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.

 

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)

 

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

 

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.