romanss

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Thinking about changing the hood on the car and was looking for a carbon fiber replacement.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Roman

BIG_MIKE2005

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Sounds like you need a honda.

Racafella13

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u gotta be kidding me

stangkiller

rksport has carbon fiber ss hoods $$$

AW/whiteZ-28

VFN fiberglass can do any of there hoods/parts in CF.

spy2520

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it doesnt have to look like the honda hoods does it?? didnt one of the aniiversary or special edition c5s have a carbon fiber hood?? the blue one with red/white or something like that.

Phoenix 5.7

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there is a benifit to CF hoods besides looks ppl. they are about 1/2 the weight of a glass hood in the lightweight version. but they are around double the price of a glass hood

AW/whiteZ-28

VFN offers both paintable carbon fiber and finished.

The C5 is the Lemans edition vette but the CF on that is just a sticker it's not the whole hood from what I understand.

GM Muscle

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Get off his back guys, he intrested in going fast. Not looking like a Honda.

Roman, VFN can build you a nice carbon fiber hood. Last time I talked to Jeanie she said that carbon fiber has a pretty big lead time right now because of their supplier. I think they where $1250 or somewhere in that neighborhood.

titus2669

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There is a big difference in carbon fiber parts. Most of the cf hoods and cf trunks that people see on hondas are just fiberglass parts with a carbon fiber layer layed ontop of it. This does not save any weight.
If you want to do a full out carbon fiber part with no fiberglass then it would save a lot of weight and be stronger. But the thing with a full out carbon fiber part is that it is very expensive. Im not sure why way VFN makes their hoods but make sure to ask if its a full carbon fiber hood or just a fiberglass with a layer of carbon fiber ontop of it.

Phoenix 5.7

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VFN makes true CF parts, none of that rice ****. its availabe in cosmetic and lightweight. cosmetic has a portion of the CF visible such as the SS scoop, but they weigh a tad more. the ligthweight is fully painted, and is made for absolute weight savings. all of their hoods are available as bolt on or pin on

GotV-8

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Jumping again guys, lol he just wants to be a speed demon
I am so glad that nobody went the "rice" way, everyone said honda in place of it.

ZEEMAN

It was the 2004 Z06 Z16 commerative edition corvette that had carbon fiber stripes on the hood. I would go with the VFN CF hoods

hpjunky98

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the hood was entirely made of carbon fiber. gm incorperated the carbon fiber pattern in the graphics on the hood. the whole hood was painted, so that none of the carbon fiber is visable.

parbreak

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I get so tired hearing some of you people dismiss anything even remotely different. Are you aware the 2004 Commerative Corvette has a CF hood?
Is a Vette rice or are you going to say "you gotta be kidding me to that"?
How about all the European sports cars that have CF body parts. Is that rice?

He didn't ask for your opinion, he asked a simple question if anyone knew where to get one.

meissenation

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[rant]I don't even understand why you idiots replied just to flame him because he wants a carbon fiber hood. I'd give anything to have a carbon fiber version of my hood, and no it's not for the weight savings. Maybe instead of him going and buying a Honda, you guys should go kill yourselves for being ignorant conservative ******** that can't open your mind to doing something original and interesting. [/rant]


On topic, regardless of whether or not it's fiberglass with a top layer of carbon fiber, or it's all carbon fiber, compared to the steel hood there's going to be weight savings.

VSGLS1

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Glad I painted my hood...It weighs considerably less than a glass hood.

mcmillion

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Here is one I saw on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CAMAR...QQcmdZViewItem

DSG

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I love the CF hood on my Vette. I wish I had one for my TA. The hood on my ZO6 weighs only 10.4lbs half the weight of a normal vette hood and prooly 1/4 the weight of my stock TA heavy *** hood.

ChevyZ28Thunder

I would not have thought that from you. He is a racer looking to go faster. Alot of these comments come from people who are not looking for that extra tenth or two.