Wassup guys

After about 2 hours of dremel work around the latch area... we finally fixed the problem we were having... I guess i was expecting this because it is the first hood they have completed for the maxima. It's designed and made by Aerogear.

I don't have the EXACT specs.. I will get them next month when they finish modifying their template overseas. The hood is about 15lb!!!!!!! At least that's what he said it was... and it was pretty damn light too.

The latch IS metal reinforced... so no plastic like the issues I've read before... trust me, that's the first thing I asked lol.

Price i'm not sure, he said he'd give me it next month. I can only imagine it would be around $400-450 considering that's the regular price for the rest of the hoods they make... they also come with a limited lifetime warranty too which is pretty cool.

ANYWAYS, here we go... PICS. Sorry, I didn't get a chance to take underbody pics... those will come tomorrow. I took some pics earlie today in the sun so people could see what it looks like. I do have high resolution pics, but here are my resized ones:

 

 

 

 

looks good from here, but give it a few months then ull know how well it was made....

how about some pics of the skeleton and latch area

 

Sweet. Looks like a great fit.

What was the latch problem that you were enduring?

And you better get some of those called hood pins so that thing doesn't fly away being that it's only 15lbs!

 

looks A LOT better than my redlinemax hood.

 

nice. how's the fitment? that's good they have the holes for the washer nozzles. now you can put in those led ones! hahahah

 

Wow, I am soooo IN if it has good quality.


NO hood pins required?

 

hoodpins are "recommended" ... but since my hood is such a tight fit (i mean REALLY tight fit...), this baby doesn't vibrate or move at all when I was driving 80mph today.

I did buy gunmetal hoodpins at hookup price JUST IN CASE i felt like putting them on... but most likely not.

Here are the underbody pics and the hacked latch they had to do. They took pics of it and measurements to send it overseas to their factory to fix the problem.

 

looks really nice nadir i bet it looks even better in person.

 

 

I will take any more pics if anyone requests a certain angle or spot or whatnot... it's dark now though.

Aerogear plans to make 2 bodykits and a wing for the maxima too. They were surprised it came with a V6 and optional 5-spd!

 

looks great uhh get them hood pins on asap

 

How much did it come to, shipped ??

-matt

 

well, i got it sponsored because I let em use my car to test fit it.


I put a layer of NXT wax on it to help protect from the sun... gotta keep layering it up everyday for the rest of the week!

 

I'd put the hood pins on right away. It's a smart thing to do. I also see that the other side isn't CF, just like the other hoods. Fiberglass I'm guessing?

 

With the stock hydraulics on your hood, how hard is it to close your hood now? Granted the hydraulics on my hood can barely hold my hood open.

 

actually, my hood struts are useless... well one of em broke, but it is still not light enough for the other to hold it up by itself. I would not recommend using it with this hood.




The bottom of the hood is CF, the black skelaton is fiberglass.

 

do u have any pics of the up coming bodykits that the would be making for us?

 

i dont... they havne't even started yet. They said that they had plans for it already. They were actually really surprised that our cars came with a V6 and option for 5-spd lol. Maximas are always underestimated! But seriously, they know their **** real good. They had to do alot of custom cutting and such and finally got that latch working for me, even tho it is a really tight fit. They spent alot of time fixin it.

 

i remembered someone from norcal got picked to prototype for them, didnt know it was you though man... so i can just roll up to their shop and buy it direct from them right?? tell them to make some projectors

 

Yeah, nadir jumped on that quick. I called em the next morning after it was posted, but they had already gotten a call from nadir It's all good tho. Looks nice nadir! It would be a shame if you had to dirty it with ricey hood pins, but just make sure you're safe.

 

any plans on a 5th gen hood?

 

Looks really good. Looks like everything lines up well....

 

i REALLY don't want to put these hoodpins on... I did not see the hood moving at all when driving 65mph... but i dunno yet.


Yeah, I did get that sponsorship last year after WizzaMax posted it in the west coast forum. THANK YOU WIZZA.

 

let's meet up sometime this weekend or whatever and compare your fiber images hood! Maybe we can get a meet goin soon.... we can have all 3 hoods in comparison. But I Think matthel took his redlinemax hood off.

 

here are some fitment pictures:







precut washer nozzle holes:

 

Please post pics from the underside looking directly through the hood. Preferably when its sunny. I would like to see proof that its 2 layers or at least 1 thick layer. Also, is there any way they can make the hood without washer holes? Finally, what is the actual weight? About 15Ibs isn't very accurate.

 

this is the best looking carbon fiber hood on a max that i've seen.

 

that latch doesnt look any better then the Redlinemax.com/GTP hood ... if anything it looks flimsier.

good idea going with gunmetal hood pins they will mesh better with the hood... i personally got mine powder-coated black and they look awesome.

 

The latch is anything but flimsy... made of metal and the plate connected to it is pretty wide too. The only dremel work we ended up doing was just shaving away the fiberglass.

 

i am really interested in this hood

 

Wow, looks real nice nadir.
And the price was good too!

 

So thats a Fiberglass hood with Carbon Fiber sheet on top.

 

Looks great. I think I may be going with a CF hood eventually.

 

I don't know if this is what you meant.... but if you want to see how thick the layer is, the closeup of the window washer nozzle holes do the best job at it.



The specifics on the weight and such is not confirmed.. will get that info by the end of June. The hood is being redesigned for the latch... but as soon as i find out, ill get the pricing and such and maybe even organize a group deal if there was enough interest.

 

That's a great looking hood!