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View Poll Results: What should I do with the Carbon Fiber hood?
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Full paint
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Paint sides - leaving middle carbon fiber
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Nothing - leave full carbon fiber
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Sell it - buy a metal hood and paint that
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May 2nd, 2007, 09:29 PM
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picture of the underside? Just want to see the webbing.
I'd say talk to the body shop and see if they can paint it semi-clear style. I don't think the contrast between black/green will look great but I also hate to cover up the bling of CF.
Edit: Didn't realize you got the CF hood too. With that much carbon fiber i think it'll look decent painted or unpainted. Sorry, i'm no help  |
May 2nd, 2007, 10:15 PM
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Well in that case, does anyone want a new oem sunroof panel?
I guess I have to buy one of these now.
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May 3rd, 2007, 01:14 PM
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Hells Wind Staff
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Quote:
Originally Posted by njn63
picture of the underside? Just want to see the webbing.
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Here ya go Nick...
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May 3rd, 2007, 01:18 PM
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is the underside actually metal?
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May 3rd, 2007, 02:42 PM
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TJ Wanabe
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I love the look of that sunroof. Where did it come from? (Sorry if it was stated, the site is being slow for me, and I'm having a hard time getting to page 1)
Oh, and 88crxSi, if you really want to sell your sunroof panel for a reasonable amount, let me know.
-Des!
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May 3rd, 2007, 03:46 PM
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Hells Wind Staff
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 88crxSi
is the underside actually metal?
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No it's carbon (without the fiber) I guess. But it only weighs 4.8 lbs
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Originally Posted by Mixelplix
I love the look of that sunroof. Where did it come from? (Sorry if it was stated, the site is being slow for me, and I'm having a hard time getting to page 1)
-Des!
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visionmotorworks.com
And yeah the site has been pretty slow lately... |
May 4th, 2007, 02:27 AM
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Do you plan to install the panel soon or are you waiting and doing everything at once. Im really kindof excited about this, so im anxious to see if it fits snug, and i'm going to order one.  |
May 4th, 2007, 04:21 AM
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TJ Wanabe
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Same thing, if it fits good I might order one too, both my sunroofs are crap (peeling paint, dents, rust...etc) and I would like to replace them before I get the car painted.
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May 4th, 2007, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 88crxSi
Do you plan to install the panel soon or are you waiting and doing everything at once. Im really kindof excited about this, so im anxious to see if it fits snug, and i'm going to order one. |
Yeah, I'm doing it all at once. Unfortunatly the fenders aren't in for another 4 weeks too, so it may be a while. I deceided on my paint theme too; both sunroof and hood will be painted except on the hood I'm going to mask off the "H" badge so that will be the only hint that it is carbon fiber. The best part about the sunroof, Nick and I were discussing, is that it will never rust. Plus it's only another $15 over OEM... so why the hell wouldn't you? |
May 4th, 2007, 08:47 PM
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Looks real nice!!!
To answer you're question, "why wouldn't you buy it?". For me it was because I only wanted my hood to me showing carbon fiber and if I bought the sunroof I would have to paint it. Problem is painted carbon fiber sometimes looks funky and I didn't want my sunroof panel to look strange. I figured if it did look funny it would stick out like a sore thumb.
I am very interested in seeing what yours looks like though.
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May 5th, 2007, 01:59 AM
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Hells Wind Staff
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Would you suggest not painting the hood? I don't want to risk it looking like crap... This stuff ain't cheap.
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May 5th, 2007, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Pooch 1069
Would you suggest not painting the hood? I don't want to risk it looking like crap... This stuff ain't cheap.
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I've seen painted CF hoods that I couldn't tell were CF. Looked completely stock.
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88 CRX DX + 97 Spec JDM B18c(R) + some suspension goodies = Lots of fun!
JDM 4.785 final drive, ACT HDSS and Prolite 8lb flywheel, K&N, Kteller 2.5 w/magnaflow, NGK, Distributor King, Fiberimages, Koni, Neuspeed, ST rear 22mm sway bar with ITR LCA's, Konig Heliums, Russel's Brake Lines, Rywire Harness w/JKOBD, Hasport Hydro EFB2 Mounts and Linkage, Phearable.net P28, Full-Race
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May 5th, 2007, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 88 rex
I've seen painted CF hoods that I couldn't tell were CF. Looked completely stock.
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I have too..... for every 3 shitty ones I see one good one. It all depends on if he's a gambling man  |
May 6th, 2007, 01:13 AM
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Damn you, I don't know what to do now!
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May 6th, 2007, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by jadkar
I have too..... for every 3 shitty ones I see one good one. It all depends on if he's a gambling man |
I hope he does his research on local painters first.
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88 CRX DX + 97 Spec JDM B18c(R) + some suspension goodies = Lots of fun!
JDM 4.785 final drive, ACT HDSS and Prolite 8lb flywheel, K&N, Kteller 2.5 w/magnaflow, NGK, Distributor King, Fiberimages, Koni, Neuspeed, ST rear 22mm sway bar with ITR LCA's, Konig Heliums, Russel's Brake Lines, Rywire Harness w/JKOBD, Hasport Hydro EFB2 Mounts and Linkage, Phearable.net P28, Full-Race
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May 6th, 2007, 03:55 PM
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Yeah, the problem is depending on the top coat on the carbon fiber panel sometimes the paint bleeds through a bit and you can see the weave through the paint. Not really the color but almost the checkered pattern becomes apparent.
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May 6th, 2007, 09:41 PM
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Its such a tough decision because the car is going to look awesome either way.
I guess i cant help you decide.
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May 7th, 2007, 12:58 AM
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Take a look at this photo of a painted carbon fiber hood.
The painted hood shows the carbon fiber "waviness" and it also draws atention to the hoods slight bad fit (inherent on ALL carbon fiber CRX hoods).
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May 7th, 2007, 01:57 AM
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Alright, I don't think I'll be painting the whole thing. It just seems like too much of a risk. A nice medium would be painting the sides (leaving the extruded part CF), however I've never seen it on a CRX and afraid of the rice effect... I think I'll just make a poll.
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May 7th, 2007, 02:55 AM
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TJ Wanabe
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Out of everything I would say to leave the hood, it does get a slight effect of riciness off, but honestly it isn't all that bad.
I would say to paint the sunroof though, cause I think it would sort of stick out like a sore thumb if not, though a bad paint job would as well.
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