots of time fine tuning the mounting should you do it yourself. But well worth it IMO.
HID projector retrofits are kinda pricey - you're lookin at $400+ for the projectors, ballasts, and bulbs, say from a Lexus or BMW, then actually fitting them in can be $$$ if you pay someone to do it, or lots of time fine tuning the mounting should you do it yourself. But well worth it IMO.
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Rep Power: 296 uh oh - i just told the shop to order those lights. i wish i woulda read that before i went down there. lol. well f^ck!
what about different bulbs would that make the aftermarket projectors be brighter? i've never really looked into the differences of headlamps. guess this is what i get for not doing my hw, huh? any AFFORDABLE ideas for brighter lights???
what about different bulbs would that make the aftermarket projectors be brighter? i've never really looked into the differences of headlamps. guess this is what i get for not doing my hw, huh? any AFFORDABLE ideas for brighter lights???
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Originally Posted by xam
i can get u a c/f hood same or better quality than the vis ones for 350 w/o shipping and tax
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Rep Power: 323 save yourself some money and trouble. Pick up a hood locally. They are expensive to ship and more often than not they get damaged during shipping. If that means you have to take a trip to LA then I would do it.
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Originally Posted by Manthatguysfast
uh oh - i just told the shop to order those lights. i wish i woulda read that before i went down there. lol. well f^ck!
what about different bulbs would that make the aftermarket projectors be brighter? i've never really looked into the differences of headlamps. guess this is what i get for not doing my hw, huh? any AFFORDABLE ideas for brighter lights???
what about different bulbs would that make the aftermarket projectors be brighter? i've never really looked into the differences of headlamps. guess this is what i get for not doing my hw, huh? any AFFORDABLE ideas for brighter lights???
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Originally Posted by djmota
save yourself some money and trouble. Pick up a hood locally. They are expensive to ship and more often than not they get damaged during shipping. If that means you have to take a trip to LA then I would do it.
lol - man i wish i had a car that i could take to LA... haha, I just got in an accident dude, thats why im gettin this stuff
and they don't sell 'em anywhere locally - i don't think
local is the best... I drove to Miami without a hood on to pick a CF one up (couldnt get ahold of a pickup) 
got complements and some lady even asked me if thats the new trend! definately worth it then paying 1/4 of what the hood cost on shipping is def not worth it
got complements and some lady even asked me if thats the new trend! definately worth it then paying 1/4 of what the hood cost on shipping is def not worth it 
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Rep Power: 296 haha wow yeah old thread. i eneded up getting a VIS hood locally for 350 and I ordered some black TYC elgante lights. btw - were you guys just tryin to scare me?? haha they're not THAT dim...haha
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