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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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RX8 Carbon Fiber Hood Dampers

Here are some pictures of these CF Hood Dampers installed. Excellent quality product and you should see this soon in the Rotary Speed Magazine coming off the press soon.







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Pictures courtesy of Ryan from Rotary Speed Magazine and Subie Sport.
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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those look pretty good
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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Very nice! Will keep my eyes peeled for the ad!
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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looks cool!
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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very nice. they look like they stablize the hinge section nicely. would probably work for my jacked up hood from the nrg's...
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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Ngo: they'd look even better on a Varis hood!!
**hint hint, wink wink**
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 04:13 PM
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Thanks for all the positive comments about the hood dampers. These will not only be seen in an advertisement in Rotary Speed, but there is also a tech article on them as well I believe.
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 04:45 PM
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too bad they are so damn expensive or i would get them they look good!
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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looks good, keep me update on that.
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by topgear8
too bad they are so damn expensive or i would get them they look good!
This isn't your ebay stuff. You will get what you pay for in quality and durability let alone the satisfaction of knowing you have the best quality and guarantee in the product warranty. For the price, in the end, its not as expensive as it appears. Buy them once and forget about it, no other worries.
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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they look good, i agree.

$200 is like gaaahhh.

definitely on the list of things to get if/when i have a momentary pause in getting go-faster parts.
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 12:34 PM
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the price is higher than what we normally have here readily available in the US, aka tein, but at least these aren't all green. haha. cheaper than more jdm specific parts like autoexe though.
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 01:11 PM
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yeah, im not too fond of the tein green for hood dampers.
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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Damn..they look awesome! I like the color...tein green ones look lame unless ofcourse you have a green car...:P ..haha

A bit too expensive for me thou..
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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i didnt say anything about bad quality, we realize its good quality, which is why we want them. Just too expensive for some atm
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by topgear8
i didnt say anything about bad quality, we realize its good quality, which is why we want them. Just too expensive for some atm
Topgear8- if my response came across as aggressive it wasn't meant to. I just wanted to point and weigh out the benefits per cost. Cheers!
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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cool, you should offer these as a group buy if you are a vendor. at like 150/pair for rx8club if you get 10 buyers. im down.
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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200 bucks is too much to pay for something with that large of a company brand on it.

I'd like the most noticeable thing about my carbon fiber hood dampers to be the carbon fiber, not the company logo on them thanks.

If you're the type to slap manufacturer stickers all over everything on your car I guess they look nice.
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Socket7
200 bucks is too much to pay for something with that large of a company brand on it.

I'd like the most noticeable thing about my carbon fiber hood dampers to be the carbon fiber, not the company logo on them thanks.

If you're the type to slap manufacturer stickers all over everything on your car I guess they look nice.
For the purpose of the pictures and the posting the "Endura-Tech" decals are on the carbon fiber hood dampers. But in reality, when they are received by the buyer, there are no decals on the kit itself, but does come with decals if one was inclined to put them on.

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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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oh man I need these!
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Endura-Tech
For the purpose of the pictures and the posting the "Endura-Tech" decals are on the carbon fiber hood dampers. But in reality, when they are received by the buyer, there are no decals on the kit itself, but does come with decals if one was inclined to put them on.
that sounds good, group buy group buy!!! lol
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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this fits carbon hood as well right?
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by lxlxlxl_saki_lxlxlxl
this fits carbon hood as well right?
There should be no problem with these on a CF hood.
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by kersh4w
yeah, im not too fond of the tein green for hood dampers.
Then have them powder coated black......I did!
Anyway, these look pretty nice! Good job!

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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 02:49 PM
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If anyone in this thread is intersted, go to www.endura-tech.com
click on hood dampers and scroll down to the Mazda RX8 application.

Cheers!
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