I just got into an accident last week and did some pretty harsh damage. i had a JKL carbon fiber hood OEM style on my car and i WASN'T very happy with it! here is my chance to get a better hood and one that i'm going to be happy with. i was thinking about going with VIS but i heard some bad stories with their hoods! a store in N.Y. will sell me a hood called advance for 475 shipped! what i am wondering is if this hood is good. i never heard of it! if anyone out there has this hood or another hood that is good, let me know! i have a 99 honda civic SI and i want the OEM style hood!

I just got into an accident last week and did some pretty harsh damage. i had a JKL carbon fiber hood OEM style on my car and i WASN'T very happy with it! here is my chance to get a better hood and one that i'm going to be happy with. i was thinking about going with VIS but i heard some bad stories with their hoods! a store in N.Y. will sell me a hood called advance for 475 shipped! what i am wondering is if this hood is good. i never heard of it! if anyone out there has this hood or another hood that is good, let me know! i have a 99 honda civic SI and i want the OEM style hood!

Hello there Jennie, welcome to AF.com :wavey:

Sorry to hear about your accident, those are never any good. :(

As for CF hoods, you want to go with a hood that's Grade A carbon fiber. I don't remember if that means it's stronger or just better quality (or maybe both) but that's one thing to look for. I haven't myself heard anything bad about VIS hoods. Other than that I'm not sure which hoods to recommend. Eitherway, good luck with your search for one. :)

go to jdmshit.com, they have hoods for 375 shipped

go to jdmshit.com, they have hoods for 375 shipped

How good are the hoods though?

Kaminari also has some excellent hoods, but if I remember right they are kinda pricey. :eek7:

SilverY2KCivic is correct, look for a Grade A carbon fiber hood. As for brands, I also have not heard negetive things about VIS. I do know, however, that Kaminari makes very good hoods www.kaminari.com. Fiber Images also makes good hoods.

kaminari and vis are excellent choices

and basically anything thats DOUBLE SIDED (key attribute) - rolled edges - and uv protected

NOTE: 99% the hoods on ebay are single sided, aka:worthless pofs

jdmshit is really good. all of theres are grade A(i'm pretty sure)

what makes carbon fiber hoods good? i guess im just kind of jaded in that i see something cheap like that and think, well what can the difference be. they are both hoods and theyre both light. can someone give me a quick run down because im sure that there can be differences. thanks a bunch.

thanks guys for helping me out! i went a head and got the VIS hood and a trunk for my car...it will be here in 7 to 10 days! how exciting i will let you all know how i like it! thanks again

what makes carbon fiber hoods good? i guess im just kind of jaded in that i see something cheap like that and think, well what can the difference be. they are both hoods and theyre both light. can someone give me a quick run down because im sure that there can be differences. thanks a bunch.

Are you asking the diff between a good carbon fiber hood and a cheap crappy one. If so, http://www.kaminari.com/brandXhood.htm shows a differnce between there Carbon Fiber hood and an un-named cheap one. It'll give you an idea. Also, there is more, some cheap ones discolor due to UV light over time, some have a crappy looking carbon fiber weave, etc. As the link shows, not all Carbon Fiber hoods are created equal.

thanks guys for helping me out! i went a head and got the VIS hood and a trunk for my car...it will be here in 7 to 10 days! how exciting i will let you all know how i like it! thanks again

You are welcome.

any thing but APC carbon fiber hood, i heard they were not good

eckoman you thourgholy and completely answered my question with that link. youve proven yourself again and for that you get a tip of the hat and my coveted "czar of the internet" award...thanks a bunch man...

eckoman you thourgholy and completely answered my question with that link. youve proven yourself again and for that you get a tip of the hat and my coveted "czar of the internet" award...thanks a bunch man...

No problem, you're welcome. I am always glad to help. On a side note, Kaminari hoods also have no need for hood pins. The latch will hold them down fine, unlike some cheap ones where without hood pins, bad things can happen.

any thing but APC carbon fiber hood, i heard they were not good

Yes, APC does suck...in general, all APC products sucks. However, there are other cheap and crappy Carbon Fiber hoods out there, I have seen some un-named ones that are worse. So just beware, don't go buy anything other than APC...yes, don't get APC, but just remember there are other crappy CF hoods out there too. In general, as I stated above, Kaminari makes very high qaulity hoods, and VIS and Fiber Images make pretty good qaulity hoods too.

I think that you'll be pleased with your carbon fiber parts from VIS. I actually have a VIS carbon fiber hood on my Lude and I love it. The fit and finish are nice. That's awesome that you got the carbon fiber trunk too, that's gonna' look sweet. One suggestion I'd make is to wax your carbon fiber parts every month or so. I try to do that to mine anyway. I've heard that if you don't take good care of them they can actually fade out. I'm not sure if that's completely true but I'm not willing to find out that it is. :iceslolan It does make sense though since the carbon fiber is usually black and it does absorb a lot of heat from the sun. Anyways, I hope you enjoy your stuff from VIS.

though im probably a little late with this. I also have a VIS c.f. hood on my hatch and its pretty durable and strong.

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Hey guys just wanted to give you the update on my new hood! :biggrin: i got it in four days ago and at first i was getting upset because the hood wasn't fitting the way i wanted it to fit. On the side i got hit (by that stupid lady) there was a huge gap and the driver side it was overlapping. so i had to move (the side that i got hit) the fender in and the driver side fender out. But it looks better and i am really pleased with the way the hood looks :icon16: So just wanted to let you all know to go with VIS

:naughty: I also got my trunk and it looks hot! i'm thinking about pearling both my hood and my trunk blue to match my car! This guy said he would do it for me for $200 for the trunk and $175 for the hood! what do you guys think? If anyone knows of a place in the Maryland, DC area that is really good at pearling Carbon Fiber please let me know! i don't care much about price i just want to get it done right! :)

When i get it done i will post a picture!

Hey guys just wanted to give you the update on my new hood! :biggrin: i got it in four days ago and at first i was getting upset because the hood wasn't fitting the way i wanted it to fit. On the side i got hit (by that stupid lady) there was a huge gap and the driver side it was overlapping. so i had to move (the side that i got hit) the fender in and the driver side fender out. But it looks better and i am really pleased with the way the hood looks :icon16: So just wanted to let you all know to go with VIS

:naughty: I also got my trunk and it looks hot! i'm thinking about pearling both my hood and my trunk blue to match my car! This guy said he would do it for me for $200 for the trunk and $175 for the hood! what do you guys think? If anyone knows of a place in the Maryland, DC area that is really good at pearling Carbon Fiber please let me know! i don't care much about price i just want to get it done right! :)

When i get it done i will post a picture!

I am glad to see you got your hood and you got it to fit correct with a little work. Out of curiousisty, were the fenders not put on correct after you got hit or something or the frame not fully straightend? I'm just asking cuz that's not normally something you hear about with VIS, though I am glad you got it to fit good, and that you got it to look good. I myself, personally, if I ever got another hood, CF or otherwsie, would get a Kaminari one...they have a design that absolutly kicks ass, of course, it costs an arm and a leg too, but qaulity costs money, so there you go, lol. Anyways, I am glad your hood and trunk worked out well....post the pics when you get em.

I have a VIS hood too, and I love it. SilverY2Kcivic saw it when I showed it a few times. Its probably one of the best I've seen. Its an oem style... no fancy gills, vents, scoops, pods, b*llsh*t. But I have seen some by VIS that fit very poorly... but they all seem to be the ones with the scoops and vents.

i too got vis. it looks pretty nice on my blue teg, although one complaint i have is that one screw doesn't screw in correctly. fiber images i heard are one of the best, iv'e even seen their videos where they ran their hoods over with a car, or dropping a tire on it. after that ordeal, it still looks good. i bought one of fiber images oem hood, but after waiting for a month and a half i decided to go with vis instead. also it was a lot less expensive then fiber images.

I have a VIS hood too, and I love it. SilverY2Kcivic saw it when I showed it a few times. Its probably one of the best I've seen. Its an oem style... no fancy gills, vents, scoops, pods, b*llsh*t. But I have seen some by VIS that fit very poorly... but they all seem to be the ones with the scoops and vents.

that's good to know about VIS, I'll make sure to keep that in mind for future reference.

oh one more thing i like to add is that fiber images doesn't have a clear coat nor does is it uv coated whereas as vis' hood does. so for the best bang out of your buck it appears vis has got the lead, as far as longevity, i guess im going to have to find out.

oh one more thing i like to add is that fiber images doesn't have a clear coat nor does is it uv coated whereas as vis' hood does. so for the best bang out of your buck it appears vis has got the lead, as far as longevity, i guess im going to have to find out.

well, that being the case, I'd steer away from fiber images myself....lack of clearcoat and UV coating would = more fading due to sunlight and more discoloration over the long haul...at least that's what I would think. They make be strong, but that's big part to leave off...I know that Kaminari makes strong hoods and UV coats them, and VIS isn't bad. I would think for the $$ of an OEM style fiber images hood, that it would be clear coated and/or have uv protection on it. It's nice to know that info.

Hey guys just wanted to give you the update on my new hood! :biggrin: i got it in four days ago and at first i was getting upset because the hood wasn't fitting the way i wanted it to fit. On the side i got hit (by that stupid lady) there was a huge gap and the driver side it was overlapping. so i had to move (the side that i got hit) the fender in and the driver side fender out. But it looks better and i am really pleased with the way the hood looks :icon16: So just wanted to let you all know to go with VIS

:naughty: I also got my trunk and it looks hot! i'm thinking about pearling both my hood and my trunk blue to match my car! This guy said he would do it for me for $200 for the trunk and $175 for the hood! what do you guys think? If anyone knows of a place in the Maryland, DC area that is really good at pearling Carbon Fiber please let me know! i don't care much about price i just want to get it done right! :)

When i get it done i will post a picture!


Hey Jennie, glad to hear you got it, and all worked out well with it. DO send pics our way of how it turns out. :) Congrats, told ya' VIS was best. ;) hehe

I have a VIS hood too, and I love it. SilverY2Kcivic saw it when I showed it a few times. Its probably one of the best I've seen. Its an oem style... no fancy gills, vents, scoops, pods, b*llsh*t. But I have seen some by VIS that fit very poorly... but they all seem to be the ones with the scoops and vents.

I swear Paul, if you ever let it get to looking how it was when I bought your Neuspeed strut bar from off your Civic, I'll have to beat you down! :p I almost thought you had a flat black painted hood that night, haha! I still have the pics of when you had that thing waxed to a mirror image shine. Before then I had never known a CF hood could get so shiny and reflective. Absolutely a grade A++ hood IMO! :cool:

I swear Paul, if you ever let it get to looking how it was when I bought your Neuspeed strut bar from off your Civic, I'll have to beat you down! :p I almost thought you had a flat black painted hood that night, haha! I still have the pics of when you had that thing waxed to a mirror image shine. Before then I had never known a CF hood could get so shiny and reflective. Absolutely a grade A++ hood IMO! :cool:

After ditching Christine, I've had alot more time... and I buffed out the hood so it was about 90% of what it was... but remember, recently, I just had it painted on the sides... so now the entire hood is clear coated. So its back to its shininess... or even shinyer! :D On top of that, when they sanded it down for painting and added the new clear coat, I found out the disoloration was just on the surface of the original clear coat. So it was sanded off and replaced with a new fresh coat of clear coat... no more discoloration. I dont know if you ever noticed it though. I had one of the first VIS CF hoods... so if you guys have one, dont worry. The newer ones dont discolor like mine did... or at least I havent seen one discolor.

may I have all the web sites of hoods plz

After ditching Christine, I've had alot more time... and I buffed out the hood so it was about 90% of what it was... but remember, recently, I just had it painted on the sides... so now the entire hood is clear coated. So its back to its shininess... or even shinyer! :D On top of that, when they sanded it down for painting and added the new clear coat, I found out the disoloration was just on the surface of the original clear coat. So it was sanded off and replaced with a new fresh coat of clear coat... no more discoloration. I dont know if you ever noticed it though. I had one of the first VIS CF hoods... so if you guys have one, dont worry. The newer ones dont discolor like mine did... or at least I havent seen one discolor.

Hmmm Christine... Your ex or your cousin? ;) :p LOL! Naw, wasn't that your ex though I met that one night at your house you're refering to?

I don't remember the discoloration of your hood though, but that might have happened after the last time I saw it. I gotta see how your car looks now, sometime soon here. You know kinda how mine is.

Okay Silverbolt, after reading all this in here, I am curious as to what your car looks like now also. Of course, I suppose I have never seen it to begin with, so you know, lol.

Hmmm Christine... Your ex or your cousin? ;) :p LOL! Naw, wasn't that your ex though I met that one night at your house you're refering to?

I don't remember the discoloration of your hood though, but that might have happened after the last time I saw it. I gotta see how your car looks now, sometime soon here. You know kinda how mine is.

Yeah, my girlfriend at the time was Christine (yes, same name as my cousin)... at that big house with the long driveway. Yeah, that night. The one you said was hot.

I am glad to see you got your hood and you got it to fit correct with a little work. Out of curiousisty, were the fenders not put on correct after you got hit or something or the frame not fully straightend? I'm just asking cuz that's not normally something you hear about with VIS, though I am glad you got it to fit good, and that you got it to look good. I myself, personally, if I ever got another hood, CF or otherwsie, would get a Kaminari one...they have a design that absolutly kicks ass, of course, it costs an arm and a leg too, but qaulity costs money, so there you go, lol. Anyways, I am glad your hood and trunk worked out well....post the pics when you get em.


instead of them using my stock hood they just put on my old carbon fiber hood so i think they straightend the frame out to fit the old hood which was a little messed up (which i'm thinking about selling it for really cheap since it's not bad at all, so if anyone is interested let me know...all it needs is a slight repair on the corner and clear coat)

my trunk fits great and i'm STILL happy with what i got :biggrin: now nobody has told me what they think about pearling Carbon Fiber? i am still thinking about getting it done.

instead of them using my stock hood they just put on my old carbon fiber hood so i think they straightend the frame out to fit the old hood which was a little messed up (which i'm thinking about selling it for really cheap since it's not bad at all, so if anyone is interested let me know...all it needs is a slight repair on the corner and clear coat)

my trunk fits great and i'm STILL happy with what i got :biggrin: now nobody has told me what they think about pearling Carbon Fiber? i am still thinking about getting it done.

Pearl CF hoods look good... if done right. I've seen a nice blue car that had a blue pearled CF hood, and blue pearl tire shine! Looked really nice!

yeah i saw it done to a blue WRX who had it done on his trunk and i thought it was so hot! :naughty: so i'm thinking about getting it done to my trunk and my hood! how much do you think it's going to cost me? if anyone knows of any places around Maryland, let me know please :biggrin:

THANKS!

I've seen cars that it works on, and others it didn't look so hot. Depends on the car I guess. I'm guessing it'll cost a little more trhan it would just to get the hood repainted and a quality paint place. Good luck on it eitherway you go. I'm dying to see how it all looks on there. :D

not trying to steal the thread nut maybe you guys can clear something up since you are on the subject? I heard somewhere that carbon fiber hoods are illegal on the street is this true? I live in new york so i think we are about the same as Cali. If this is the case i would assume its one of those things that cops don't worry too much about unless they wanna break your balls? or just a pain for inspections..?

not trying to steal the thread nut maybe you guys can clear something up since you are on the subject? I heard somewhere that carbon fiber hoods are illegal on the street is this true? I live in new york so i think we are about the same as Cali. If this is the case i would assume its one of those things that cops don't worry too much about unless they wanna break your balls? or just a pain for inspections..?

i live in california and in the past year i was pulled over twice. one for a bull$%# speeding ticket when i was in the car pool lane where the whole time there was the same vehicle in front of me and another behind me. i got another for speeding 6 months later on, and yes this time i was, but anyway, the officers never said anything about my hood at all. one did mention that my exhaust wasn't supposed to be there since it was an aftermarket, what was ironic was that the catback exhaust system is from greddy which is 50 state legal. go figure. :rolleyes:

i think the main point they stress though is to make sure the hood is properly secured since this can be a hazard if your c/f hood just flies on your engine bay on to the traffic flow. since my hood is extremely light in comparison to the stock hood, when drivng on the highway i can see my c/f hood wobble due to the oncoming wind. this isn't a terrible wobble like its about to fly off i just want to mention, but still wobble nonetheless. its just natural since of course from its light weight. on really windy days, i do kinda get paranoid but nothing never happens.

okay okay i know this answer since this shit happened to me... :mad:

Alright you said you think the reason cops stress about Carbon Fiber hoods is because they worry that we don't properly secure the hood...wrong! This is why we have hood pins. To prevent the hood from flying up on us!
The real reason cops stress about carbon fiber hoods is because they believe that if you have a carbon fiber hood then you are street racing! i got pulled over one night when i was at the local hang out and a cop thought i was going to race since i had a hood and gave me a ticket for everything he possibly could. :banghead: so cops think you are a street racer if you have a hood on and will give you a hard time if he is an ass!

okay okay i know this answer since this shit happened to me... :mad:

Alright you said you think the reason cops stress about Carbon Fiber hoods is because they worry that we don't properly secure the hood...wrong! This is why we have hood pins. To prevent the hood from flying up on us!
The real reason cops stress about carbon fiber hoods is because they believe that if you have a carbon fiber hood then you are street racing! i got pulled over one night when i was at the local hang out and a cop thought i was going to race since i had a hood and gave me a ticket for everything he possibly could. :banghead: so cops think you are a street racer if you have a hood on and will give you a hard time if he is an ass!

u didn't answer the guy's question. i didn't answer his either, but i did tell him my personal experience and they did not give me a ticket for the c/f hood. i guess u didn't know this, but not all c/f hoods require hood pins only some who doesn't have a latch or they feel that the latch is not strong enough to secure the hood down. i got a vis hood and they do not require hood pins at all. i got some hood pins before my purchase of the hood but after getting it, i discovered it's not required so why put it on, unless of course i want it for appearance? :rolleyes:

after driven by many police vehicles and officers in parking lots, not to mention the two experience i had, my inference would be that they are not illegal. also about the hoods flying off, this is what fiber images told me whereas vis told me it was optional and they also told me a simliar story. they explain to me this is one of the reasons thiers is better than the competitors since it doesn't need the pins. so whose wrong? just because u have a c/f hood doesn't make it illegal, it just make u any easier target to pinpoint for illegal modifications, but if your abiding the speed limit and and following all laws they can't do anything. i also know this from personal experience, one day i was driving home not speeding or anything, and out of nowhere an officer on a motorcycle was riding next to my right blind spot. he came slowly forward at the same time glancing at my car and of course my hood, then slowly went back towards my bumper while staying on the right of my next lane. what he was doing i bet any money was he scanning for anything illegal so he can pull me over and look for more. after a couple of minutes and no evidence he finally decided to leave me alone and drive off.

if a cop does pull u over to check your car out, then that is harrassment. a similar analogy would be pulling over a black driver to make sure he isn't a criminal. if they do pull u over and u do have lets say an illegal turbo or anything else then this can be a very thin line, but something tells it's in the favor of the officer.

I was just giving him my personal experience too about what happened to me when i heard what happened to you. I had to put my :2cents: in. I don't think they are really that illegal either or something cops are that concerned with, but i'm just saying what an officer told me when i was parked in a parking lot hanging out with my friends drinking starbucks coffee. I wasn't doing anything to make him want to find out who's car that was and he ended up giving me 4 tickets. And about what you said about if you're not doing anything wrong then cops wont bother you...gosh where do you live because if that's the case i'm moving out there. Cops forever get on peoples case here and if you lived here in rockville, md then you know that all cops here are pain in the ass and get you for everything.
About the hood pins being required, i know that not all hoods require them...i don't have them on my car because i'm not to crazy about the way it looks! And trust me i've done my share of high speed on the high way and my hood never moved or made me think it was going to fly up on me! Alright well i'm not trying to come across as being a bitch, but i just want you to know what happened to me! i guess it's just different locations and where about you live....

right now im currently living in pittsburg, california which is in the bay area, and no the cops never really give me a hard time. this doesn't mean though that they never did, let me explain.

i used to lived in oceanside (southern california), about 2 years ago and the highway patrol would pulled me over several times. hopefully u know why, this is where the import racing scene started up ,and alot of them were asian. but to go on, i was getting really freaken annoyed with them stopping me to find nothing. i came to the conclusion that they were profiling me as a certain type of individual: i have an import car (acura integra), it is lowered, and im of asian heritage. after awhile it was getting ludicris, but then i figured, i don't really care how much they are profiling me, but in order for me to be pulled over, they better have concrete evidence and not some stereotype. i was even about to go to the legal office to find out more about this subject and to understand my rights, but unfortunately :banghead: i never had the time. my service time with the marine corps was up (thank god, three days after getting out congress ordered a stop-clause, this order haults any military personnel from being discharged and for the corps specifically, preparation for war is imminent), the main focus at that time was getting ready to move back to my hometown to start school again.

believe me, if my time there was longer i would have definately gotten legal advise, and how to handle the situation better. after all, i wasn't doing anything wrong, and after they did inspect my car, their evaluation always came out empty. presently, there are some mods, but all of them are either 50 state legal or carb certified so they still can't get me :icon16: .

oh one more thing, ur hood must be heavy then if it doesn't wobble, maybe a better word for it would be an up and down motion. mine weighs about 15 to 20 lbs, i can pick the entire hood up with only one arm. so of course when the wind hit it at high speed especially when the latch is on the spring loaded release lever it's going to have that effect due to it weight. still, i do get paranoid on occasions, kinda reminds me of that panel tom hanks used as a sail until it got blown away by a gust of wind in the movie castaway.

i know how you feel, i took my 4 tickets (which were for my tint, my suspension, stickers on my window advertising for Teckademics, and no front plate) so i took it to court since i was pretty pissed off and they dropped it because in the state of maryland which i'm sure this goes for every state but i was happy to find out that a cop can not give you any kind of ticket if you are parked or not moving...haha :lol: i'm sure the cop felt pretty stupid. i don't know why he even bothered! who knows what he was thinking...i don't care since i got out of them, but still i get harrassed by cops all the time and it's so annoying. i really don't have anything crazy done to my car! the only thing really i can get introuble for is my suspension and my tint...BIG DEAL! it's my problem if i want to fuck up my front lip or under my car and the tint...well i just don't like the loser guys here in maryland staring at me. :rolleyes:

About my hood i think it weighs about 10-12 pounds. it's really light i'm a weak person and i can lift that sucker up by myself :icon16: hehe! But i don't have that problem that you have....that's interesting!

well they can if it was a parking ticket. :p j/k
but yes for this they can

about the hood, try looking at it when ur at 60 mph or higher especially when ur coming down a hill. people never really focus on something until someone mentions it.

go to jdmshit.com, they have hoods for 375 shipped

Does anyone know the quality of the hood from JDMshit.com? I'm hearing that ViS is one of the best carbon fiber manufacturer out there right now.

Does anyone know the quality of the hood from JDMshit.com? I'm hearing that ViS is one of the best carbon fiber manufacturer out there right now.

how do u think the quality of jdmshit.com would be like? j/k i don't know, never heard of it. for your moneys worth, i say vis, but the best carbon fiber hood goes to fiber images. i seen them put their hood down on the ground and have some one jump on it. they even had a tire dropped on it and a car ran over it, the aftermath? nothing, it was still the same :eek2: .

A few points. First off, I know both VIS and Fiber Images make good hoods. Still, you want my opinion for the BEST Carbon Fiber Hood here in the US? I Say Kaminari.
http://www.kaminari.com/brandXhood.htm
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They are not cheap to buy, they are expensive. But the qaulity and workmanship is excellent. Also, they don't require Hood Pins either. The Latch is Welded. A lot of cheaper hoods have, none welded latchs. And these CAN come off and fly up under high speed. Thats what they refer to wyhen telling you storys about it. But since the latch is welded, hood pind are not required since this is not an issue.

Anyways, as to your situation, Jenny. Accordng to a 50-state Law Chart for cars I have, Maryland DOES require a front License Plate. So you CAN get in trouble for that. I know in a lot of states, a Judge does no consider having the plate in the front window as "having a front plate," so if a ticket is issued under this circumstance, it is usually upheld. There are 20 states where front plates ARE NOT required, but Maryland is not among them. Just thought I'd let you know, that is something they can nab you on (besides the tint, which you know about). Does Maryland specificy how LOW a car can be? The info I can find states "Ride Height Modication is permitted, there is a Maximum bumper height of 20 inchs." Like I said, I'd check with DMV into seeing what the law regarding MINIMUM height is, since I could find none. YOu may be just getting shafted there. If that were the case, no ticket would stand up in court. Also, What is the height of the sticker, top-bottom? You can have "windsheild tint band of 5 inchs" in Maryland (I know cars that come 6 inchs stock, which makes the illegel from the facotry, dumb) So if the sticker was at the top and was like 6 inchs from top the bottom, then that could be a point of contention too. As trans_nsx stated. If you leave everything techincally legel, they will have nothing to get you on, and if they write a ticket, it won't stand up in court. I hope this info can help you out a bit.

"windsheild tit band of 5 inchs"
i want to get this b4 some else does, this really cracked me up :rofl:

i want to get this b4 some else does, this really cracked me up :rofl:

Ah man, come on, lol!! Give me a break, lol....I haven't been able to fall asleep, so I haven't slept in somewhere around 24 hours, so I am dead tired. Seriously though, that does read pretty funny, huh? I'll go correct my little typo right now. You have to admitt, it was a fairly well written shpeil when you consider I am typing this all half asleep, lol.

yes it was well written. hey the link was a great idea, i'll get one for the fiber images later on today, they should have some videos of the demostration i said earlier. can't right now, have to sleep a couple of hours, wake up, do an oil change and then change my c-v axle for the high performance aftermarket version. just thinking about it right now, i pay about $45 for the materials needed for an oil change. damn, is it just me or is that a grip load?

yes it was well written. hey the link was a great idea, i'll get one for the fiber images later on today, they should have some videos of the demostration i said earlier. can't right now, have to sleep a couple of hours, wake up, do an oil change and then change my c-v axle for the high performance aftermarket version. just thinking about it right now, i pay about $45 for the materials needed for an oil change. damn, is it just me or is that a grip load?

Yea man, that does sound like a grip load for that. Oh well, have a fun time changing all that. At least it's warm out there. Shit, it's currently 38 here....at least it's not like 22 outside anymore, lol. I have heard of those fiber images videos, though I havn't watched them before. I've know Fiber Images offers "clear coating" as an "extra option" you pay more for. But I'd rather by it regular and have a body shop shoot clear if I had to. I also think Fiber Images offeres a fully finished Carbon Fiber Underside at a considerably more expensive price. How much more I don't know. I know that option and the clear coating are both pay extra. The clear coating suprises me, since a lot of the higher qaulity Carbon Fiber Hood Markers who take their time to produce a qaulity hand laid product clear coat the hood for an added shine, UV, and weather protection. A non-clearcoated CF hood would should it after a few years. I've seen the Kaminari ones before, they really do have very nice latches that are properly attaches, not to mention on the the better looking undersides on the CF hoods that arn't fully finished. The CF weave was really tight in person too, it was a buetiful hood. Send over the video link when you find it. If I find it before you post it, I'll post it up here.

here it goes, be prepared to be amazed. too bad though, they are expensive as hell. i ordered one but it took too long so i went with vis and save a bundle.

http://www.fiberimages.com/

here it goes, be prepared to be amazed. too bad though, they are expensive as hell. i ordered one but it took too long so i went with vis and save a bundle.

http://www.fiberimages.com/

I'll checked it. I think I saw it a long time ago, it looks familer to me. They are strong hoods. However, I still love Kaminari, what can I say. LOL. Fiber Images is expensive, but kaminari is expensive as hell too. Actually, I belive they cost even more. Still, either way, good qaulity isn't cheap, you know? A lot of times, you get what you pay for...(I am not knocking VIS or the fact it was cheaper and you saved money. I was just making a point).

The best CF hood is one thats not on a car looking like shit.

You want to lose 20lbs, go on a diet.

The best CF hood is one thats not on a car looking like shit.

You want to lose 20lbs, go on a diet.

Are you making fun of carbon fiber hoods... or cf hoods that look bad?

The best CF hood is one thats not on a car looking like shit.

You want to lose 20lbs, go on a diet.i would have laughed at that but i'm liking the oem style hoods

The best CF hood is one thats not on a car looking like shit.

You want to lose 20lbs, go on a diet.

You are a new member, so I am going to give keep this polite and give you some advice. Don't make post's just flaming and insulting like that. Comment's like that are unappreciated here. Don't just come in here after only nine posts and start throwing insults like that around.