Carbon Fiber Hood- yay or nay?

[RPDRed6]

Alright, my stocker hood is pretty chipped and instead of getting it repainted, im thinking about getting a carbon fiber hood. Its not rice, if you really think so then you are a fool because look what cars today have carbon fiber and where it originated from...Formula 1 racing almost 25 years ago. I think a carbon fiber hood would go well with my red&black theme i have going on with my car. Plus the weight savings would be nice too. Anyone know of any carbon fiber hoods that are not SS?

[ACiFiC]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood- yay or nay?

Definitely would look awesome here is one of my roadsters with carbon hood trunk and hardtop. Looks great with red.


All of it is oem vis racing. Great fitment

But they are probably all SS

[1997Canadian3.8]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood- yay or nay?

I think the carbon looks good if it is accented with something else. Definitely looks perfect on a red car.

I think just the hood would look a bit out of place. Why not a carbon SS hood? They look sweet!

[ssms5411]

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I would say go for it , you can always paint it , nice weight loss.

[RPDRed6]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood- yay or nay?

Definitely would look awesome here is one of my roadsters with carbon hood trunk and hardtop. Looks great with red.

All of it is oem vis racing. Great fitment

But they are probably all SS

thats a SICK looking Miata! Do you autocross? have any video or more pics of it?

I think the carbon looks good if it is accented with something else. Definitely looks perfect on a red car.

I think just the hood would look a bit out of place. Why not a carbon SS hood? They look sweet!

I agree- it would look good with a red car, i just think having an SS spoiler and SS hood just screams (im trying to be a V8) idk i dont want to fake an ss, who knows it may look good?

I would say go for it , you can always paint it , nice weight loss.

true true

[rdoms6]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood- yay or nay?

I SAY YES! here is the only one o know of thats not an ss. it's not cheap
http://blainefab.com/products.html

[Mogobs30th]

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Unless you paint it red, it's rice. Looks goofy on an fbody. And Formula 1 cars don't have hoods, not to mention F1 and IndyCar use carbon fiber for strength as well as weight reduction. Personally, just doesn't belong on an fbody.

[madforce10]

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i think it would look good painted and mask off some stripes and leave them cf. i saw ,a few years ago, a camaro with a cf ss hood all painted except the scoop looked really good.

[Bird_Of_Prey]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood- yay or nay?

Definitely would look awesome here is one of my roadsters with carbon hood trunk and hardtop. Looks great with red.

All of it is oem vis racing. Great fitment

But they are probably all SS

Don't try to tart it up by call it a roadster. It's a Miata.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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Maybe if you could find something with a mildly raised cowl and paint the hood body color, leaving the cowl carbon fiber. Or maybe the stripes as mentioned earlier, but a straight up carbon fiber hood to me looks like a mismatched junkyard part from anything other than 5-10 feet when you start to see the weave.

[SixShooter'00Camaro]

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I agree withs Schlotzky. There's a Z28 that runs around here and he has a CF hood with a cowl and it looks good, not rice at all. Go for it mang.

[ACiFiC]

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thats a SICK looking Miata! Do you autocross? have any video or more pics of it?

I am going to be this year... Going to try to make it out to a couple scca events

Don't try to tart it up by call it a roadster. It's a Miata.

:-)

[Atrum Rosa]

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+1 on CF hood painted red with masked off stripes.

[kristen]

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def a gay ricer move

[dmw319]

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood- yay or nay?

Unless you paint it red, it's rice. Looks goofy on an fbody. And Formula 1 cars don't have hoods, not to mention F1 and IndyCar use carbon fiber for strength as well as weight reduction. Personally, just doesn't belong on an fbody.

Don't try to tart it up by call it a roadster. It's a Miata.

def a gay ricer move

agreed x 3

don't do it!