i can't find a site that tells you that information. I thought that was the whole point of a CF hood.

 

no, the point is that your car has body panels that don't match. That makes it uber fast.

 

but that's why you paint it.

 

it's about 3-4 pounds lighter than a stock hood....not noticeable..

 

There is no such thing as an OEM CF hood.

It is aluminium.

 

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.

 

stock hood is already pretty light because its aluminum and because of its shock cone design

 

i guess that's why no one shows the weight. I figured the stock hood didn't weight that much.


and by OEM CF hood i mean a CF hood that looks exactly like the OEM hood.

 

i think he meant oem styled carbon fiber hood...purely aesthetics..

 

exactly. Which is why I said the only point is to have mismatched body panels...

 

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.

 

uhhhh yea, well not everyone see's it like you..so for your viewing pleasure here is a pic of my car equiped with a oem styled cf hood..

 

Done purely for the aesthetics...

 

OEM CF Hood, what an idiot

 

hahah

 

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.

 

carry half bottle/tank of wash fluid/fuel would make it lighter..... and its FREE!

 

someone please close this useless thread..infact, i'll be really shallow and use this to build up my post count..it's good for something..

 

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some people like it, some don't. sure it doesn't safe much weight on the 8 but do most people really get cf hoods to save weight?... i didn't think so.-most other cars i see with cf hoods have kits and all that, so its not about saving weight.

 

dont be so harsh ddubb...
i think ur car looks great
digging the whole black red theme

 

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..

 

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

 

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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.

 

... people call cf hood for the 8 rice. it gets tiring.