i'm thinking about getting custommaxima's cf hood. do i need anything else besides hood pins? how easily can you install it youself?

thanks, Jim

 

OMG your car is FRIGGIN BEAUTIFUL!!! god damn those 20s are gorgeous on that car, and the color is perfect...i dunno if i would put a CF hood on that....it would mess up your cars BEAUTIFUL CLEAN look...is ur car lowered?

NE WAY, the hood is a direct fit...technically you don't even need hoodpins, but they are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

 

lol, thanks man. yea, it's lowered. h&r's and agx's.
~i was thinking about how it may look. i can picture it being ok but then i can see it looking a little odd as well. i dunno just yet. it would be nice to see a pic of my color car with the cf hood.

 

just thought i'd bump it up once before it got knocked off the page, sorry

anyone have pics of a cf hood?...preferably on a silver max.

thanks again,

Jim

 

I really have to agree with 97blackSE.

I think a dark CF hood would really throw off the lines of your car, (which is looking exceptional these days, btw, ya bastid!)

IMO, CF hoods really only look right on darker colored cars - like black or dark blues - anything lighter will just make your ride look like so many cars you see on the road "pre-paint" with junkyard mismatched panels, especially from a distance.

In the end, it's your call, of course.

(Sorry to be a wet blanket - I just really dig your car as-is!)

 

yeah, don't get the hood, it will spoil things

 

You can't install one by yourself. You need someone to help you for at least 5-10 minutes. It's not that its hard but you need someone to help hold the stock hood up while you are unbolting it and hold the CF hood while you are bolting it up. Unless of course you have 3 hands.

 

it is best to do with a friend but can be done alone...to install teh CustomMaxima hood, you just prop the front open with about a 18 inch box in the middle of the engine bay, slip the bolts from the hood (which are molded in) into the stock hinge, level the bracket and thread and tighten the provided nut on each of the 4 bolts.

 

She's a beaut. But I must admit a black CF hood might look rad!