ok this is my car (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t15108.html)

you may or may not know, i got in a bit of a fender bender and i need a new hood. now, i have mixed feelings on this. carbon fiber is nice and it seems really cool.

some friends say a black hood on a white car will look stupid, cheap, and lame because it looks like i didn't have money to paint it to match.

some other friends who are cool with the import scene and everything love the idea. i am just really not sure what i want to do. what do you guys recommend?

OEM style carbon fiber hood
OEM Honda Hood painted pearl white to match my car
Lexan Glass Carbon Fiber Hood (image below)
http://importstuner.com/civicSK1.jpg

I say the OEM carbon fiber hood. a black carbon fiber hood would look good on a white car.. It's carbon fiber, it would look good on anything. It would be ugly if you got a regular hood and painted it black.

Definitely OEM CF hood. The lexan one is cheezy looking.

OEM Carbon Fiber

any reason why no one is choosing OEM pearl white hood? everyone really thinks carbon fiber is better?

OEM carbon man! all the way.

Originally posted by j.fuggi
any reason why no one is choosing OEM pearl white hood? everyone really thinks carbon fiber is better?

yeah carbon fiber looks better and is an obvious looking upgrade. also looks very good on white

ok cool.. i think i might have to go with that. imoto.com has a nice hood with skeleton, and pre-drilled nozzle holes for squirters.

anyone know a cheap place to buy that mirror shit to stick on the underside of the hood? like a miror silver sticky film

Is ther CF hood you are gonna get have a latch, or is it gonna have hood pins?

mounts to factory and whatnot. no hoodpins needed. pre drilled holes for the squirters too. i need my washer nozzles :)

And yes it is an obvious difference. I'll use my car as an example.

Before:

And after:

damn solguy! Steal that off of a Camaro SS? :D

LOL maybe so.

Go for the OEM style CF. That should look really nice. Now all you gotta do is get some big ass wheels ;).

i have 17's sitting next to me right now. not putting on in wintertime. ok... all of my non-car friends think this is a bad idea since i have a white car. i love the look personally, but no one understands carbon fiber.

Originally posted by j.fuggi
but no one understands carbon fiber.

Dude, I get the same thing. "You aren't painting your hood? Why not!?!?" Stuff like that.

The hood is for style...you want to impress people with it. The people you want to impress get it. The ones who don't get it...screw 'em.

i believe u can paint the carbon fiber to match your car do that!

Originally posted by hobbesboarder
i believe u can paint the carbon fiber to match your car do that!

pointless. i'd get a carbon fiber hood for show, not weight reduction. plus, it'd cost too much. c/f=$500 + paint or OEM=$100-250 + paint.