has anyone PAINTED a CF hood?

schwett · Apr 25, 2001

...the weight savings would be nice, but i CAN'T STAND the way they look. has anyone painted one to match their stock color? i assume they have some sort of clear coat finish already; i'm wondering if paint will adhere to it.

also is there a way to keep them down without hood pins? can't have that sh1t flying back into the windshield at freeway speeds!

grnlude97 · Apr 25, 2001

It is possible to paint a CF hood. Should be no problem for anyone that knows what they're doing. I should be getting my CF hood by the end of the week and I don't think it'll look bad on my green prelude. If it does, I guess I'll sell it.

Daniel

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LuDeGirL1004 · Apr 25, 2001

Originally posted by schwett:
also is there a way to keep them down without hood pins? can't have that sh1t flying back into the windshield at freeway speeds!

Depends on which hood you get.
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00vtecLude · Apr 25, 2001

heres a phatty lude.. ive loved this look ever since i saw it. He painted the middle portion of the hood body color. (pictured with a Evo V)

00vtecLude · Apr 25, 2001

gotta love those wheels too

andrewdelvard · Apr 25, 2001

The Evo may have the 'personality' but it'll never win a beauty contest...

DNA_Cyan · Apr 25, 2001

Originally posted by andrewdelvard:
The Evo may have the 'personality' but it'll never win a beauty contest...

I think it looks very fierce.....

935DragLude · Apr 25, 2001

Yeah, I think the EVOs have an acquired taste working for them...I used to hate how they look, but it grew on me...

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DYI01 · Apr 25, 2001

DAYM~~!! that lude is phat as hell, hmmmmm Im getting ideas

those cars are money money.

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jmcn · Apr 26, 2001

OMG I love that Evo!!!!!

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HRC · Apr 26, 2001

mark...cf hoods don't have a clear coats to them, it's a gel coating

you can paint a cf hood, but if your gonna do that, just buy a fiberglass hood, it's cheaper, unless you plan to leave a portion of the cf exposed.

you haven't seen my car since i had mine done, but i don't use pins and i've traveled near the century(shhhh) point.

just make some time this weekend to come over and check mine out upclose.

d

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00vtecLude · Apr 26, 2001

Originally posted by DYI01:
DAYM~~!! that lude is phat as hell, hmmmmm Im getting ideas

those cars are money money.

heheh, paint paint paint!! j/k

just trying to feed that bug inside of you hahaa

vabeach_lude · Apr 26, 2001

Originally posted by DYI01:
DAYM~~!! that lude is phat as hell, hmmmmm Im getting ideas

those cars are money money.

DO IT!!!

schwett · Apr 26, 2001

damn it's been ages since i've seen your ride. is a fiberglass hood as light as a cf hood? if you went with a cf hood, lightweight battery, took out your spare, jack, heat shield, other misc junk, maybe you could save over 100 pounds. that would be a nice little mod

Originally posted by HRC:
mark...cf hoods don't have a clear coats to them, it's a gel coating

you can paint a cf hood, but if your gonna do that, just buy a fiberglass hood, it's cheaper, unless you plan to leave a portion of the cf exposed.

you haven't seen my car since i had mine done, but i don't use pins and i've traveled near the century(shhhh) point.

just make some time this weekend to come over and check mine out upclose.

d

HRC · Apr 26, 2001

Originally posted by schwett:
damn it's been ages since i've seen your ride. is a fiberglass hood as light as a cf hood? if you went with a cf hood, lightweight battery, took out your spare, jack, heat shield, other misc junk, maybe you could save over 100 pounds. that would be a nice little mod

i'm not sure how much a fiberglass hood weighs, but it should be close to a cf hood, i would guess. yes, if you did those mods, you could easily save over 100lbs.

i'm even thinking you would actually like the look of my car, but just wait before you start thinking bowling-ball shoe stuff. either way, if you could stop by this weekend and bring your camera, i would like to snap a few updated shots of my car and maybe watch pter spin donuts at golden gate at the auto-x, maybe meet pork chop and o0OO0o whadayya think?

d

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schwett · Apr 26, 2001

that sounds pretty cool (except for the part about meeting ooOOOoo. j/k). this weekend may be good for me after all. was originally hitting the lake, but now i think not.

Originally posted by HRC:
i'm not sure how much a fiberglass hood weighs, but it should be close to a cf hood, i would guess. yes, if you did those mods, you could easily save over 100lbs.

i'm even thinking you would actually like the look of my car, but just wait before you start thinking bowling-ball shoe stuff. either way, if you could stop by this weekend and bring your camera, i would like to snap a few updated shots of my car and maybe watch pter spin donuts at golden gate at the auto-x, maybe meet pork chop and o0OO0o whadayya think?

d

HRC · Apr 26, 2001

Originally posted by schwett:
that sounds pretty cool (except for the part about meeting ooOOOoo. j/k).

yea, i've been hearing that o0OO0o is a pervert, maybe we won't want to meet him...

give me a call this sat.

d

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Cruxader · Apr 26, 2001

how much do fiberglass hoods cost? and where can i get those tight mugen rims? hehe

o0OO0o · Apr 26, 2001

Originally posted by HRC:
i would like to snap a few updated shots of my car and maybe watch pter spin donuts at golden gate at the auto-x, maybe meet pork chop and o0OO0o whadayya think?

that lucky bastard got into autoX school this coming saturday!! i don't think he'll spin donuts anymore

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Originally posted by jmcn:
I'm a cheap bastard. What else can I do?

o0OO0o · Apr 26, 2001

Originally posted by HRC:
yea, i've been hearing that o0OO0o is a pervert, maybe we won't want to meet him...

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Originally posted by jmcn:
I'm a cheap bastard. What else can I do?

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