carbon fiber hood?/performance?

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07-07-15, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by BPauto

Make sure when you look into getting a hood, you get something that's going to be good quality. There's a lot of surface area on the RCF hood so you want something that's going to be durable and have a good weave pattern.

More than anything, I want the CF hood to match the CF top and wing.

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07-07-15, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Dbcooper13

But wrap it the right way. The real carbon hood always had the wrong lines anyway.
There was an old post on here that had a rendering of the way the carbon should be cut to match the lines of the hood and headlights.

Good luck on the wrap. I would suggest ordering several samples from ebay before deciding on brand and finish. I once had a carbon roof that peeled up like snake skin after a year in the sun.

Coop, i was talking bout' the Spoiler not the Hood (not sure i'd do that)!

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07-07-15, 07:54 PM

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I just Can't imagine paying around 10-12k for a CF Hood (then another $700 to put xpel on it) I say $10-12k just because somebody mentioned it was around $3,500 JUST for a lil' ole' Spoiler!

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07-08-15, 05:34 AM

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I just Can't imagine paying around 10-12k for a CF Hood (then another $700 to put xpel on it) I say $10-12k just because somebody mentioned it was around $3,500 JUST for a lil' ole' Spoiler!

I believe Zydan did the carbon wrap but removed it because of the matte appearance. The carbon package in real life is super high gloss. Imagine a thick layer of polyurethane over wrap. That why I went with simple gloss black wrap. I felt like it matched more colors on the car. Primarily the black tint. Here are the pics from my install.

==>https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rc-...lack-wrap.html

I recently had my local Mercedes paint shop quote me $700 to paint the hood scoop, roof and spoiler (gloss black).

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07-08-15, 11:37 AM

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Yours looks great Db! Art painted some of his and it looks great too. Something I might consider on down the line. Db, your signature is friggin hysterical LOL now that's funny!