I was concidering a CF hood from Custom Maxima or Redline Max, theyre pretty cheap now too. However I dont know if it would look good on Rosewood, thats why im posting this thread, for your opinions . . .

1.) Which CF hood is of better quality? RedlineMax or CustomMaxima?

2.) Do you think A CF hood would look good on a Rosewood or would it look awkward or out of place?

note: My current mods are: eibach/tokico, diamond clears, tints, I am on the stock 16in 5 spokes.

Thanks for the input.

-Dave

hell yay... I think it would basically look good on any color, especially dark colored cars.

it doesn't work for me.

i donno...photoshop your car w/ carbon fiber hood and see if u like it or not.

yea, get it. I would get it from redlinemax though. Check out my homepage for pics, but I have a fiber images hood

Thanks for the input guys . . . Supa, do you have any closeup pics of the hood, are the gaps on each side even? I also noticed you dont have hoodclips, how did you get around that, factory latch? Is it secure?

-Wisky

noooooooo i have a rosewood and wouldnt dare do that!

Gaps aren't even b/c it's a fiber images hood. They were known for their hoods not fitting right. I've seen the redlinemax hood and that looks a lot better and fits better than my hood. Actually, I do have hoodpins on my hood.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dexys9...xima/max07.jpg

My question is what is the difference between the two fit and finish? Custom maxima states of it not fading because of the special epoxy used on the hoods. But redmax.com doesnt state that. Not to say they dont, but what would be the difference?

Carbon Fiber hoods that do not have a nice qaulity finish will turn yellow, chip easily and cause the weaves to loosen.

I believe redlinemax does have a nice finish on their hoods. I havent heard of anyone being disastisfied with any of their produscts.
When their new CF hood is out thats who im going with.

Oh Jeez Mecca, please no CF hood...

Get an intake and y-pipe before the CF hood.

As for looks, I think most unpainted CF hoods look silly, but it's not as bad on a darker car.

what were u saying charSLOW95GXE? pwnage

Rosewood's a nice color, but a tough one to two tone with. I would say no on the black CF hoods. But then, someone mentioned that CF hoods go yellow over time. Yellow actually compliments Rosewood quite well. Same goes for wheels. If you could tint the wheels like slight tint of gold, or that clear yellow like **** (sorry for the gross description) it would work very well on Rosewood. I would then do the same for the Maxima emblem on the back and the Nissan emblem on the front. Then I'd make the rear clear tails yellow by tinting the interior chrome in the reverse lights and the turn signals. On the front, the clear corners and sides would be tinted yellow as well. To finish it off, I would take my headlights apart, and tint the chrome interior parts with a slight Gold tint. That would be one badass Rosewood Maxima.

DW

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thats f*cking beautiful. Who said it looks nasty on rosewood?! BTW i've seen redlinemax's hood in person, never seen custommaxima's. Plus ange specifically said they were made of some material that doesnt turn yellow. Unless someone can vouche for CM, i say go wit ange's. She's close too, you can pick up and not worry about shipping.

i too saw ange's hood at the frankencar meet.. it was a beauty to say the least.

I agree, that car looks really good. I do believe that certain cars look better then others with carbon fiber. I plan on painting mine. Me personally, i don think my white car would look nice with a dark hood. But thats my opinion.

im sorry but that just doesnt look right, black hood, white max, gold rims.. wtf

mecca
i never said it looked nasty but i did say IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.

i don't like the way the C/F hood looks on a rosewood car, if it looked so f*cking beautiful don't you think my car would of have one installed a long time ago?

i like the C/F hoods on most color cars (like black, silver, red, blue and so on) but not on rosewood.

and yes i have seen a few of Ange's C/F hood and they look very nice. if i need a hood i would call Ange, she's the best to deal with and she is local.

yea i feel u, but it depends on how you dress your car up. The car angie posted was more sporty looking wit the skyline front bumper. Your car is all PIMP! Chrome rims and all, i agree wit u, this wouldnt look good on your car. Well wouldnt look bad but would mess up the image you are trying to portray for your car, PIMPIN

i wanna pimp too (just give me 2 weeks)

Hi Freddy

hey Ange, you gonna throw some chrome 20's on.

lets leave all this pimping stuff to 1HOTMAX.

Why not? Like you said, add some chrome 20's and I'll say to add a 2" drop and she'd be mad pimpin'. Snoop Dogg would be like "what what"as she rolled by. Ange, you go girl

DW

it was a joke when i said to leave the pimping to 1HOTMAX. Ange knows what i mean.

1HOTMAX is the pimp-daddy & ****-star here on the org.

you're close ..

imma wannabe gurl pimp

If i remember correctly, didnt joO get owned by Jamies Auto

Charcoal95GXE
are you talking to me? if you are i don't know what your talking about.

i had a million and one excuses always will

Naw Man, i wasnt talkin to you, Mecca knew what was up

I know what's Ange doing Ange, you can pimp gurl

i really want to know what she's planning

I have a white Maxima and I'm planning on buying the carbon fiber hood. I was just in an accident and I definitely need a new hood. I'm just not sure if I want to paint the CF hood or not. I think I'll just install it and paint it later if I don't like the look.

if you're going to paint it, you'll be better off getting a stock.. you wanna show off the weave.

well he actually wants to buy the hood for the purpose it should be used for. To lessen weight of car as a whole

Id say just leave it the cf color it would make it look aggressive. Then do the AE headlight mod man thatd be one mean white max.

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