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Old 06-09-17, 04:24 AM
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Good Morning GSF Owners,

We are a new forum vendor that is currently selling a full carbon fiber hood for the RCF and preparing to release our carbon fiber roof for the IS. I have had some GSF owners reach out to me individually about building a hood for the GSF and wanted to know how much interest there would be if we were to take on the project. We would need a minimum of 5 orders to get moving on the hood. If there is enough interest and preorders, we can get moving on this fairly quickly and have the first hoods out before the end of September. Initial pricing is $4500, and we would take a deposit of $2000 to get started.

You're welcome to PM me or start a list on this thread if you would be interested


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$4500? For a single hood?
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Originally Posted by Htowncory
$4500? For a single hood?
In the world of carbon fiber it is the most reasonably priced unit on the market that is 100% carbon. Even the JDM 'carbon fiber' body kits are 2-3 layers of fiberglass and a single layer of actual carbon fiber on the exposed surface. We're using about 5x the amount of carbon fiber than one of those kits, for the same price, and the hood will weigh less than a full body kit.
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Originally Posted by Htowncory
$4500? For a single hood?
The OEM RC-F carbon fiber hood from Lexus IS over $15k. Quality carbon fiber products ain't cheap!
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How much interest do you have now? And how long is the wait if it does go through?
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I would take that $4500 and get the supercharger for a little more money. lol
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Originally Posted by tq745
How much interest do you have now? And how long is the wait if it does go through?
Counting you, 3 so far. It will take about a month to do the molds and about 3 weeks for the first hood to ship.
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Originally Posted by 13FSPORT
I would take that $4500 and get the supercharger for a little more money. lol
Or twice the money, but who's counting, haha.
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Originally Posted by JL Composites
Or twice the money, but who's counting, haha.
supercharger is more enjoyable then a carbon hood
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Originally Posted by JL Composites
Counting you, 3 so far. It will take about a month to do the molds and about 3 weeks for the first hood to ship.
how much weight would we reduce?
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Originally Posted by tq745
how much weight would we reduce?
About half the weight of the aluminum OEM hood.
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Originally Posted by JL Composites
About half the weight of the aluminum OEM hood.
Any updates or project never went forward?
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Limited interest pushed the project back to a later time. We are finalizing the carbon roof for the second gen IS right now.
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