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Old 11-08-13, 06:45 PM
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Anybody got any reccomendations as where to purchase a good quality carbon fiber hood??
Old 11-09-13, 05:00 AM
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Seibon Carbon Fiber Hood. they have a retailer in SoCal but where you're at, look in the classfieds.
Old 11-09-13, 11:49 AM
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^^^ What he said SEIBON prob the best
Old 11-09-13, 12:19 PM
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I had me some seibon carbon fiber hood. It was the one with the vents. I sold it to dova. Looks tacky in the pictures. Looks evil in person >=D
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Checked out the website, looks like some quality work.. I think I'm gonna take that route all the way around including the hood! Thanks Guys!!!!
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Check with a vendor on here for Seibon or buy it from a seller on eBay, they were same price when I ordered mine. Might ask availability, my friend waited for about 6 weeks to get his because they were out of stock.

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off topic but always loved that pic Heyarms
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Originally Posted by 600rr05
off topic but always loved that pic Heyarms
Lol thanks man. it's been floating around Instagram and random car pages on Facebook a lot lately. Wish I could thank the stranger who took it
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Originally Posted by heyarms
Check with a vendor on here for Seibon or buy it from a seller on eBay, they were same price when I ordered mine. Might ask availability, my friend waited for about 6 weeks to get his because they were out of stock.

heyarms, how is the fitment when installing? Any type of issues getting it to line up properly or with the hood lock
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Originally Posted by JdSwiper
heyarms, how is the fitment when installing? Any type of issues getting it to line up properly or with the hood lock
Fits great. I have to SLAM it to latch tho, but the hood is pretty rigid and hasn't cracked or anything. I also had my shop clear coat it to further protect it from the sun down here in Texas. The OEM latch doesn't have much of any room to adjust upwards.
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Seibon is the best fitment for carbon fiber
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It's hard to pull off a cf hood if rest of your car isn't aggressive enough IMO .

But hey arms pulled it off nicely!
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Originally Posted by dorkacho
It's hard to pull off a cf hood if rest of your car isn't aggressive enough IMO .

But hey arms pulled it off nicely!
Real good point dork, I'll keep that in mind!
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Do the carbon pillars and roof spoiler also to bring more cf into the whole car. Doesn't look so drastic when the car is black.
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my Seibon fits perfectly, no problems with the hood latch...




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