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GaH! That hood looks nothing like a stock JZA80 hood, and only really looks like an ABFlug hood. It resembles older Lancer or STI hoods as well.
Thank goodness you didn't get a carbon fiber hood; it's the most expensive way to make your car look cheap. It screams "I got this hood from a junkyard, and while I can afford other little things for my car, I don't have the cash to paint it". If you are looking for weight savings, a painted fiberglass hood is great. It's very rare that I see a car with a CF hood that actually looks tasteful. Carbon fiber is almost always accompanied by an excess of foglights, Altezza style lights, huge spoilers and huge weld-on mufflers that do nothing for performance.
These are 240SX's we're talking about here, people. These cars look sexy and turn heads when they are STOCK! Who needs that other crap?
Let's keep rear wheel drive safe from Altezza style lights.. unless you drive an Altezza, in which case you would be in Japan and I would ask "Why THIS crap instead of a S15?"
Thank goodness you didn't get a carbon fiber hood; it's the most expensive way to make your car look cheap. It screams "I got this hood from a junkyard, and while I can afford other little things for my car, I don't have the cash to paint it". If you are looking for weight savings, a painted fiberglass hood is great. It's very rare that I see a car with a CF hood that actually looks tasteful. Carbon fiber is almost always accompanied by an excess of foglights, Altezza style lights, huge spoilers and huge weld-on mufflers that do nothing for performance.
These are 240SX's we're talking about here, people. These cars look sexy and turn heads when they are STOCK! Who needs that other crap?
Let's keep rear wheel drive safe from Altezza style lights.. unless you drive an Altezza, in which case you would be in Japan and I would ask "Why THIS crap instead of a S15?"
wuts wrong with a carbon fiber hood?
saves gas
lighter than fiberglass
ALOT and i mean ALOT stronger than fiberglass
to me it looks great as long it doesnt have massive ugly hoodscoopes there for no reason but to look incredibly ugly
saves gas
lighter than fiberglass
ALOT and i mean ALOT stronger than fiberglass
to me it looks great as long it doesnt have massive ugly hoodscoopes there for no reason but to look incredibly ugly
Originally posted by sr20det power
wuts wrong with a carbon fiber hood?
saves gas
lighter than fiberglass
ALOT and i mean ALOT stronger than fiberglass
to me it looks great as long it doesnt have massive ugly hoodscoopes there for no reason but to look incredibly ugly
wuts wrong with a carbon fiber hood?
saves gas
lighter than fiberglass
ALOT and i mean ALOT stronger than fiberglass
to me it looks great as long it doesnt have massive ugly hoodscoopes there for no reason but to look incredibly ugly
However, a black hood on a white car looks cheap.
Also.. saves gas? What are you thinking by posting THAT load of BS? If you are going for weight savings for street or drag racing and you can afford a CF hood, I doubt you are worried about gas, even if you live in a place where you pay $2 per gallon. The gas savings are more than negated when you push the pedal to the floor.. not to mention that little bit of a weight savings would save you what.. a cup of gasoline per tank?
Originally posted by Drunk_Medic
Some of that may be true..
However, a black hood on a white car looks cheap.
Also.. saves gas? What are you thinking by posting THAT load of BS? If you are going for weight savings for street or drag racing and you can afford a CF hood, I doubt you are worried about gas, even if you live in a place where you pay $2 per gallon. The gas savings are more than negated when you push the pedal to the floor.. not to mention that little bit of a weight savings would save you what.. a cup of gasoline per tank?
Some of that may be true..
However, a black hood on a white car looks cheap.
Also.. saves gas? What are you thinking by posting THAT load of BS? If you are going for weight savings for street or drag racing and you can afford a CF hood, I doubt you are worried about gas, even if you live in a place where you pay $2 per gallon. The gas savings are more than negated when you push the pedal to the floor.. not to mention that little bit of a weight savings would save you what.. a cup of gasoline per tank?
my hood weighs a good 40-50 pounds and i never said it would save u alot of gas i jus said it would save u gas and with it at $2 it can start to add up no matter how little it is
Maybe you should focus on the powerplant/the heart of the automobile before you start modifying the body. You call it a sleeper, and you are exactly right, my car doesnt look 1/3 as good as yours, but I would leave you at the starting line if we raced! Time to get the priorities straight guy! If you want to impress the girls go buy a new C6 corvette, if you want to have some style and a pair of ***** get a s14 with a sr20det.
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