Has anyone bought this car yet?
I can't stand the temptaion much longer.

 

Yeah it's sold. I tried my darndest to buy it but someone got to it apparently minutes before I did. If the current deal falls through I am next in line.

 

...ditto

 

FSAEracer03 I thought for sure it was you who had purchased the car, since you had posted on the thread about buying it...
I wonder if it went to a Rennlister?

 

Jack- do you have any pics? I have never heard of the AIR hood- I think they were the ones who made the IC panels w/the cut-outs, but, hoods? 17lbs is light- I THINK factories metal hoods weigh ~41lbs or so... That's less thah half- how much was it, where did you get it, etc? I think I'm going to run a search for it- I'm about to get my hood repainted, so, this would be the best time to buy a lightweight- BEFORE spending the $ on new paint...

Thanks,

 

No, unfortunately it wasn't me... If I didn't have to head off to school the day after I heard about the car, I would have taked a quick trip to the bank, and driven to albuquerque to get it! Whoever got this car (or will get it) is lucky... and if for some reason the deal goes south, and it's still somehow unsold when I go back for spring break, you better damnwell believe I'm going for a road trip!! Hopefully either way, I will be on a road trip though... I'm hoping to get Brian McCoy's down in Georgia otherwise (beautiful 951!).

-Kevin

 

...by the way Paul, I like your Rennlister quote on your signature!

 

FSAEracer03 I guess that means I can throw this voodoo doll out...and if youre home happens to be swarmed by locusts, I swear I had nothing to do with it.



PS: Oddly enough I've considered Brian McCoy's 951 as well, but I honestly can't get over that brown interior. Stupid hangup I know, but to each his own - great car nonetheless.

 

If I didn't need my money to take care of some things, than I would have gone on priceline.com, got a ticket, flew to CA, and drove that car back. How can you miss an oppurtunity like this?

 

Beleive me I wasn't happy about missing it. Whats worse is that if I hadn't been wasting my time on Rennlist and supporting the Exchange server that delayed the delivery of my initial email (GD Exchange 5.5), I may have gotten to Dave first.

 

If it makes anyone feel better, the buyer is a Rennlister.

Dave

 

whos the buyer? somebody speak up, what was the going price? Are we gonna sh*t a brick when we find out what kind of amazing deal we passed up? info pleeeaase!
~Eyal

 

I'd like to know as well who bought it to congradulate him on a deal. Dave how about just giving the car to me for free, I'll pay the shipping costs

 

It's leaning up against the car in this pic :



Here it is on the car :





The only real issues with it are :

1. The front mount for the hood release didn't have the hole cut in it for the adjuster bolt. Doesn't sound too bad, til you realize they must of used 1/4-3/8" plate steel inbedded in the fiberglass. It's a bear to drill out to use the hood release.

2. The hood is so light weight, the factory struts don't work with it. I was afraid that they'll make the hood crack in half when trying to close the hood. They also apply so much pressure to the hood, that it bows it up. I'll have to track down some lower pressure hood struts, or go with a prop rod(which I really don't want to do).

Just release the hood, and it takes off and rockets to the up position, kinda scary actually.


Price was $350 on the hood. Purchased directly from AIR. All of my front end components are from AIR.

 

Thanks a lot for the input- it looks like it fits well- dod you have any other complaints about it at all? I'm thinking a nice old set of worn out hood shoks could be used w/it possibly(?)- also, getting rid of them & using a simple thin rod to hold it up might even save another pound or two(?)- I don't know- anyway, would you recommend it over a factroy roof if you had to replace your hood for some reason? I'm really interested now... I might just buy one instead of repainting mine- would save >23lbs- BTW- does that sound about right? That would mean it's less than half the weight of stock hood- say, ~$500 by the time it's painted & installed- if it saved a full 25lbs, that would be $20/lb & all that weight comes off the FRONT of the car- not TOO bad I guess... Are you happy overall???

Thanks again for all the info... I'm going to check out their site right now...