Nissan 370Z Forum - Carbon Fiber Hood

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Nissan 370Z Forum (http://www.the370z.com/)

- Exterior & Interior (http://www.the370z.com/exterior-interior/)

- - Carbon Fiber Hood (http://www.the370z.com/exterior-interior/70969-carbon-fiber-hood.html)

SgtGoldy

05-28-2013 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Presto (Post 2335434)

how is the fitment of that CF hood? is it seibon? usually they have huge gaps all around.

VIS. Small gap on the front and thats it (which you can see in the picture). Fits almost OEM.

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Wonka2581

05-28-2013 04:16 AM

Oh and who said dry carbon was $6,000? I found this...

SEIBON Dry Carbon Hood NISSAN 370Z 2009 - 2013 HD0910NS370-OE-DRY

theDreamer

05-28-2013 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SgtGoldy (Post 2335463)

VIS. Small gap on the front and thats it (which you can see in the picture). Fits almost OEM.

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VIS is interesting, I know they used the same or similar process as Seibon because it is fairly cheap but not sure how they cut weight where Seibon weights more.
Now this is coming from users reporting how much X hood weights so need to find a hanging scale and get a few of the Seibon hoods & an OEM hood in Houston and weight them.

litespeed

08-12-2013 06:22 PM

I checked out the link to the Seibon dry carbon hood. Its doesn't even say how much it weighs. (Unless I am missing something). I am guessing that at low of a price, that they are not using a very strong resin system.
Just because it it dry carbon, doesn't mean it is a strong epoxy pre-preg.
I'm not on here hating on carbon fiber hoods at all, I am just saying compared to a stock 370z hood, you might not get the weight savings you are expecting. The G37 might have a heavier steel hood.

CarbonSignal

08-12-2013 11:33 PM

As someone said Inifniti stock hoods are way heavier then the 370z stock one so some cars will see a difference in weight. When we did few 370z hoods the weight was almost close or less then normal Seibon/VIS hoods. These are not carbon hoods in all together two few layers of carbon and rest is fiber which makes these heavier then dry carbon. And if you get these painted they are on par with stock hood eight wise in inifiniti and heavier then stock Z

If main aim is cooling(looks) then its good else not much weight saving there

SgtGoldy

08-13-2013 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by CarbonSignal (Post 2443404)

If main aim is cooling(looks) then its good else not much weight saving there

Unless you have an awesome G... Such as myself... lol

/Angelo350Z/

08-13-2013 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by EZT (Post 2313322)

I got the AMS CF hood for around 550$, fitment was perfect. I never intended to keep displaying the CF so I had it colormatched. I merely wanted some form of aggressive vents.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Teg/photo3.jpg

This is sick ...

Voice59

08-13-2013 01:35 AM

Maybe it's just me, but I got the Seibon CF GTR style hood, and it feels significantly lighter than stock. Even now when I open it I feel like I can rip it completely off. LOL. (shrugs)

SgtGoldy

08-13-2013 02:09 AM

Speaking of ripping off the hood. I decided to do a quick "touchless" car wash at a gas station. Well I thought my hood was gonna rip off cause when the blowers hit my hood they went into the vents and started to cause it to wobble and bend a little. Scared the crap out of me... haha

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