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Hey guys, i've got a carbon fiber hood in the mail and i've been searching for the last while to see how light weight it really is and if even makes and kind of performance difference, sure it looks badass, but does make any difference? thanks

 
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No ,not really.
Stock hood is not even that heavy.

 
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It's a little lighter... but not by much. Our OEM hoods are pretty light to begin with.

On another note... I opened the hood of my g/f's car ('99 Contour) and it's like 100x heavier then mine. lol

 
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The stock civic hood is very light. I know that when I had my 2nd gen eclipse the stock hood on that was around 70lbs and the C/F hood was 14lbs. Your not going to notce a big diff at all unless you do a full c/f front clip and trunk and rear bumper and then strip down the interior to just a drivers seat. Take out that big system and pull the spare out. Then pull out your a/c and evaporator. Maybe then you will kill a couple of 1/10ths. or a 1/2 second on your lap time. I've heard that for every 200 removed from the car you should knock off a 10th sec from quarter mile time. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 
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thats why i think cf is weak but omg it looks so tizight

 
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yea, i just got it in the mail today and i'm pretty sure i got a good deal, i paid 201 shipped and it's brand new

 
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wow thats tizight whered u get it for so cheap>?
ill prolly just get the c/f trunk and no hood more gains that way.

 
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That is a good deal.....what brand is it? You have to look out for cheap c/f products bucause they fade in the sun really fast. Also cheap c/f hoods can shatter from a rock hitting it just right.

 
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ebay, it was "b-stock" but i looked at it, there's nothing wrong with it, i looked it over for half an hour, it's uv protected, and gauranteed to fit

 
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who makes it? Does it have the holes for the washer fluid nozzles. Does it have a hood latch?

 
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does have the clip and does have fluid holes but i dunno the brand, i'll look when i get home, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWN%3AIT and it says it has those bubble looking things but it doesn't, anywhere

 
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K, i got the hood on but the only downside that io see is that the fluid nozzles don't fit in the holes, is that normal or could that be the defect?...next question....how do i fix it?

 
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What is it like 4lbs lighter?

 
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hey i got probably the same hood you do i had to file out part for them to fit took me about 10 mins to file, fit, file, n then fit but its easy

 
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its more for show than weight reduction on our cars...

 
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I loved the carbon fiber look for a long time. Now its really starting to get played out IMO. And whats with the ghetto carbonfiber hoods(black primered). That really gives me a good laugh.

 
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don't u know that black makes the car faster, especially if u only have certain parts painted, like a hood or a fender

 
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The more colors the car is painted the faster it goes. A car with a different color on every panel must really fly.

 
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lol, that reminds me of my roomates camaro, at last count it was 8 colors, unless u count rust as a color, then 9......and it was still slow.....maybe it only applys to imports

 
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"Bitchin' Camaro" thats a cool song. I quess that primer adds some aerodynamic performance qualities. It allows you to cut though the air like a hot knife through butter. LOL. I think faded factory paint does that too. Theres a guy rollin around phoenix in a faded blue Geo Storm with yellow tinted windows. His car is really fast. NOT! That car makes me laugh.

 
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did you weight the Carbon hood and weight your stock hood to see teh diff?

 
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no i dont have a scale but it didn't feel like that much, like if i took a heavty crap before i went driving it would be the same difference....but wait...now i can take a hevty crap and it'll double the difference..hmmmmm

 
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US $1.00 shiping 175
yours nuts junk

 
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Hey, it fit's fine except for the sprayers, easy fix, and it's good and sturdy, i think i got a good deal

 
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You got a screamin' deal. I remember when this whole carbon fiber thing first started to catch on. Those hoods were so expensive. Like a G.

 
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I agree, you got a good deal. I wouldn't pay much more than you did. All you need to do is drill the holes a little bigger for the sprayers and throw another coat of clear on it so it won't fade.

 
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it's already uv protected so it wont fade