more carbon fiber hood and other stuff rants..

Well boys and girls (those of us with P11's and P10's- mostly P11's though) I found a shop locally so we don't have to solely rely on the west coast manufacturer who so gracefully was not able to provide me with a decent hood that was worth the money spent *cough - Fiber Images - cough*. We went to the facility today and spoke the to people in charge and got some insight as to what they have done in the past. The owner is very nice and the staff seems very knowledgable. The products we saw that htey have made are very high quality. They were in the business of making composite parts in the aviation field and they have a full facility with pretty much everything you would want. They have C&C machines, CADD workstations and just about everything else. They have a great facility and at this point I have agreed to supply my OEM hood and we are going to give it another shot. They looked at my existing carbon hood and we are pretty confident they can make a better product. Also there is more flexibility with the colors as well. I do not know the cost yet but if you are expecting a $400 hood, this may not be the place. This isn't a bunch of guys in a garage working on fiberglass making hoods, this is a professional operation making high quality composite hoods, they have been in the business making composite parts that require much more scrutiny than the hood on a car so I am confident of the quality, and I will be local so I will be able to see the progress. After my experience with Fiber Images and their sidekick Andy Reyes who so tactfull left me hanging in the cold after taking my money.. I am happy to be there first hand to see the progress. On a sidebar.. I unbolted my touring wing so expect raplicas soon. I do see other parts being made in the near future, hell I will be donating anything I can to get it back in carbon. Email me if ??'s

-Henry

hell yeah!!! i also have heard fiber images isn't so great as many say they are, thats why i've been kinda hesitant to deal with them, anyways...any ideas of how much it's gonna be? and whats the expected completion date? thanx :flash:

I am hoping to get my hood to htem this week or early next, they were nice enough to offer to pick it up at my place. I don't know the cost yet but I provided Fiber Images with and OEM hood which I FEDEX overnited and after all was said and done I paid $550 not including the cost of the donor hood and shipping of course. Again, I have pics and I can back up what I say for anyone that cares to see the hood in person.

PrimeraGT,
Do you know if they will do a carbon fiber hood for P10?

Thanks!