Carbon Fibre hood question re wintertime...

JennLynn · Post by **JennLynn** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:25 am

Should you take it off? or leave it on?

I just got mine this past summer, so i'm curious what everyone else does!!!

Thanks all!!

Post by **Diablo0** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:41 am

Some people take theirs off but I've left mine on and it dosen't harm it. Sunlight does more harm to the hood if not made well and kept protected than the cold of winter. You should be fine leaving yours on, shouldn't hurt but taking it off wouldn't harm anything either as I have known people to do that just to be on the safe side if they spent a lot of money on it.

JennLynn · Post by **JennLynn** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:56 am

sweet!

thanks for the input!!!!

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:19 am

when i use to drive my car year around i would take everything off the front bumper the hood, rims , fenders, any thing that was fiber glass cause when it snows and ice it makes the road rough and if someone slides into you or you slide off the road into a ditch or a curb your not messing up your mods. thats just me...lol

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:25 pm

KrackstaR wrote:when i use to drive my car year around i would take everything off the front bumper the hood, rims , fenders, any thing that was fiber glass cause when it snows and ice it makes the road rough and if someone slides into you or you slide off the road into a ditch or a curb your not messing up your mods. thats just me...lol

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03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:25 pm

kornholio788 wrote:
KrackstaR wrote:when i use to drive my car year around i would take everything off the front bumper the hood, rims , fenders, any thing that was fiber glass cause when it snows and ice it makes the road rough and if someone slides into you or you slide off the road into a ditch or a curb your not messing up your mods. thats just me...lol
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Yeah, really.

Not a bad idea unless you've got a cool insurance company that doesn't mind paying you for the extra coverage you may have opted in for for the mods you've done.

lambostealth · Post by **lambostealth** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:49 am

It doesn't snow here, I get to drive my car with it looking the same year round.......sorry, I'll leave now.

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:08 am

sucks for you...driving in snow is so much fun

timplett · Post by **timplett** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:02 pm

^^^ Handbrake all the way

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:33 pm

lambostealth wrote:It doesn't snow here, I get to drive my car with it looking the same year round.......sorry, I'll leave now.

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MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:26 pm

Yeah, take it off you live in Canada.. Ice might form a layer on your cf hood and it might scratch it up or something.

Post by **Diablo0** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:35 pm

-CgPeon- wrote:Yeah, take it off you live in Canada.. Ice might form a layer on your cf hood and it might scratch it up or something.

If it scratches your CF hood it's also going to scratch every other place that it formed on the rest of your car

Will only scratch it if you move it or start chipping away at it.

rmc03 · Post by **rmc03** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:58 pm

This'll be the first winter for my CF hood, i'm defintely taking it off. Ya never know

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:53 pm

Diablo0 wrote:
-CgPeon- wrote:Yeah, take it off you live in Canada.. Ice might form a layer on your cf hood and it might scratch it up or something.
If it scratches your CF hood it's also going to scratch every other place that it formed on the rest of your car Will only scratch it if you move it or start chipping away at it.

blah thats what I meant. I tend to not think before I type its bad I know. I want to get a cf hood!