Carbon Fiber Hood

[Haccord21]

Ive been looking for a good carbon fiber hood for my 93 accord. I heard VIS was prety good. Does anyone know of any others?? Maybe some cheapers ones but still good quality??

[TypeG]

whatever you buy, make sure it has a real clearcoat on it. later.

[Haccord21]

alright thanks. Can any one reasure me that VIS is actualy good and does have a real clear coat like they say??

[danieldavis]

i know seibon makes a really good hood

[TheShizNit]

maybe this can help out http://www.extremedimensions.com/index_euro.asp. i really didn't do no research on it but theres some nice peices here.

[Mike]

VIS and SEIBON

both high quality hoods w/ real clearcoats

you still have to take good care of them though cuz they will eventually fade

mothers cleaner wax would be a good purchase along with a cf hood

[Falder]

What are the legalities of cf hoods?
I checked out ViS and they said their hoods were for off road use only.

[MadSpleen85]

VIS and SEIBON

both high quality hoods w/ real clearcoats

When I was thinking of a CF hood everyone that I talked to about it said that they prefered SEIBON. I know that Derek (de4ek) here in KC has a CF hood by SEIBON and It looks awesome. Later

[Hijikata92]

And make sure you get the hood pins and keep them in at all times

[Dom]

And make sure you get the hood pins and keep them in at all times

yes that is a very good Idea, one of my friends has a 00 SI, I forget what kind of CF hood it was but he was flying down rt 21 and the latch ripped right out of the hood and it flipped up hit his windshield, ripped off the hinges and hit another car and cracked there windshield. Well we'll just say that sucked.

[Hijikata92]

yes that is a very good Idea, one of my friends has a 00 SI, I forget what kind of CF hood it was but he was flying down rt 21 and the latch ripped right out of the hood and it flipped up hit his windshield, ripped off the hinges and hit another car and cracked there windshield. Well we'll just say that sucked.

yeah something similar happened to my friend just the hood didnt fly off it just ruined his hood and his windshield on a great looking prelude.

[Haccord21]

The hinge rips out off the hood if you dont have the pins? Thanks for that info. I had no idea. i was wondering why people with cf hoods always had pins. i wasnt sure if it was for looks or because they actually need it. ill be sure to purchase pins. I have so much i want for the car right now. I dont know what to save up for.

[2.2litrebeater]

ive had a vis for awhile, so far so good. c/f hoods are perfectly legal, they say for offroad use only just to cover their ass, since shit like flying hoods does happen, they cant be sued.

[Falder]

Just checking because that looked a little odd.

So do you have to install the pins yourself? How does that work?

[BIEN_DIESEL]

my stock accord hood flew back and broke my window, shall i sue honda? anyway my vis double sided cf hood was sexy when i got it liek all other hoods, after a few short months it look like charcol coal all grey and ugly like the rest of my 5 cf hood i buy even when i wax it all the time, maybe its bc of fucking hot ass fl weather