Wheres a good place to get a carbon fiber hood?

[nigel1]

I have been looking all over the place online and it seems prices have skyrocketed as soon as I started looking for one. I figure you all look/notice people selling stuff all the time, and mabe someone has seen a site with a sweet deal on a carbon hood for a s14 kouki.. because I havent seen any for a little while. I remember seeing RaceonUSA having them for like 300 bucks with 150 dollars shipping, but they dont have that any more.. of anyone could hook me up with some links to some sites it would be great.

:woot:

[blitz180]

Can't say anything price wise, but i paid 500 for my vis from a shop because i didn't want to fool with shipping and freight and stuff, and the vis hoods rock!

[mr_240sx]

i heard that vis cf hoods have fitment troubles!?!?! any truth to that?

[revat619]

you could probably get a good deal at yO mAMa's hOusE!

sorry, just felt like messin around. :D

Anyway, call up the guys at www.speedalliance.com they should be able to get you a good price on whatever hood you're looking for. For all my new parts, i always buy from them. Check them out and tell them Jay sent ya. ;)

[wootwoot]

I would not go anything cheaper than VIS hoods, but they are not to bad.

[AllenRPS13]

my brother got a CF hood from ebay for his eclipse, it's nice tho

[Alan_no.1]

You can try fatboy garge, they sell Vis hood for about 340.
and pick it up by ur sell

phone number 626 831 7796
www.fatboygarge.com

[cdlong]

i heard that vis cf hoods have fitment troubles!?!?! any truth to that?

you may be refering to the placement of the vent in the vented hoods. it's placed right above the radiator so you can see the top of the radiator. that pretty much defeats the purpose of a vented hood, if anything, it probably lets air around the radiator instead of through it. makes me not want to buy anything from VIS if they can't figure out the simplest things.

[Ranger_Man]

I just put a Seibon hood on my car yesterday. It fit perfectly.

[nigel1]

where did you get it and how much was it?

[Ranger_Man]

where did you get it and how much was it?

I got it used for 300.

[morpheus8486]

Anyone had any experience with the versus cf hoods? I think a truck or something backed into my hood and drove off so I'll be getting one eventually and Enjuku has versus hoods for like $400 + shipping.

[wootwoot]

you may be refering to the placement of the vent in the vented hoods. it's placed right above the radiator so you can see the top of the radiator. that pretty much defeats the purpose of a vented hood, if anything, it probably lets air around the radiator instead of through it. makes me not want to buy anything from VIS if they can't figure out the simplest things.


They just dont give a damn if its functional. "It looks cool" and its the same vent on every single hood that they produce

[NI_YON_Zenki]

copied products are going to be exactly what they are. . .COPIED products. It is not a matter of what they produce to cater a mass image. Vented hoods from US companies, carry the same inpiration that international companies hold, different perspectives toward performance, yes. And production costs, over demand play a strong role.

www.renovaauto.com / http://www.renovaauto.com/detail.do?p=45&c=&cid=1
www.jspec.com / Quite resourceful, apprecaite it Sam.
www.optionimports.com / http://www.optionimports.com/vscafihofor113.html
www.pandagarage.com / Speak to Jay, 'nuff said.

[nissan_driver24]

i heard that vis cf hoods have fitment troubles!?!?! any truth to that?


i dunno about other people but my VIS cf hood fits great....
:hsdance:

[NI_YON_Zenki]

My hood F'in Tounge Tosses Balls. . .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/Busted_lips/24FronT.jpg

[timmybgood]

^^^thats a sweet shot man

[Kouki]

I have the VIS hood on my car, and it fit great. I got mine off of ebay from carboninnovation or something like that. It was about $450 shipped.

[SRkouki]

I am looking at this one here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7969060769&category=36475&sspagename=WDVW

Although it says 95-98 s14 but only pictures a zenki.... i emailed them asking for pics of the kouki hood.

[IGSDann]

My hood F'in Tounge Tosses Balls. . .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/Busted_lips/24FronT.jpg

Remove your stock hood latch and it should settle in the middle and look fine, that's how it is with my kouki.

[cdlong]

I am looking at this one here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7969060769&category=36475&sspagename=WDVW

Although it says 95-98 s14 but only pictures a zenki.... i emailed them asking for pics of the kouki hood.

that's the one i was talking about. it looks ok but the vent is poorly placed.

[240silvia]

VIS Hoods are amazing!!!!!!

[someguy_240]

also how do you know its real carbon fiber than fiberglass wid carbon?
any experiences wid raceonusa?

[SilviaDriver]

majority of these "CF hoods" are fiberglass skeleton with CF over it

[RBS14]

anybody weigh theirs?

[nrg]

I just picked up a 97-98 VIS OEM style CF hood from this guy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4544583241&category=6755
Paid 300 and picked it up in Walnut.

edit: SilviaDriver, My hood is the latest version from VIS and it's 100% CF with serial number placq.

[MoK]

I had a Fiber Image cf hood and it fit perfect, until i rear ended a truck!! :bash:

[Macadoshus]

I had a Fiber Image cf hood and it fit perfect, until i rear ended a truck!! :bash:

I'm with him. Fiber Images make some really high quality hoods and fitment is perfect.

[someguy_240]

-nrg-

why does that ebay link say towards the bottom "ViS new Plastic fiber bottom structure ( light weight & strong ) ! ". So.. i guess that means it aint 100% carbon fiber..

[AenjukuCar]

i heard that vis cf hoods have fitment troubles!?!?! any truth to that?

Yeah my buddy has one on his 95 240sx se its the VIS carbon fiber stock hood, the latch piece doesnt line up properly, one guy said that the hood latch piece that is attached to the support needed to be adjusted to make it work properly. Well it's not that exactly easy too do, so sometimes he has to slam it or drop it from a good height and now he has stress cracks along the front of the hood from slamming it, and i even know of a guy running a 350z that just got one and his does the same thing, of coarse hood pins could replace the latch?!?

[blitz180]

My vis hood fit great. Only place was where the hood latch is... caught a lil bit..... 3 minutes with a file and it didn't catch anymore.... but overall, prolly the best fitting piece out of the stuff I have..... it fit better than my bomex wing... wasn't happy with that... i thought bomex would have better fitment.

[SRkouki]

I just picked up a 97-98 VIS OEM style CF hood from this guy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4544583241&category=6755
Paid 300 and picked it up in Walnut.

edit: SilviaDriver, My hood is the latest version from VIS and it's 100% CF with serial number placq.
300 picked up is a good price. usually ebay people try to charge a pick up fee because they make all their profit off shipping. id pick one up tomorrow for 300 bucks.

Yeah my buddy has one on his 95 240sx se its the VIS carbon fiber stock hood, the latch piece doesnt line up properly, one guy said that the hood latch piece that is attached to the support needed to be adjusted to make it work properly. Well it's not that exactly easy too do, so sometimes he has to slam it or drop it from a good height and now he has stress cracks along the front of the hood from slamming it, and i even know of a guy running a 350z that just got one and his does the same thing, of coarse hood pins could replace the latch?!?
your friend should remove the latch and install hoodpins.

[SRkouki]

hey nrg u sure you paid 300 he just emailed me saying 325 out the door...

[DoriftoPnoy]

TRUST EBAY. Ebay is the best place I've found so far that sells anything cheap. Found a oem cf hood for 300 and that's pretty darn good.

[RBS14]

TRUST EBAY.

One of the most ignorant things said on zilvia in quite a while. Congratulations! :keke:

[SRkouki]

yea i just called them on the phone and they said they would never sell for less than 325 out the door... but thats the best price ive found.. (seen here http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4545426437)

[zero.counter]

Recently acquired an S13 silvia CF hood with FRP skeleton from an EBAY seller for $398 shipped to the front door within 3 days DHL with hood pins and mounting bolts. All you need is the hinges from your old hood. Weighed in at around 12lbs. Hoods pins are recommended for the FRP skeletons since the latch is usually fragile, not aligned, etc. When I used the latch, I had to push right where over the front of the hood a little hard, but decided that I did not want to one day crack the hood from underneath.

PM me for the exact name of the company if interested...

[fliprayzin240sx]

I had an old VIS before till i had a lil incident with it. Now im running a Seibon one. between those 2, i think seibon is better because the carbon hood isnt glued unto the skeleton like the VIS *unless they changed it* the seibon used a full coat of resin on the underside to keep it together.

[SRkouki]

yea i just called them on the phone and they said they would never sell for less than 325 out the door... but thats the best price ive found.. (seen here http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4545426437)
this guy also said he would give me a discount if i got two... so im thinking if we can get more poeple in on this we can get a bigger discount. anyone interested send me a PM and I will contact him about a GB.

[BOMEX180]

SEIBON has nice CF hoods as wheel. Ive had 2 VIS CF on both my cars, both GRADE A, and the latch doesnt align. Both MSports for my 240, no problems. Took the stock off, put the new ones on, off I go.