Got the hood from Island motorsports in buena park, ca
paid 589.00 plus tax
not the cheapest but they got the hood in one day and made me happy

what do you guys think??
I wanted to paint it red but I may leave it carbon fiber

I just don't get this whole fascination with carbon fiber... and the stock hood is fine IMO. The only thing I would want is some vent to decrease the heat in the engine bay, but I have not seen any aftermarket hood that I'd really like.

But as long you like yours, that's all what matters :)

I like it alot, I would have painted it to match the car. But I like the styling it is one of the only hoods I like.

I like it too! How much lighter it is compared to the stock hood? Could you also please take some (hopefully bigger) picture outside?

I would leave it, you spent the money for CF, show it off. IMO red looks pretty good with the CF hood.

Bigger pictures outside the garage...

Mike,

No worries! Looking good! Leave the CF, but i would have the mesh painted black..

I want that exact same hood...at least now I know what it looks like on a velocity....congrats

Leave it CF....it looks good

Leave it CF, paint the hoods black, and then give it to me! ;)

Beautiful. Could you please take some full car pictures with more lighting?

Looks good. Looks like you've finally seen the carbon fiber hood light!

Dazygirl has this same hood ordered for her V/R..... cool!

Leave it CF Mike, looks really sharp

It does look good on red.

I'm waiting for someone to sell the fiberglass version of either the TS-II hood or the new vis racing razor hood. I just need the vented option, no need for CF.

Paint it red. Maybe it's because you resized the pics, but those vent meshes look terrible. Paint them or ditch them.

agree with Adrian-!, the vis racing razor hood (similar to the r-magic) looks awesome and allows for heat dissappation for those of us who need/want a cooler engine bay.

dd sends...

Looks great. Take some pictures in the day time!

im not a fan of the mesh either but it would look good if painted in black

It does look good on red.

I'm waiting for someone to sell the fiberglass version of either the TS-II hood or the new vis racing razor hood. I just need the vented option, no need for CF.
It's interesting, the cf is really just fibreglass wrapped in a layer of cf with a big fat price tag. You would think they would offer the fibreglass version at the same time.

thanks for all the comments
I will take more pics tomorrow
and Im not sure what color to paint the mesh but probably i will do black

can you ditch the mesh?

I think you could ditch the mesh but then to me it would look unfinished or like it has holes not vents

the mesh is kinda loud looking and painting it black will help tone it down

not to mention by k&N intake is twice as loud now

leave it CF mike. looks great. morever, i dont think CF can be painted though.

i just wonder u don have grill mesh on your MS bumper :confused:

I do have black mesh on my ms front

and cf can be painted-- may mintblue spoiler was cf and I painted it red

finally got the hood :) Very nice. How is the weight compared to stock?

the hood seems lighter but Im sure not by much

I love the way it looks though

i think better pics would be nice lol... and paint the mesh black and it will look sweet as hell

My vote is to paint it. To me CF just looks like a replacement part that you couldn't afford to have painted, so you just put it on anyway. I can't stand it.......but apparently everybody else on the planet just loves it so oh well. To each their own.

in person, it is obvious that it is not an unpainted part. The other day I saw an S2000 with a full CF body kit, not my taste, but it definately did not look like the guy could not spend the bucks to get it painted.

I wanted to paint it red but I may leave it carbon fiber

Just paint the rest of your car black, and it will look just fine! :p

How's the fitment? Any issues on that? Also take a pic of the underside of the Hood :)

outlaw
fitment is good
I put it on at 1am so I have not seen it durning daylight really
I will take more pics and the under part of the hood tomorrow

It fits good

I would say to Paint it Mike. If your Eyelids Trunk and Spoiler were CF it may look better, but I am feeling that the Painted VR would really make the lines and vents really snap out. IMO!

Another great option for carbon fiber is to put some red pearls in a clear and spray it. It keeps the look of CF but add a mild tint to blend better.

My friend did it on his car and it looks amazing.

Nice Hood mike! I want one myself. How much was shipping?

no shipping
I picked it up locally in buena park

Keep it CF... looks good on Red. Nothing wrong with that. Besides, Mikeb is a youngin, not no old person... he can look pimp in his ride without looking silly.

If he was a 60 year old man fixing his ride with CF, then ya, paint it red.

the next 60 year old person i see in a lowered rx8 with a cf hood will receive a punch to the back of the head.

look sweet. keep it cf. and i think the black paint will make the mesh look 10 times better.

Nice choice Mikeb! That's my favorite hood as of the moment. Red goes well with CF parts more than any other color.

:D

glad to see you finally got your hood. Good choice. Glad, also, to see that there is a local vendor that can get parts for us quickly.

If you leave the cf alone, you may find yourself contemplating new rims.......so you may want to get it painted.

Instead of taking daytime pics I drove the hood over to hertiage mazda in Huntington beach to get painted red. They painted my mirrors red and my mintblue spoiler red and I just decided might as well paint the hood red so everything matches.

Good decision :)

I like it the way it came
but Im sure it will look good in red also so you cant really make a wrong move.

It would have been nice to see it before painting...I'm sure it will look nice.

I can't wait to see the pics!

Are you going to be keeping your stock hood for the winter months. I know we don't get that much rain down here, but still.....

You'r car looks mean as hell man, awesome.

Im not keeping my stock hood
my hood should be done by friday and I will post pics
I already painted the mesh black

Got the hood from Island motorsports in buena park, ca
paid 589.00 plus tax
not the cheapest but they got the hood in one day and made me happy

what do you guys think??
I wanted to paint it red but I may leave it carbon fiber


Sorry I don't like Carbon fiber. The vents look practical.

Looking forward to seeing it. Funny thing is things look different in person.

If I like it in person I may decide to buy one and get it painted.

Hey Mike have experienced better performance with the new recall flash?

I dont have a new flash
I think mine is like m or something

hey mike i like the hood. nice man. its TR1GGERx1. sam. long time!

Looks awesome Mikeb.... I have been looking at getting this same hood for a while now.

Is there anyway to cover the vents when is raining or does the water gets re-routed so the water doesn't affect the engine. Also, did you intall it yourself or someone helped you out with it? The reason I asked these questions is because I'm considering ordering the Seibon Carbon Fiber Hood (Series - TSII) for my RX-8. Thanks.

Any pics yet with the paint? I thought you said something about getting the hood back from the paint shop on Friday.....

It's probably too late, but you should have done something like a red candy coat. You'd still be able to see the pattern of the carbon, but it'd be red. Oh well. I'm sure it still looks cool.

rain going through the vents should not hurt the engine
I am getting the hood back today with paint at 6pm
I will post pics tonite

Im too cheap for candy pearl red paint or whatever
it will be just vr paint for 500

Hmmmm, its 9:38.....I'm anxious to see. But then again, they are going to be night pics. I guess I'll check tomorrow...maybe some daylight pics :)

ditto pics pics pics!!

Ok
I got the hood at 8pm
I had it on by 10pm

It fits well

daytime pics soon

you can see the K&N intake through the vent

here are so pics when the hood was carbon fiber

I think it looks ok either way painted or just carbon fiber

what do you guys think

I still like the CF look better. Looks like the paint has a little orange peel to it, but that could be just the pic. I do like the mesh painted black better.

i like the CF better,

If I were to paint it maybe just the sides and wrap the front. Leaving the middle vents and top CF.

rain going through the vents should not hurt the engine
I am getting the hood back today with paint at 6pm
I will post pics tonite

Im too cheap for candy pearl red paint or whatever
it will be just vr paint for 500


It would actually be cheaper cause there is no need for a base coat.

if you want my .02 i like the painted better. i have never been a big fan on CF hoods, it makes it look like the car needs to be painted. like your getting close to have a complete car.
anyways, you asked for input, there is my input.

P.S. it looks great! thats the hood i wantt o get (and paint it yellow)

:eek: your car...is the sh*t! i like it better painted, esp. with the black mesh :drool:

I think it looks better painted with the black mesh, too

that fourth pic of the painted version you put up looks awesome

I appreciate all inputs
Im kinda on the fence
the carbon fiber looked better than I thought but I will post some daytime pics later today

came out pretty good but i liked the CF better, Maybe cause my car is red and i have a cf hood as well.

I love the carbon fiber look

Painted looks much better - I like it. But then again, I don't like the look of carbon fiber, so...

wsup mike. congrats on the hood. looks nice. so u decided to go with that eh? well i think looks good either way. but im jus a CF guy so yeah. see u around mike. i'll call u up sometime

-Sam (TR1GGERx1)

sam
I was gonna get your hood but visracing sucks and I drove to city of industry to pick it up and they didnt have it like they told me they did.

I got this hood through island motorsports in one day
very good service from them

i like it. the cf looks better on your car pics then the demo one... idk why? im undecided what i like better... maybe if the CF mesh was painted balck? i just htink the silver made it looks cheap, all in all nice ride

Nice to see the finished product. I, too, agree with many who feel the black paint on the mesh made a tremendous improvement. I like the painted version best, but I guess it's disapointing that the gaps between the hood and bumper are easier to see when painted than when in carbon fiber. This is the only bad thing I've noticed about all brands making carbon fiber hoods for our car, they cant seem to get the gap right.....

Good choice on hood though Mike...you would have ended up with the same gap with all the other hoods out there.

You did the right thing painting it. Bare carbon looks lame. Looks pretty tight now.

Mike I really like the new hood. Not so much of a fan of bare carbon fiber but that is hot! Now you have to take a new picture for your avatar :)

I know I need a new avatar badly
here are some more clear pics

Looks beautiful man! You have good taste in what a beautiful car should look like. By the way whats the name of the store where you got it?

wow that looks cool! im into CF when its done right, but i think you made the right decision by matching everything(going painted) instead of just having CF

the black mesh painting was a big improvement, in fact i was considering that exact hood and i was going to paint it black if i had got it. i plan on importing an odula racing hood instead because it will go w/ my bodykit better

damn the little kids in the neighborhood must love ya
btw I cant get over how that house in back of your car must look by looking at the 2 driveways

This is the crucial month guys. Take it from Mike's lead. This is the final month before 7stock...get all your mods done now...:)

Holy shit that is clean. I honestly felt you should have left it like it was, but now after seeing the end results there is no doubt in my mind you made the right move. Now I want one....damn you!

This is the crucial month guys. Take it from Mike's lead. This is the final month before 7stock...get all your mods done now...:)

i was hoping to have my rims by 7stock.. =(

did you get your wheels yet keith?

Looks beautiful man! You have good taste in what a beautiful car should look like. By the way whats the name of the store where you got it?


I got the hood from a shop in buena park called island motorsports

they got me lots of stuff for my last car also
they are really efficent

Im still getting uste to the hood being on the car
the vent is right next to the intake so now my intake is twice as loud

Mike, this looks very good. It was the right thing to get the hood painted, and the black mesh is cool too.
Honestly, I was not much into an aftermarket hood (didn't really see the point the stock being aluminum), but this one might just change my opinion :)

Looks a little cheesy. The main vents should be farther forward and the little vents should go away completely. Painted looks a little better I guess.

Is there a small gap in the front between the hood and the bumper or is it just the pictures playing eye tricks on me?

Sorry, one more thing. Anyone has a picture of a Black RX-8 with a unpainted CF hood? Thanks

there is no gap in the front

Black with CF is a pretty obvious choice for CF hoods... it flows with the colors. If you have other cars, the flashy colors works nicely with CF materials too. It's all a matter of preference. I think Red is one of those colors that would work ok with CF theme... So would Black, Blue, Titn. Grey. If you go with Yellow with CF, hope you have other things around the car that is also CF to blend it in better... it looks out of place otherwise. Silver is a so-so color to leave as CF. White is pretty blah to leave it CF... looks really out of place. Green RX-8... hmmm would work, but most of the owners are in their 40-50s and would looks pretty bad for someone of that age driving around with a CF hood.

Good choice painting it red and making the grills black.

Now you've done it Mike.... hmmm maybe just one more mod for mine... LOL

Seriously thought, that is spot on! I love it.
So so so so so glad you painted it - I know nobody likes my decals, but I don't like the CF look - each to their own - but yeah, that looks so much better painted - emphasises the vents perfectly.

Love the line running from the side vent pointing at your Gandors.

Another spot on mod Mike :)

thanks orbist
I just think once you have a bodykit,spoiler, mirrors ,etc

I hood is a must

The hood looks great both ways! One question though, since it seems you have a red and black theme going would you consider painting the strakes and fuel door black and getting black rims to finish it off? I think it would look hot like that :cool:

anyone care to photoshop^^^^^^^^

I dont plan on doing that
in that case I could have left the hood, mirrors and spoiler carbon fiber since initally there were carbon

I just don't get this whole fascination with carbon fiber... and the stock hood is fine IMO. The only thing I would want is some vent to decrease the heat in the engine bay, but I have not seen any aftermarket hood that I'd really like.

But as long you like yours, that's all what matters :)
Ditto. The stock hood practically weighs ounces. This one looks like it has quite a bit of vents, though.

anyone care to photoshop^^^^^^^^

I dont plan on doing that
in that case I could have left the hood, mirrors and spoiler carbon fiber since initally there were carbon

Yes true you could have done that........BUT you have a unique look here ......you would be hard pressed to find someone with that hood painted red with black vents. You would commonly see it CF hood with CF mirrors and wing but Im talking about black, the same black used for the vents, I cant tell if its flat black or glossy but I personally think it would be a couple more unique details for your car, think about it black strakes and fuel door??you never see that.

Hopefully someone will photoshop to see how it looks.

Black with CF is a pretty obvious choice for CF hoods... it flows with the colors. If you have other cars, the flashy colors works nicely with CF materials too. It's all a matter of preference. I think Red is one of those colors that would work ok with CF theme... So would Black, Blue, Titn. Grey. If you go with Yellow with CF, hope you have other things around the car that is also CF to blend it in better... it looks out of place otherwise. Silver is a so-so color to leave as CF. White is pretty blah to leave it CF... looks really out of place. Green RX-8... hmmm would work, but most of the owners are in their 40-50s and would looks pretty bad for someone of that age driving around with a CF hood.

are you like aesthetically retarded or something?

a carbon fiber hood on a nordic green would be probably be the nastiest thing in the world. and how would silver be a so-so color with carbon fiber? silver is one of the best cars along with black to have carbon fiber on. and white cars look awesome with carbon fiber and black rims. silver and white contrast great with the dark grey/black look of carbon fiber and paired with a wing or trunklid and gunmetal rims it looks great. and i won't even comment on the yellow/cf theme, its almost as bad as green.

anyone care to photoshop^^^^^^^^

I dont plan on doing that
in that case I could have left the hood, mirrors and spoiler carbon fiber since initally there were carbon

bah stick with the clean red look, no need for a two tone

stealthfox
have you seen outlaws rx8

its awesome

Man, I'm sure glad you painted that Red. It sure is sweet now.

Didn't know about the back side vents near the windshield, but from the last photo they match well with the side vents in the fenders.

anyone care to photoshop^^^^^^^^

I dont plan on doing that
in that case I could have left the hood, mirrors and spoiler carbon fiber since initally there were carbon


Et voila :

i was hoping to have my rims by 7stock.. =(

did you get your wheels yet keith?

sadly no, I had problems with the insurance company and the flood in my house. I had to make sure they were actually going to cover the costs before I allocated 3500 to rims/tires. This issue was resolved just yesterday, but now I doubt I would even get my rims by 7-stock...even if I ordered them today. I know what I want at least. I'm gonna go with the staggered Volk Gt-7 in Diamond Black setup.

Sorry, one more thing. Anyone has a picture of a Black RX-8 with a unpainted CF hood? Thanks

I took some of Triggers black 8 and carbon fiber hood at the Torrance meet. Do a search for Torrance and you should get two threads...one a Socal event thread, and another in the multimedia section where Trigger started a thread to show pics from the event. Hope this helps. I have it on my computer at home...let me know if you're not able to find it and maybe I could send it to you by pm.

mike dont do the black and red theme! i wanna be the first to do the two-tone! but mine will be blue and black/cf... but i do think the black rims set it off nicely.. :p


black unpaint cf pics..
heres sams....

stalker? maybe... :rolleyes:
(love his car... still saving for hood and spoiler sam)

..stalker (stalking me or Sam)?

...yup, those are the pics.....

orbist
thanks for the photo shop
I like the black strakes and fuel door but Im not feeling my rims in black at all

are you like aesthetically retarded or something?

a carbon fiber hood on a nordic green would be probably be the nastiest thing in the world. and how would silver be a so-so color with carbon fiber? silver is one of the best cars along with black to have carbon fiber on. and white cars look awesome with carbon fiber and black rims. silver and white contrast great with the dark grey/black look of carbon fiber and paired with a wing or trunklid and gunmetal rims it looks great. and i won't even comment on the yellow/cf theme, its almost as bad as green.

It was merely my opinion. I've been in the import scene since 1994... have 3 cars sponsored in the past, (From companies such as Nitto & Wings West) and that was what I've come to the conclusion of the Import look of CF hoods.

How many cars have you fixed up for car shows?

stealthfox
have you seen outlaws rx8

its awesome

Thanks, I'm sure StealthFox will have the chance coming SS8. :) Hope to see your car StealthFox soon. Also Mikeb, was going to check the fitment of the hood in person, it looks pretty good... conservative. I think that's the thing now at showcars... look subtle, but full of power. At least RX-8 has one of the two so far... just need to wait for more Power.

..stalker (stalking me or Sam)?

...yup, those are the pics.....


lol sam...

It was merely my opinion. I've been in the import scene since 1994... have 3 cars sponsored in the past, (From companies such as Nitto & Wings West) and that was what I've come to the conclusion of the Import look of CF hoods.

How many cars have you fixed up for car shows?

Man, when I first read Stealth's response I immediately gringed, held my breathe, wondering how Outlaw would return the compliment...you know, with his history of thread closing verbage.

Outlaw, I'm impressed with your reserved response. Much more subtle than I was anticipating. Well done. :)

Thanks for the reply on the photos of a Black 8 with the cf hood. With what I seen on this thread, I placed an order for the Seibon Hood. I went with the TSII style. btw Mike, is this a do-it-yourself job? or do I need a body shop to intall it? Thanks.

you can install the hood yourself in minutes
its only four screws restob

orbist
thanks for the photo shop
I like the black strakes and fuel door but Im not feeling my rims in black at all

what about black chrome rims?? that would look hot also.

Thanks Mike; I will post pictures as soon as I get it on.

stealthfox
have you seen outlaws rx8

its awesome

yeah he has had some pretty unique body kit setups (first in the US to use the auto bahn sports front bumper i believe)

what does he run now? mazdaspeed? i remember a while back he was trying to pawn off his AB because it was too low for his work parking lot curb clearances or something like that.

Pawn off StealthFox? Why do I get the sense that you are trying to be a smartass about this? Are you really that insecure in real life that you have to make ignorant comments, and "try" to attack my opinions on the hood?

looks way better painted

the guy that painted it at HB mazda is awesome
he painted my mirrors and spolier also

mike where did u buy those ms kits ?
how much it cost u including painting and fitting job ?

It was merely my opinion. I've been in the import scene since 1994... have 3 cars sponsored in the past, (From companies such as Nitto & Wings West) and that was what I've come to the conclusion of the Import look of CF hoods.

How many cars have you fixed up for car shows?

were you for the bare CF or did you sugguest painting?

Man, when I first read Stealth's response I immediately gringed, held my breathe, wondering how Outlaw would return the compliment...you know, with his history of thread closing verbage.

Outlaw, I'm impressed with your reserved response. Much more subtle than I was anticipating. Well done. :)

wow, i did not know he had a reputation for that, and his response did seem quite reserved. i certainly recognize him easily, he has quite a bit of posts and has been around

Pawn off StealthFox? Why do I get the sense that you are trying to be a smartass about this? Are you really that insecure in real life that you have to make ignorant comments, and "try" to attack my opinions on the hood?

i do not understand what you are saying about being a smartass, but i am sorry if you misinterpreted my words, i did not mean any offense.

as for your opinions on the hood i'm "stating my opinion" on what i personally think(and most reasonably aesthetically inclined persons) is acceptable for carbon fiber because it can definately get out of hand and needs to be done right, and that not all paints can have large carbon fiber pieces and still look great(but of course that doesnt matter because its all subjective, some people think having their lime green civic hatchback with 5 different colors of plastic for thier unpainted bodykit nail gunn'ed onto the side of their car looks excellent)

i like the look with it painted... making me want one :cool:

will

the replica ms kit is poly urtheane and was 1500.00 plus 800 for paint and shaving rear emblems

Wow that hood looks awesome. Same one I hope to eventually get (maybe christmas :) )

hey nice hood man that's is your style forget the rest..but if you do decided to take it off let me know.........keep reading .............keep reading................"so I put it on mine.. :D

we should just all meet up at 8 stock and have a royal rumble! That would be the shyt. I want to test out my 8 months of training mixed martial arts. (i'll prolly still get my ass beat) hahahaha =(

You should see it in person. looks great!

You should see it in person. looks great!

I agree.

thanks guys

haha i love this thread. anyways yeah benny i'll help u out . jus save up man! hahha. and mike. honestly ur car looks great cf or not. i like it painted too. looks nice. i like how u painted black the vents. great taste. see you guys soon. im trying to get my car ready. sheesh

haha i love this thread. anyways yeah benny i'll help u out . jus save up man! hahha. and mike. honestly ur car looks great cf or not. i like it painted too. looks nice. i like how u painted black the vents. great taste. see you guys soon. im trying to get my car ready. sheesh

so what the hell are you doing to your car sam? Why you holding out on me man!!! You got your rims huh!!?!?

I finally got mine :)

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?p=1059764#post1059764

we should just all meet up at 8 stock and have a royal rumble! That would be the shyt. I want to test out my 8 months of training mixed martial arts. (i'll prolly still get my ass beat) hahahaha =(

i agree, i feel like beating someone up a lot bigger than me.

and you could take 10 years of mixed martial arts and it will still get you no where, you need to focus on one hah

i agree, i feel like beating someone up a lot bigger than me.

and you could take 10 years of mixed martial arts and it will still get you no where, you need to focus on one hah

don't you weigh like 85 lbs? hahahahah :D

nah im about your height and 120 pounds but i have a buttload of jeet kune do and kenpo lessons to makeup for the weight difference though :D

nah im about your height and 120 pounds but i have a buttload of jeet kune do and kenpo lessons to makeup for the weight difference though :D

*hands stealthfox a cookie*

Car looks sweet Mike. Very nice.

I'm surprised you painted it red but aren't sure if it wasn't better CF. Did the CF really look that good in person?

I really liked the carbon fiber
I was surprised but it worked on the car

I painted it because I already painted over the carbon fiber mirrors and spolier

eather way , painted or cf , the hood looks great on your car

I think StealhFox and XDEEDUBBX are in love.. aww :)

*hands stealthfox a cookie*

you took my rx7club.com line... ;)

I'm forced to hardily disagree on your CF looks blah with white comment... I think that white looks dope as hell with CF especially the Pearl White. I plan on picking up the KS hood as well and I'll post pics. I guarantee it will look tight. Come on tax return money......

Black with CF is a pretty obvious choice for CF hoods... it flows with the colors. If you have other cars, the flashy colors works nicely with CF materials too. It's all a matter of preference. I think Red is one of those colors that would work ok with CF theme... So would Black, Blue, Titn. Grey. If you go with Yellow with CF, hope you have other things around the car that is also CF to blend it in better... it looks out of place otherwise. Silver is a so-so color to leave as CF. White is pretty blah to leave it CF... looks really out of place. Green RX-8... hmmm would work, but most of the owners are in their 40-50s and would looks pretty bad for someone of that age driving around with a CF hood.

Quote for reference for my above post.