While it is true that lightening your car will help, the price of a CF hood does not equate to any real gains. A CF hood saves like 10-20 lbs, thats gonna give you .02s on you 1/4 mile. Is that worth the $300-$400 it costs?

 

Unless you have crazy mods and nothing more to do then it would end up being a better idea.

 

How many people on the street are in that situation?

 

CF hoods for weight reduction is pointless. I have a vented one to hopfully keep my turbo a but cooler and allow cooler air into the engine bay. Most CF hoods have a fiberglass skeleton underneath that goes against the whole weight reduction idea.

If you do decide to paint it just think... you paid 300-400$ for the hood just to spend another 100$ painting over somthing that did absolutly nothing for your car. You would save more weight taking out your spare tire.

Berz out.

 

i think carbon fiber just looks so bada$$, i love it

 

Anyone seen the CF hoods that aren't black? Like, you could get a red one or blue or whatever. My first thought is that they would look fruity, tho I have never seen one in person.

J

 

My friend has a RED cf hood on his RED EG Hatch and it looks amazing. It really matches his color well. If he a different red I dont think it would look as good but the color very closely matches his body color Ill see if I can find a pic.

Berz out.

 

OK found it here we go.



Berz out.

 

Nope...you asked why someone would buy one...I just stated why....even though I think weight reduction is lame unless all you're using your car strictly for is the strip. I drive my car everyday and would never buy a single CF piece let alone gut out my interior.

 

i have a carbon fiber on mine just because i like the way it looks

everyone has a differenct preference

to each his own