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Old 11-01-2004, 11:05 AM   #46
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OH THANK GOD! I thought I was the only one who saw it that way. I mean its cool if you wanna paint it but I just like the pure texture of cf, its like telling a biker to paint the Chrome on his Harley. and yeah I would love to see an all carbon 3s. so far I've seen the all carbon HKS Alteeza and the new HKS Carbon Evo VIII. they looks so bad ass! I think mopar is also working on an all carbon SRT-4 too.
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Old 11-01-2004, 12:04 PM   #47
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Re: Paint on a carbon fiber hood?

I'm with you guys. I dont understand why you would want to paint over cf. But whatever.
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Old 11-01-2004, 02:50 PM   #48
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Re: Paint on a carbon fiber hood?

If you want weight reduction and to have paint on the hood then get a fiberglass hood.
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Old 11-01-2004, 05:58 PM   #49
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Re: Paint on a carbon fiber hood?

hmm okay, but will a fiberglass hood get just as much air flowing through to the engine?
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Old 11-03-2004, 06:58 PM   #50
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Re: Re: Paint on a carbon fiber hood?

There is nothing wrong with painting a carbon fiber hood. And if there is any air flow advantage to using carbon fiber it is negligable. Most people get cf over fiberglass because it is that mnuch lighter.
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Old 11-03-2004, 09:37 PM   #51
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Re: Paint on a carbon fiber hood?

how much lighter is my question...
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Old 11-04-2004, 08:22 PM   #52
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Re: Re: Paint on a carbon fiber hood?

Cant give exact numbers but I will tell you from memory. Cianci performance fiberglass viper hood weighs in around 20lbs if I remember right. I think the carbon fiber version weighed in at 12 lbs. So its 8lbs there. It depends on the manufacture and other things like how it was produced. When Cianci re-releases the cf version I think it is going to be even lighter because of a different process.
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Re: Paint on a carbon fiber hood?

Thanks for the help!
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