OEM or CF Hood

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:06 pm

Well the insurance check came in and I need a new hood. I'm debating on getting a CF or OEM one. Looking for some input. What do guys think of the whole red and black theme?

Nick Drake · Post by **Nick Drake** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:22 pm

Get an OEM CF hood

They look the best.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:24 pm

OEM so you can buy mine.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:55 pm

carbon fiber, but keep you old hood too

Post by **Diablo0** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:35 pm

Get the CF, if you don't like the black on red look then have it painted

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:34 pm

Diablo0 wrote:Get the CF, if you don't like the black on red look then have it painted

Or maybe get one of those colored CF hoods.

Those are probably more expensive, though.

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:38 pm

Diablo0 wrote:Get the CF, if you don't like the black on red look then have it painted

Played around with it with my extra trunk and got a bit of a feel for it.

Heh, If I don't like it I can always paint the car to match the hood too!

03sxt wrote: Or maybe get one of those colored CF hoods. Those are probably more expensive, though.

http://www.importprecision.com/carbon_f ... n_srt4.htm
That's the only place I found them and they only have the SRT version. Comes out to be about 620 shipped. The Kaminari hood is about $860 shipped.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:58 pm

FTWNeon wrote:http://www.importprecision.com/carbon_f ... n_srt4.htm
That's the only place I found them and they only have the SRT version. Comes out to be about 620 shipped. The Kaminari hood is about $860 shipped.

Bah at the SRT version.

I thought there was a vendor somewhere else that made OEM colored CF hoods... I'll have to look around.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:21 am

OEM CF FTMFW!!!!!

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:11 pm

TNK wrote:OEM CF FTMFW!!!!!

x2...that is the best lookign one, hands down.

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:17 pm

Keep hearing people saying the Kaminari is the one to get, but 860 shipped just seems like quite a bit to me, is it really worth it or should I mabye try and find a differet one?

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:29 pm

I personally think the IPP hood is very sexy.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:35 pm

The kaminari hood is really good quality. Im sure diablo0 will chime in w/ pics of his. It fits well, and looks great.

Fit wise, the VIs racing hood that I have is very nice also. If only someone hadnt keyed mine a while back

but it fits great!

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:44 am

Can't beat the Kaminari but you've already seen the hood in person Dave, on several occasions lol.

Also, the colored CF ones aka Kevlar seem to fade over time and only come in the SRT version. I believe LowNSlow had one on his SRT and ended up taking it off for how bad it started to look.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:55 am

Not on how bad it started to look.. it looked fine. I took it off because it was one of the first production ones made for the orange blast.. and the color didn't match well at all..

The silver ones.. eblue and all those matched pretty darn good though.

Don't go cheap on the CF hood.. trust me. ive had good CF hoods and Ive had cheap ebay ones... You can tell a difference.....fitment and quality.

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:01 am

LowNSlow wrote:Not on how bad it started to look.. it looked fine. I took it off because it was one of the first production ones made for the orange blast.. and the color didn't match well at all..

The silver ones.. eblue and all those matched pretty darn good though.

Don't go cheap on the CF hood.. trust me. ive had good CF hoods and Ive had cheap ebay ones... You can tell a difference.....fitment and quality.

I stand corrected, I could of sworn you said the color started to really fade.

And I'd also agree on not going cheap.... DON'T! If you're going to get one do it right the first time... I bought 3 CF hoods before acquiring the Kaminari. In buying those 3 (2 RD, 1 JSP)I could have purchased two Kaminari's.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:17 am

i like teh fitment on my RD... but the hazing makes me sad.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:01 am

*cough*buy my OEM hood*cough*

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:52 am

What do guys think of the whole red and black theme?

^^^
I think the black and red thing looks alright

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:30 pm

Well, I think for now I'm just going to get a normal hood. I have other things I think I'd rather spend the money on and $860 is alot of cash. Might get one later on though.

Marthby · Post by **Marthby** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:23 pm

BlackRoseRacing wrote:
What do guys think of the whole red and black theme?

^^^
I think the black and red thing looks alright

Yeah looks great imo. I'm trying to go with that them too, inferno red and black

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