My new mod:

 

Wow that hood looks great i wanna get a carbon fiber hood. Any pics of it on the car?

 

 

Shiny, got a question, how rigid and light is that thing? I'm using what was originally a bolt on hood as a pin on, with the substructure removed, its impossibly hard to get on the car by myself between the flex, and weight, though mostly the size....camaro hoods always were huge...Just wondering how much easier to handle a CF hood would be.

 

The hood weighs about 22lbs and is rigid. I can easily lift it myself, but you still need a buddy to help you bolt it on.

 

Times I envy other performance cars with reasonably sized hoods, lol. I think over half the sheet metal used in our cars is in the hood haha.

Thanks for the info btw, I'm actually surprised it's not lighter though tbh, Mine weighs either 30 or 34 lbs(can't recall which) after I gutted it out, and now I just remembered yours is bolt on.
So probably would be like 10-15 for CF a pin on, I wonder what a true glass pin on weighs now.

 

is that solid carbon fiber or just a layer on top of fiberglass? i ask because VFN bolt on fiberglass hoods are 18lbs for flat and 22 for a 4" cowl? shouldn't the CF hood be much lighter?

looks good though, are you painting it or leaving it bare

 

The top is 2 layers of carbon, and the underside of the hood is fiberglass layer.
the hood is very well made with no flex.

 

that thing looks very nice, congrats

 

CF is generally slightly heavier then fiberglass because the weaved mat is heavier then the often used random weave fiberglass, and for CF you need epoxy rather then the usual polyester resin.

Actually combining a base of fiberglass and a top layer of CF adds some of the fiberglasses durability to the otherwise fairly brittle carbonfiber.

I think the sheet metal used to make one hood is nowadays used to make one Smart...

 

I too would like to know if you are leaving it nude or painting leaving some stripes or something

 

always thought painted with "nude" CF stripes looked amazing.

now if someone did that with a bird hood and had a cf bird.......crazy......

 

seen that done on a 2nd gen... bad ***

 

I would like to paint it eventually. More than likely, I'll leave the middle section alone and paint the sides.

 

Id paint it and leave the CF stripes. Looks good man. How the hell ya been?

 

Long time no talk bro! Been doing ok...some rough patches, but atleast the IROC is almost done now!

How have you been? What is your latest project?

 

wow nice hood !!!!

 

good here. Car is going slow. killed another 700r4 so bought a built th400 and ptc stall. along with driveshaft w/ 1350 yokes. Still needs paint. prob. going with a killer green since thats my son fav. color. and every time I mess with the car he has to help.

 

Maybe time for a T56?

 

would have to be a built t56 and a twin disk clutch setup. $$$$$
OUCH http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MCL-64033-00-07/
Then still looking at 1000+ on a t56.

 

Where did you get the hood? Did you have it made? I am actually looking into getting a mold made of an IROC hood and make my own carbon fiber hood. Depending on the cost of this thing I might just go down that path.

 

Please see the link below:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/exte...iroc-hood.html

 

Thanks for the link. I will be able to get by a lot cheaper making my own.

 

Looks sweet.

 

Looks bad *** any pics installed ?

 

Very nice--------------------

 

nice car and hood

 

Time for some new photo shoot pix I think...

 

who manufactured the hood for you?

 

Niiiiice, as always. You're painting it?

 

See the link above...

I have some different ideas for it; either paint the sides black and leave the middle carbon, or lightly tint the entire hood, but make so carbon still shows through.

 

That might be kind of cool actually. I've never been a fan of bare carbon, especially on a black car. It seems to stand out so much (and not in a good way). Even if you painted the outer edge and tinted the inner section...

 

How are you sticking the louvers on there?

 

3m double sided body molding tape.

 

Cool, Can't wait for the pics

 

That is one sexy hood

 

Hi Guys,
Here are two pics of the installed hood.

 

Are you planning on re installing the fog lights ?
Looks good overall

 

Yes, we are currently doing a HID retrofit in the stock housings. Hopefully should be complete by the weekend.

 

Aerocatch pins too, now I'm REALLY jealous

 

Looks goooooood!

 

Yup, it looks just right!!
I was worried about the pins but they look perfect. As always, nice job.

 

does anyone have a picture of a red 3rd gen with a carbon hood?

 

honestly, there are only a couple people on this board with a carbon hood, so the chances of finding a car in a particular color will be difficult.

a red car with a black hood will look similar and easier to find.

 

Looks great. I really like those hood pins. Do you have any pics with the hood up and where you mounted the pins. Thanks.

 

I just got my Aerocatch Pins in too. Kinda curious too about pin mounting. Thanks

 

i dont think ive ever said this before. but just by looking at your car on the outside its PERFECT absolutely PERFECT i would love to be able to take that car off your hands. i Fing love it!!!! looks soooo clean and looks so ignorant like so bad a bike wouldnt even wanna line up next to it!!! plus as you can see in my sig.... I KINDA LIKE VERTS Car looks amazing man!!!!


oooo and

 

1brokecamaro, thanks for the kind words! This car has been a work in progress for me since I first purchased her in 1996. Be on the look out for a professional photo shoot soon!

 

A blue candy pearl would look absolutely beautiful over the carbon. The Champ Car at work has all the bare carbon painted that way and it looks amazing. Also help with the hood yellowing.

 

Some one needs to make these and sell them I would def buy one