Yea, I'm just doing my research. I guess I will end up doing it just for the looks. Which is fine with me. Thanks for the advice gmen :-)

Stephanie
2003 G35C Premium Brilliant Silver
w/ Willow Leather/Bose/Nav./Delphi XM Radio

 

Thanks gmen. I didn't mean to come across in a sarcastic manner in my previous reply, it's just that I don't know anything about the CF hood. This is a new area for me and I'm just trying to understand.

2003-G35C-5AT Laser Red/Black/Prem/SAT/Tint/6 Spoke Chrome/Black Badged

 

Dang, I guess for next time that I need advice not to ask. I am just trying to get some important information, I'm trying not to upset anybody. And before I spend a few hundred, I wanted to do some research. I just wanted to say thanks to those who helped me :-) I decided that I am going to go ahead and get the CF hood because, it is going to look gooooooood :-)

Stephanie
2003 G35C Premium Brilliant Silver
w/ Willow Leather/Bose/Nav./Delphi XM Radio

 

Just an FYI,
I just ran into a friend at work with a C fiber hood on his Acura. He claims his old steel hood weighed 35lbs and his new C fiber hood weighs 15lbs. Still only 20lbs difference. At any rate, he said it is just for looks and he could not tell any perfomance difference in getting the new hood.

04 Sedan. Desert Platinum, Premi Pkg, sport tuned.

 

Yea, it is basically for just looks. Thanks for the info gmen.

Stephanie
2003 G35C Premium Brilliant Silver
w/ Willow Leather/Bose/Nav./Delphi XM Radio

 

150lbs for an aluminum hood? Are you serious? Man I must be getting strong because my hood does NOT seem to weigh that much.

But seriously, a carbon fiber hood will NOT make you "faster" AT ALL. Unless you are planning on redoing every piece of the body in CF, you are not going to make your car "faster". If the logistics of this are too hard to comprehend, use common sense: a 3000lb car weighing 2980lb is not going to be that much faster.

No offense, don't take this like a flame, just please don't beleive all the hype that surrounds CF products.


CB 5AT - SAC, CA

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2437476898

 

WOW!!
Thanks man!

 

LOL I was just going to post that!

CF Hood for our cars made by VIS... they are up there with fiber images, g35_chic this is for you.. I would jump all over it but I have other things I need to buy :P

-wicked
-Black/Black G35 coupe

 

Whatttttttttttttt... on that ebay auction ... $438 for a C/F hood.. AND $150 shipping??!?! ..sounds kind of high to me..

 

Yea, that does seem a little too expensive. I probably can get it for around $150-250. I will keep looking...thanks for the help guys :-)

Stephanie
2003 G35C Premium Brilliant Silver
w/ Willow Leather/Bose/Nav./Delphi XM Radio

 

Hello, I'm new here.

That hood from VIS isn't even a G35 hood. The pictures is for an RSX hood. Do other searches like Altima cf hood and you'll see it's the same hood.

BTW, $430 is good for a hood especially if it's for a high line car like ours. You will not find a hood for $150 - $250 especially for a G35. If you paid $30k - $40k for an INFINITI you can spare a few more hundred for a top quality hood.

(I know 30- 40 isn't much but it is a lot considering HONDA owners buy their hoods for the same if not more.)

I don't work for VIS or anything, I work with carbon fiber...

 

LoL ... it is a RSX hood. But anyways I used to have a RSX and I bought a carbon fiber hood for 350 shipped. 448 +shipping sounds pretty expensive to me. And I basically bought it for the looks. No real performance getter there.

 

you paid $350 for your RSX hood and you're not willing to pay more for a G35 hood?

 

The price of a carbon fiber hood shouldn't matter what kind of car it goes on. It's still carbon fiber. Because it's on a G35 it doesnt mean that the carbon fiber will be made any differently from the RSX hood besides the fact that they are different shaped. The weave is still the same.