how much does an OEM CF hood wiegh?
04-26-2006, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by mysql101
no, the point is that your car has body panels that don't match. That makes it uber fast.
04-26-2006, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mysql101
stock hood is very lightweight. you're better off just not wearing shoes in your car or getting a hair cut to save the weight.
and by OEM CF hood i mean a CF hood that looks exactly like the OEM hood.
04-26-2006, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
i think he meant oem styled carbon fiber hood...purely aesthetics..
uhh. yeah except for the pure aesthetics part. i figured CF would save considerable weight. but i guess not. ii hate the looks of unpainted CF.
04-26-2006, 11:18 PM
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uhh. yeah except for the pure aesthetics part. i figured CF would save considerable weight. but i guess not. ii hate the looks of unpainted CF.
04-27-2006, 12:22 AM
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I'd have to agree with the idea that having mismatched body panels for the CF thing doenst impress me that much. Not hating on it, but it's just not for me. I too thought the whole point of CF was to have the strength of steel but the weight of plastic, hence considerable weight savings, I dont know how much a CF hood costs but damn paying hundreds and hundreds of dollars for 3-4lbs of weight savings? Mismatched panels indeed -- god forbid we bring the ricer kids with unpainted bumpers and side skirts up.
04-27-2006, 10:34 AM
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just tired of hearing everyone's mantra on this forum, "if it ain't stock it's rice"..thats honestly the general idea of many people on this forum. oh well...another post..
04-27-2006, 10:41 AM
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CF is just barely lighter than aluminum. The only time I like the black CF is when it's on a silver car. And that dude who got the CF hood and painted the entire top of the car black along with it. That was sharp. But for those kids who have the civics, or older cars, do save weight when they go CF. But it wouldn't make much of a difference on a RX-8.
My suggegstion, take the hood off entirely and get screw downs for the plastic engine cover. The hood isn't structural on this car anyways. ...lol
My suggegstion, take the hood off entirely and get screw downs for the plastic engine cover. The hood isn't structural on this car anyways. ...lol
04-27-2006, 05:07 PM
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I wanted to see if there was a significant difference between and OEM hood and a CF hood that looked like the OEM one. I don't see why some of you people had to be dicks about it.