What are my options? I know I could always buy a carbon fiber one and just have it painted. Who sells fiberglass hoods and how much?
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just cut out all the inner structure of your oem hood. then hold it down with pins. its the cheapest way of saving weight. a f/g hood is probably going to cost at leaset 300. Use that 300 to get some performance mods or something.
those things are very heavy.
titus03 wrote:just cut out all the inner structure of your oem hood. then hold it down with pins. its the cheapest way of saving weight. a f/g hood is probably going to cost at leaset 300. Use that 300 to get some performance mods or something.
yea thast right tell him to cut out the support structure of his hood. dumbass
they sell fiberglass and carbon fiber oem style. those are what will work.
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Joey Baggs (JCE Designs) wrote:those things are very heavy.
I was trying to find the weight of those to no avail. I am not likly to do that anyway since I would be spending about a grand once it was all said and done.
Which is lighter fiberglass or carbon fiber? The way I understand it CF is just layed over the fiberglass on most brands. Are there any CF hoods that are all cf and not fiberglass?
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the clear hoods are basically stock weight.
the cf are fiberglass wrapped in cf, so i would assume the fiberglass hoods are a tiny bit lighter.
but if it were pure cf, it would be lighter than the fiberglass
That was what I was thinking. Are the VIS hoods pure cf?
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theres no hoods left to my knowledge that are 100% cf
if you want a 100% c/f hood that is cost effective and for weight reduction only, then make it yourself. its easier than it sounds. buy carbon, resin, mold release, and hood pins. spray your stock hood with the mold release, then lay carbon, then resin, then another layer of carbon, then a few more layers of resin. flip the hood over and trim the excess carbon hanging off the edges and pop the c/f layers off of the hood. viola! instant light weight pure c/f pin-on style racing hood! paint it to match or use it at the track! you can do it for about $150 in materials and some time.
the only FULL carbon fiber hood ive ever known to exsist was the one from Fiber Images.
but come on here wade... ive got the VIS oem style cf hood, and i KNOW you've lifted it before. its definatly lighter then stock and would give you your lightweight needs. plus the quality is awesome, as you've seen.
Machzel08 (Teh Jew) wrote:titus03 wrote:just cut out all the inner structure of your oem hood. then hold it down with pins. its the cheapest way of saving weight. a f/g hood is probably going to cost at leaset 300. Use that 300 to get some performance mods or something.
yea thast right tell him to cut out the support structure of his hood. dumbass
they sell fiberglass and carbon fiber oem style. those are what will work.
From the sounds of it, he is trying to lose weight which I am guessing for drag or racing purposes. He would not need the complete structure of the bottom side of the hood for those purposes cause if he crashes he will mess up the hood anyways. Of course your would need to leave the part were the hinges connect but cutting away the excess I don't think will make a huge difference, your going to be pinning it down so its not going to fly off. Yeah, of course its not going to fit like it would without the cutting but who cares if its going to be for racing. If he wants one for the street that f/g isn't going to hold much better then a stock hood will.
Why not just go the cheap route and spend the money on performance mods. Paying 550+ for a f/g hood with a carbon fiber layer ontop is the stupidest thing if the main reason of doing it is to save weight.
titus03 wrote:Why not just go the cheap route and spend the money on performance mods?
because he already has damn near every freaking thing you can do.
titus03 wrote:Paying 550+ for a f/g hood with a carbon fiber layer ontop is the stupidest thing if the main reason of doing it is to save weight.
550??? i paid $430 shipped for my brand new VIS hood. stupid? hardly. its a weight savings i can assure you. the fiberglass/CF hood feels like a few sheets of paper compared to the stocker.
personally i like the fact that its fiberglass AND carbon fiber combind. my hood is pretty damn sturdy, and its always been my opinion that a full carbon hood would be too flimsy for the street and for use with the stock hood latch.
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CF hoods are not CF laid over fiberglass. Most hoods are made in two pieces and then bonded together. The outer skin is CF and the inner structure is FG. CF will weigh less than the equivalent FG hood, but not much lighter because it still has some heavier FG to it.
JSP's CF hood is probably the lightest one out there, but it's a piece of @!#$ other wise.
Okay, now what is so terrible about cutting the under-stuff out of the stock hood?
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It's there for structural rigidity.
FstCavZ24 wrote:CF hoods are not CF laid over fiberglass.
which ones are you referring to? my VIS is most definatly entirely fiberglass with a layer of CF over the top. you can tell because you can see the fiberglass on the underside where there are the spaces between the framework.
i acctually found this out myself by comparing my rk sport carbon engine bay pieces to the hood. (underside to underside) fiberglass and carbon fiber look a lot different underneath.
madking411 wrote:Okay, now what is so terrible about cutting the under-stuff out of the stock hood?
it still wont weigh less than a fiberglass or carbon hood. its a good freebie mod if you dont have the cash though. ive personally lifted a hood that somebody had cut the framework out of and it honestly didn't feel that much lighter then stock.
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The frame work under a hood is there to stop the hood from bouncing around. It is also there for head on collisions. The manufacturer makes indents in the structure where they want it to bend in case of an accident.
That is all.
Without the frame work your hood is gonna sound like a thunder storm when driving.
VIS hoods are VERY light.
My RKSport ram-air is way lighter than my carbon fiber scoote hood was.
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My hood weights roughly half as much as a VIS c/f hood.
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