i had a question for you carbon fiber hood owners. what do i do about the rubber piece that goes around the headlight? i got my fiber images hood today and i think its a ok hood, not as good as i expected it to be.
hey have u seen the videos on fiber images website where they test how strong the hood is by runnig over it with a car and dropping a tire on it damn that thing is manufactured right
fiber images is like mugen but for carbon fiber............
Originally posted by redlude2k1 hey have u seen the videos on fiber images website where they test how strong the hood is by runnig over it with a car and dropping a tire on it damn that thing is manufactured right
fiber images is like mugen but for carbon fiber............
they're the leaders in carbon fiber.......
But once you have the hood on, when are you going to drop a tire on your car or have another car run over it? IMO as long as the carbon fiber doesn't flake or break or whatever carbon fiber does when it deteriorates is ok by me.
I must say though, the tests performed by Fiber Images are impressive.
Originally posted by redlude2k1 hey have u seen the videos on fiber images website where they test how strong the hood is by runnig over it with a car and dropping a tire on it damn that thing is manufactured right
fiber images is like mugen but for carbon fiber............
they're the leaders in carbon fiber.......
lol do you work there or something.
FI is good but not the best.
CF is strong already, most would probably withstand the that test.
I've talked personally with the guys up at Fiber Images and they are cool as hell. They only put out about one prelude hood per week though (supply and demand i guess) compared to about 10 civic hoods. I have a Fiber Images hood on mine prelude and love it! They quality is straight up It does start to buffet at 70+mph. I guess its just the lightness of it and the lack of hoodpins. I must say im getting sick of explaing why my hood is black and not white (the color of the car). Everyone else who actually knows what carbon fiber is appriciates it. God I type too much
I was reading on another forum I was browsing, they said since the carbon fiber hood is harder to bend or break like a stock hood in a accident ( shown in the fiberimages video) If the carbon strong fiber hood were to go thru the windshield, you could be decapitated! Sorry for the scary thought.
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The windows pretty strong i know as i had a prelude with a major head on colision come in the bodyshop where i work at the glass was all shattered but not fallen apart, if it was a major hit i think it could come threw the windshield if it has hood pins but if it has the factory style latch i think it would hold up. The front of our cars is really low anyway so if it was like a truck or anything like that you would just end up going under it.
I still want one thoe LOL, can you paint them, id love to have one on my car but would not want to explain to everbody in the world that i did not get in a accendent and thats why my hood is black, LOL. Plus it would be nice to not have someone know what you have less chance of then stealing it.
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