Carbon Fiber Nightmare and SEIBON Carbon

SOLISIMO

By fitment issues Im not talking about having to trim or anything like that, what I mean is something like adjusting the hood to get the right height for it to sit flush etc....

Now the seibon hood is off and Im already prepared to be dealing with that lol....

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Z1Performance

Fitment issues are fitment issues in my book - it either fits or it doesn't. I have not had a single issue with the C West, Ings, Top Secret, MCR or ASM hoods we offer for the 350Z, and those are who we will stick to should they decide to do 370Z stuff.

NYBladeZ

funny enough, I went with a local wholesale company, gave them my panels to make a mold off of and the pieces I've seen thus far (bumpers, hood, side skirts) have been perfect. There are good cf parts out there, unfortunately Seibon decided since they made enough money already it is no longer in their best interest to satisfy their paying customers. I remember one member on here (nizz?) who stripped and sent all his panels to seibon...any one hear anything since...I haven't.

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motoextreme

Much better day today! First ZCARPARTS.COM is awesome! They said they will take the mudflaps back so I personally think thats very cool of them as they were special order. I will make sure to make it up to them with many more orders.

Redrilled all the holes, plugged the wiper sprayers. Used Weatherstrip adhesive and attached the corners. Then I plugged the bad holes with some premixed and colored fiberglass patch and guess what...hood is on!!! Took me nearly 7 hours but car does look pretty sweet. Its CRAZY how light the stock hood is, my 12 year old son and i picked it off the car with no effort at all, SUPER LIGHT... That said, not much weight savings gained but the vented hood does look really nice.

Still a little more spaced on one side or the other but there's no adjustments so I'll let the bodyshop tend to that. Thanks for all the comments, now its time to look for more parts to play with

motoextreme

Hey Z1 performance, checked out your site....need more 370 parts!!! Nice site though, tons of parts just not enough 370 stuff, yet....

Trips

Can you post some pics?
would like to see how it came out!

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motoextreme

Just put them under the Gallery Section, pics of the hood, intake, exhaust etc. Let me know what you think on that thread.. Looks a little meaner but the stock hood look clean.

Trips

yea cool, will check them out.

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Z1Performance

not enough worth me selling yet quite honestly

when worthy parts are released, we'll offer them...but we firmly beleive that just because it's made, doesn't mean we should offer it

motoextreme

I appreciate your attitude. I'll look your site up and see if there are any other parts I need. Just picked up the Clear tailights, really want those carbon vents in the front nose but I can't see paying 1200 and waiting 2 months to get them.

Z1Performance

the mines ducts arrive in about 2 weeks

they are very expensive, I agree, but that's the deal with Mines stuff - they are a small, high end manufacturer, and their stuff is priced accordingly. But, they do make very, very nice stuff and the quality is second to none

motoextreme

What do they run...over a $1000? Just can't see how that makes sense for tiny little vents. hmmmm...I'm ready to get some more stuff but running out of ideas. I'm going to keep poking around the board for good ideas. Thanks again

mrd

Well, I read this thread and decided to purchase a seibon ts style hood for my car. I was very afraid after reading this thread. Because mainy threads I have read about CF fading, I wanted to spray mine with a two part polyeurothane clear coat with UV blockers and absorbers, but because of this thread, I decided to fit mine on my car before going to the expense of shooting it. I feel confident that I received an original Seibon hood because I live next to the factory, and the whole saler that I picked it up from is next to Seibon, and they do not stock Seibon parts, they just send a truck over and pick it up from Seibon as needed. I seen other threads where people say they received thier product in a brown box, or it had a sticker on the good saying Seibon, but mine was in a white bos that said Seibon all over it. inside it was rapped in plastic that said Seibon all over it, and the hood has a metal badge on the inside that says Seibon, so perhaps some of the problems some people are experiencing are due to Seibon knock offs. I measured my OEM hood and the Seibon before even trying to put it on, I could not measure for warp factors, but inital demensions were all the same. So I put it on the car and there was no problem, the hood fits ecactly like my OEM hood. I took it off had it shot with the Dupont UV clear coat, and put it back on again, I did have to take a file to bore out the holes for the the rubber stops, other than that everything fit fine, it was also missing a couple of holes for the rubber linning on the front, but I just used 3m double sticky tape to hold down the corners. But most importantly the hood is an exact match for fit.

Trips

Thats good to hear!

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nogoodname

The 1st ones never fit right. After a few batches or so. They get the fitment better.


Same thing happened with the G37, the 1st batch was garbage but now the hoods fit well.