hello folks...i finally decided to put on my cf hood... here are some garage pics... i hope you like the weave b/c I DO...what you guys think?...




unfortunately i haven't finished buffing her up...but sometime during the week she'll shine like new!!!

 

here are more pics

 

looks pretty good man nice job

 

Looks awesome, what brand is it?

 

dude...i'll spot you those c2's you wanted...5 rims for 900...tires incl. balanced already....that is...if you still want them

 

How much,where you got it from ? nice

 

looks good

 

Really nice.

 

ohhhh shyytt

 

nicee bro, it looks so sexy on white, get new rims or paint the 5spokes. btw how much?

 

I don't know, but I don't understand the concept of a c/f hood. Can someone please fill me in on this? I mean to me, it looks like a car that was in the body shop for body work and got a new hood that hasn't been painted yet. I guess it's just not me. It's his car though. To each his own. I'm not knocking it, I just don't understand. Please don't flame me too bad. I just need an explanation. Maybe it would look better on a black car.

 

Weight reducution, although I agree - I see no point.

 

looks good get some gunmetal wheels and a nice drop and u will look hot

 

very nice, i hope mine looks as good as yours...btw if you dont ditch that gold emblem YOU'RE OUTTA THE FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Now what? What's the problem with the gold emblems?

 

lol gold is pimp homie, why you think i painted my car gold?

 

brand ?
weight of cf hood ?

best thing to do would be to have it painted and get black hood pins ! if i ever do a cf hood again, thats what i would do. nice modding though !

 

Details! Brand? Fittment? Price? Quality? Out with it mang! lol.

 

BRAND: C-Wings, doubled sided carbon fiber hood

MODEL: h106

FIT: PERFECT JUST LIKE OEM

PRICE: $250 used from another org member, silvia if you guys remember him.

WEIGHT: 19.5

PURPOSE OF HOOD: personally i think its perference and also for weight reduction. plus i love the way the weave looks on the hood! its sooo yummy!

cefiro8701 abotu those rims...sorry i can't afford em right now, not unless we can work out a payment plan LOL

for the gold emblems LOL this car has been in the family since 98 and it was my moms car at first...then handed down to me when se got a new car..

 

Jus curious, the white spots in this pic, are they in the clear coat or are was the hood dirty?



I think the true purpose of CF for the tuner market is mainly cosmetic.
In true racing applications CF is used for its strength and light wieght.
The CF items that are made available to us isnt strong at all.
Its just for cosmetic purpose only. If your looking for a lightweight item, and plan on painting it just go with fiberglass. Its cheaper and just as light.

 

It looks really good on the maxima, good job.

 

sadly its residue from wax and the hood is still dirty

 

i know a guy who drives a wrx w/ a carbon fiber hood. one day he was drivin on the highway when a cop just flew by him using the emergency lane and kicked up rocks everywhere on his car, especially his hood. he ended up chaisin the cop down to his house and demanded for repairs that were made by the rocks. the cop agreed to fix the damages done mostly to his hood cause its carbon fiber (were some chips and cracks)

 

looks good, can you still use the hood struts?

 

Looks great, fitment looks spot on. If you add a CF lip to that, that will look amazing, especially with the gold emblem.

then rims and drop and that is one sexy ass max

 

haha thats awesome... hood looks good btw

 

Looks nice man, The weave looks good as well!!!!

 

JOMAN, are you going to use hood pins?

Hood looks good and the weave is nice and straight

 

Hood looks good. Planning on getting hood pins?

 

Lol guys my opinion is the same,but the car itself looks beautiful

 

i'm not sure about the hood pins... b/c the hood doesn't rattle at all, plus i don't want to drill holes in the hood

thnks for the comments!!! guys!!!

 

The smart thing to do is use hood pins.
Their is not much holding the latch to the underside of the hood.
It wouldnt be too hard for it to break away from the fiberglass underside.
Just a word to the wise.

 

CF hood + stock wheels=

 

heres the way its sopose to go, drop, rims, and then bodykits and hoods wht not

 

Says you.
I agree to wheels and a drop, but I think cars look just as good with a cf hood with or with out a kit.

 

I agree, carbon has a much higher tendancy to be wavy. So painting it will be stupid. People will be like, "your ______ is all fxcked up." When its clearly carbon you don't have to say anything.

 

I disagree.


Hood looks good man. It'll flow a lot better once you get more mods if thats your plan.

 

get hood pins now. imagine going 80 and the hood flies up. you could die because you don't want some hood pins. they make gunmetal and locking hood pins...just get them.

 

Seeing this makes me feel a lot better. I bought that same hood(brand new for 319) and I've been kind of worried about the fitment. It looks real good on your car. I love carbonfiber on white. Hopefully it looks just as good on blue.

 

yea my hood flew up at about 15 mph wasnt even on much of a bump, but I had no latch nor hood pins yet.