White Maxima 02 With Carbon Fiber Hood?

Before i install it, i wanted your feed back on possible draw backs.

In the winter, how will it handle snow? (IN NY 1 feet of snow???)

In an Accident, Does it Shatter and bend like stock hood or is there a risk of the hood going thru the wind shield?


Insurance / Can insurance deny a claim because of a aftermarket part such as a hood?

Warranty, Only part that the warranty will be voided is going to be the hood correct?

Overall Black hood on a white maxima looks good ;-)

Please feel free to express your idea's opinions.. thanks

 

heres a pic of mine:


I've always liked the way they look on white cars, but some people dont. I've heard they hold up just as good in the winter, im in NY also, and im not worried at all. not quite sure how it would handle in an accident though...

 

Hood is not the only thing that looks good on your..
damn.. nice whip man.. i like body kit... hey where did you get your hood/ how much .. your set up looks goood... i need tints on my max.. you know anyone local out in li that'll do a good job with tints like yours.. im up in westchester i'll come down to li this weekend to do the hood/ tints...

and do the metal hooks in the front clamp in right? they dont dingle dingle on the road right?

 

installation.. it should be easy to install it myself right?? any tricks or any thing i shuld watch out for when i install it?

 

btw you dont have a front plate.. u get any grief in li from cops for not having front plate?

 

Get it. Look at Kloogy's max. Then get the CF eyelids.

 

pretty nice job so far. you lookin at some rims? im thinkin of gettin cf hood myself. yea i agree about white cars/black hood. no i dont think snow will really matter. it should hold up. btw are the sideskirts not painted? or is it just me

 

Good call!

LeftCoast Tuning is now officially open for business, offering all major brands of aftermarket parts. One of our new distributors is a company called ABS Dynamics, which happens to make a CF hood for 4th & 5th gen Maximas. They'll be a way better deal than any of the other ones out there. Contact sales@leftcoasttuning.com if interested

 

thanks for the comments man.

yeah youll be able to do the install yourself, and the hoodpins hold it down very tight, doesnt move at all. i got the hood from redlinemax.com, i went and picked it up to avoid the shipping costs, its in brooklyn. as far as the front plate, its not a real big deal, if you get pulled over for something else, they'll prob mention it, but i keep the plate in my trunk just in case...say it fell off or something plus i have a PBA badge, which helps.

I got my tint done at a place called Hildreth's Glass, they do a real good job, gotten a bunch of windows tinted there.

 

yeah white and black cf hood looks hot

this is what i wanna do

white 2000 maxima se

-cf hood

-black/gunmetal rims with chrome lip

-cf trunk

 

i just dont think it looks that hott...its freakin ricey. get a grip

 

M3 or M5 rear lip spoiler in CF and I'm down.
Mike

 

Andrei

 

just casue you dont like it doesnt mean you have to knock it..

you talk about it as if its blasphemy

 

just stating my opion bro..feedback was asked for. This is my feedback. any problem with that?

 

i guees your more harsh then others.. lol

all good

 

just not in the best mood

 

Some like it, some hate it.....I must tell you, a lot more people look and ask about the Max with it , than without it.....

 

wow, love your sig. anyways....yes, the hood looks hella tite and nice.
i would get it. and i think, if you do get into an accident, it probably would not go through the windshield. it will probably just crack where the hood is being held on to and besides, any mod you do to a car, is pretty much putting danger to your life.

mods = more hp = more speed = to driving faster = getting into car accident.
so i wouldnt worry too much. it looks great. but, there are people out there that think they look disgusting.

 

i dont think it looks ricey.
i bet you more people like it more than hating on it.
get a grip? ................. bad mood heh?

 

Why i support the hood , its simple
Weight / Looks

And my stock hood has a dent in it , i need to replace it, and instead of putting in a stock hood, i want to apply cf hood, lighter, plus i have a box in the trunk for woofers and i'd like to keep the weight low in the car and i cant get rid of the woofers lol ..

and i think it looks good, yah it can be ricey if u put on neon glow washer nossels lol or gay exchaust.. but if ur car looks clean it looks good..


Not all of us wana spend 1.5g's for a super ricey body kit lol..

 

i got mine from the same place, got mine used from them with hood pins for $200, and picked it up from their shop

only thing is im having a hard time trying to get my hood to close all the way. had to grind the safety release lever a little, take off some of the stock intake pipeing and it still has a gap.

anyone else have this same problem with a 2k2-2k3?

 

how much weight you reduced from changing the hood to CF?

 

i cant give you an accurate figure right now but a good deal. when i get a chance, hopefully tomorrow, i'll weight my stock hood thats still laying around to see what you start from

my guess would be like 30-40lbs

 

I have a DEA badge and i still wont take off my plates on long island. just another excuse for them to pull my over... then give me a tint ticket, seatbelt.... etc. etc.

edit: oh yea... does anyone have a blue max with a carbon fiber hood? i was kinda interested in the one with the scoop design... anyone kno what im talking about? i think the OEM CF hood is kinda plain.

 

here's a quick question to install pins,i must drill holes.. anyone have pics of there hood pin holes and how is it aligned?

 

don't like it. not calling it ricey, or saying there's anything wrong with it.
just not my thing.

 

I don't like fiber carbon so i voted no, but i will say it does look good on white. But like I said, i don't like it and would never put it no matter how it looked.

 

I would not mind if it was cheap. its far to expensive to apply to a car.

 

hey look its "my" hood!

 

looks nicey nice, how much do these go for online?

 

Are you sure? I would think it isn't as ricey as having the same rims as 3,435 other .org members.

 

I am waiting for taxes to come in so I can get mine

 

Not my style, but I like the way it looks.