Looking closer, this absolutely cannot be legit. The non-vented hood they have linked as an alternative is more than 2x that cost.

The price may be legit, but it's a wet carbon hood. The OEM style dry carbon hood costs more than twice what the one in the link does. There's just no way.

The difference is would only be weight ...right? I mean regardless, it's going to be lighter than my OEM hood.

Dry carbon would be lighter. Wet carbon is probably the same as stock if not heavier.

Yup...good catch!

Like Chuck said, it's probably the same or heavier.

Your OEM hood is thin aluminum. Sloppily cast fiberglass core + some CF on the outside for looks can be really heavy compared to the aluminum.

'swhy I really wanna have my hood modified rather than get a CF one.

I had a Seibon ts good it probably weight a good double or triple the stock hood... I could easily install and remove the stock hood myself but not too easy with the Seibon not dry cf

Know of a place in the states that can do that kinda work?

Any good "custom" body work type place can do a passable job if you're okay with them using filler and whatnot.

If you want a true artist to do it via welding aluminum.. No, I don't know one off hand, and if you find one, you're talking hundreds per hour in labor and finishing. Welding aluminum that is that thin and re-finishing it all to not look awful is going to cost a bank.

yup I would professionally estimate an all metal modification to factory hood would cost about a grip. Best bet is to talk to a big custom shop near you, kinda like your' closest west coast customs or similar and ask them if they know a guy. There are probably only a handful of guys in the country that could shrink and stretch the hood back into shape after welding in vents if you want it all done in aluminum with minimal filler. After you get the bill for that you'll just end up sending it to get it glassed, or buying a carbon replacement(And by that I mean it is probably gonna be priced right around one of the varis dry hoods, yeah all aluminum no filler work can cost that much)

I bet you D&V can do it but I bet it'd be expensive as all hell.

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See the problem is what you want really. The best way to do it would be to bust out the hammers, sandbag, and dollies, make a couple cuts and start forming the raised and lowered areas but it takes YEARS to learn how to get the smooth straight and even countours you want while expanding the metal to keep it from warping, and with the aluminum they may have to flame aneal it and that would make everything worse. I would bet most of the places doing it right now are either welding in louvered insert and smoothing it with filler or fiberglassing it.

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How about a set of pre-make vents out of alumunim? Just cut a hole in the hood. And drop the pre-make vents into place. Rivet or glue down, then do the body work to smooth over. This way, you still have the light weight stock hood, and it shouldn't break the bank.

Carbon signal makes hood inserts like that