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Sorry for being a N00b, don't have much car enthusiasts around me.

Why get Carbon Hood?

Does it make your car lighter? Does it let more sound out? or is it just for the looks?

 
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im not to sure but from what i know, it's lighter AND stronger....someone correct me if im wrong

 
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For function=lighter
For Form=Looks nice

 
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yeah its about half the weight of the stock hood.
and it looks cool. haha.
remember to get grade a if u can

 
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oh yeah, make sure its also UV protected so it wont fade after 6 months like the cheap ones do.

 
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Ok first off the noob excuse won't work anymore. You've been around since April of 2002 and have over 500 posts! Also you say that there aren't any car enthusiasts in your area, then you must not be looking very hard. You're from San Jose. There are car shows all the time in that area, and there are car clubs everywhere. I know because I've been to a couple before in the that area. Just open your eyes and look my friend.

 
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Chill man, maybe he has all of his posts in the off topic forum or something....maybe he is blind...maybe you shouldn't care if he is a NOOb or not and just maybe we all have questions about something no matter how much we know and we are all new at something....chill
Oh yeah, I am getting a CF hood merely for looks cause less weight is to make faster which doesn't really work with our cars without a lot of money

 
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word to connie

 
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if you are going to get one get GRADE A! nothing else, yea it's going to cost more then all the other cf hoods bu in the long run you won't regret it

 
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a disadvantage about a cf hood?

you'll get lazy and complain about regular hoods from now on. i get annoyed lifting up hoods for my friends, they are so heavy...

 
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It will bump you in to the Modified classes in autocross (or maybe Steet Prepaired). where you would basically get your a$$ whooped. thats the #1 reason I'm not getting one. that and I think that the look has been played out.... If I did ever get one I would probably end up painting it to match the car.

oh ya, if you dont know all ready, Im an autocross Junky. which means that if a part dosn't make the car faster or handle better it isn't going on my car.

mmmmmmmmm........ autocross......

 
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Carbon Fiber is just beautiful!

 
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i got mine for show, be sure to get a VIS cf hood. those are the best quality for our cars

 
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It is much lighter.
It does look cool.
It is expensive. Oh; make sure you buy a quality hood, as you will regret cheap ones. I've heard of CF hoods flying off cars!!

 
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thats why you get hood pins.
cf hoods are much lighter than stock ones. they look beautiful on silver cars

 
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Besides the obviouse, If you have a High performance car that gets really hot the paint on the hood can start to flake. But seeing how we don't have to worry about that it does not apply. The problem with CF hood is that the stock hood acts like a big heatsink. Hood absorbs alot of heat and disipates is rapidly. Going with CF keeps the heat in and does not release it as fast. Sorry about the spelling and If I am wrong please let me know.

 
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this is not entirly true. Sunny Stylin is better, FI is better just be sure before buying a hood make sure you can see it in person!

 
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I just see no point in getting one period!...

 
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It's pretty much just for looks now. Hoods on new cars are much lighter than in the past, so you don't really save that much weight. If you're in it for weight savings, you'd probably be better off just going on a diet.

 
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our hoods are so damn short the CF hood wouldn't make a huge difference.

 
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Starting my diet today actually...... .......haha just kidding, thats not funny ....