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Carbon Fiber Hood Info
10-02-2003, 11:55 AM
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Carbon fiber hood on Ebay..
For those who might be interested a friend found this on ebay.. sure didnt take long for someone to make these..
Looks pretty nice from the pictures
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2435470410
-Chris
Looks pretty nice from the pictures
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2435470410
-Chris
10-02-2003, 01:22 PM
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Yeah, it does look good. But, I'd be interested in knowing how much weight you actually save since the hood is already aluminum. Does anyone know what the stock hood weights?
10-02-2003, 02:50 PM
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Ebay says he is in the Beach Cities, Ca. I would asume he means Southbay Area (Manhattan..Redondo) or possibly down to Huntington Beach. I may check this out in person.
10-15-2003, 12:11 PM
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pics - Carbon Fiber Hood on ebay
I spotted this CF hood (see pics below) last week and e-mailed the guy. Here's what he said:
BTW - the price is sweet. I paid almost $800 for my Turbo II C/F hood.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2436960324
----- Original Message -----
From: "jasper lin" <bodykit4u@yahoo.com>
To: <vaughnc@earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #2435819784
hey, thanks for your help. yes the carbon fiberhood RX8 is handmade in Los angeles. so the fitment is guarantee. u can buy now the hood for $459 plus flat $165 shipping and handling. total shipped is $624 and please send the money order made out to Jasper Lin to:
Jasper Lin
956 ericksen drive
Pomona CA 91768
909-228-6856
or pay-pal at bodykit4u@yahoo.com. or credit cards by phone. will only ship after received payment. If payment send by mail please include this copy together with payment. please allow 7 to 12 working days depending on area for delivery because of the sofa
size box(79x39x26)weight 50-55 lbs. Can only be shipped by freight truck(Bullet freight company).
Insurance and tracking # will be provided after shipment. Have any questions call me or email me. Very important that u include the businees or your Telephone # for the freight company to verify address. shipment will be delayed until # is provided. thank
you very much for your business.
jasper
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--- atlantarotaryfan@earthlink.net wrote:
> Are these imported are are you making them in the
> US? Love to pass this along to all my rx-8 friends.
> Do you have a website?
>
> -- vaughnc
> Atlanta, GA
>
> 89 RX-7 Convertible
> 91 RX-7 Turbo II
> 89 Mazda 929 / JH Cosmo Luce Royal
> --------------------
>
>
> Question from: atlantarotaryfan
> Title of item: Mazda 04 RX8 Carbon Fiber
> Hood OEM Body kit
> Seller: juiceper
> Starts: Oct-03-03 10:30:19 PDT
> Ends: Oct-13-03 10:30:19 PDT
> Price: Starts at $479.00
> To view the item, go to:
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2435819784
BTW - the price is sweet. I paid almost $800 for my Turbo II C/F hood.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2436960324
----- Original Message -----
From: "jasper lin" <bodykit4u@yahoo.com>
To: <vaughnc@earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #2435819784
hey, thanks for your help. yes the carbon fiberhood RX8 is handmade in Los angeles. so the fitment is guarantee. u can buy now the hood for $459 plus flat $165 shipping and handling. total shipped is $624 and please send the money order made out to Jasper Lin to:
Jasper Lin
956 ericksen drive
Pomona CA 91768
909-228-6856
or pay-pal at bodykit4u@yahoo.com. or credit cards by phone. will only ship after received payment. If payment send by mail please include this copy together with payment. please allow 7 to 12 working days depending on area for delivery because of the sofa
size box(79x39x26)weight 50-55 lbs. Can only be shipped by freight truck(Bullet freight company).
Insurance and tracking # will be provided after shipment. Have any questions call me or email me. Very important that u include the businees or your Telephone # for the freight company to verify address. shipment will be delayed until # is provided. thank
you very much for your business.
jasper
Info I need for business address:
Business name
business address
business phone #
your phone #
attention to who?
residential address:
your name
address
phone # (very important)
--- atlantarotaryfan@earthlink.net wrote:
> Are these imported are are you making them in the
> US? Love to pass this along to all my rx-8 friends.
> Do you have a website?
>
> -- vaughnc
> Atlanta, GA
>
> 89 RX-7 Convertible
> 91 RX-7 Turbo II
> 89 Mazda 929 / JH Cosmo Luce Royal
> --------------------
>
>
> Question from: atlantarotaryfan
> Title of item: Mazda 04 RX8 Carbon Fiber
> Hood OEM Body kit
> Seller: juiceper
> Starts: Oct-03-03 10:30:19 PDT
> Ends: Oct-13-03 10:30:19 PDT
> Price: Starts at $479.00
> To view the item, go to:
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2435819784
10-15-2003, 02:29 PM
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I guess it's for people that think Aluminum is just too damn heavy... anyways, I would think that if you were going to replace a body panel with carbon fibre, you would choose one of the heavier panels, not the already lightened hood. As for screwing with the 50/50, that, of course, would depend on how much it actually saves...
Then there is the other side of it... If one was going to, say, want to rice out an eight, I would think of nothing "cooler" than to make it look like every other "cool" import and put as much carbon fibre on it as possible... Oh yeah, and don't you EVER think about painting it to match the body... carbon fibre is just sooooo coooooollll man....
:D
Then there is the other side of it... If one was going to, say, want to rice out an eight, I would think of nothing "cooler" than to make it look like every other "cool" import and put as much carbon fibre on it as possible... Oh yeah, and don't you EVER think about painting it to match the body... carbon fibre is just sooooo coooooollll man....
:D
10-15-2003, 02:44 PM
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The factory hood is already extremely light. I'd put that money towards other performance applications, unless you just really want the look.
10-15-2003, 02:53 PM
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Weight savings isn't that much. It's mostly an appearance upgrade which is NOT ricey. C/F is very exotic looking, espcially when clearcoated. Fiberglass is what you'd want to use if you were replacing old school heavy bodypanels with a lightweight painted material.
I forgot to ask him if the hood comes with a subframe, but I assume it does. Otherwise you'll use hoodpins which looks good as well.
Case in point:
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I forgot to ask him if the hood comes with a subframe, but I assume it does. Otherwise you'll use hoodpins which looks good as well.
Case in point:
[img]
10-15-2003, 05:27 PM
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Um sorry but NOT exotic looking. It looks like you have had a wreck and havent had time or money to paint the thing to match. The car should look like it flows thats why we dont paint cars multi-colors. Im sick of seeing cars with primed body kits. CHEAP just my 2 cents.
10-15-2003, 10:55 PM
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While I don't think a CF hood looks bad, I don't think it looks exotic, either. Honestly, it's overdone and played out. A Ferrari Modena is exotic, but the darned hood matches the rest of the car. I saw a chick who had a CF hood on a 240SX, and had it tinted blue before clear coating it. I thought that was really classy, because it matched the body color, yet you could still see the CF "grain".
10-16-2003, 01:46 AM
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I like carbon fiber hoods that have color in them
Ive seen like red and carbon or blue and carbon
this way it goes with the car better than just carbon fiber IMO
Ive seen like red and carbon or blue and carbon
this way it goes with the car better than just carbon fiber IMO
