bonus12

Would you guys be leaving them unpainted? With all due respect... if you paint them is $500+ and the cost of paint worth it for a 10-20lb weight savings?

Hotshoe

You could easily make your own with very little experience. Search for a recent episode of MuscleCar where they made their own frp hood off the original. It's really very easy to do. It just is time consuming.

If you were going to leave it clear you would still have to spray a UV protectant on it. UV rays break down resin if not properly protected.

V2Rocket

because a naked carbon hood makes your car look like the nissan down the street, not to mention the color throws off the rest of the car...id paint it, but then again id probably stick with a FG hood unless CF fell into my lap

piperporsche180944

I like the look of carbon fiber on a black or white 951

333pg333

You mean something like this??

piperporsche180944

Yes, exactly! That whole front end is bad ***! Wow!

HJK

and or like this....

333pg333

You copy cat Henk.

I'm also still interested in your other new bits of bodywork?

piperporsche180944

Are your parts bought from D9?

333pg333

Henk is a walking...err driving catalogue for D9 and my lights are from them too. I would guess that he had the hood made up in Thailand but the vents are the same as mine, D9.
My hood came from Holland and needed a lot of work to 'fix' with the vents and finishing it off. The hood itself cost a small fortune and the shipping was a killer too. It owes me a pretty penny.

J1NX3D

not affiliated, I see there is a guy here in NZ selling the moulds for his 968 bonnet (sans vents) and hatch glass. The hatch is interesting, its not lexan and he uses a camera for rear vision.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-352893498.htm




http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-352893497.htm

333pg333

Hmm, that's unique if nothing else. The large front vents would be good especially for turbo cars.

Cole

Pretty sure the CF hood is a much larger weight savings on a 944. There is a spreadsheet of the parts weights somewhere.

catamax944

I don't know how much the stock hood weighs but a carbon fiber one is only 1.2kg lighter than a fiberglass one so i don't think it's worth the extra money.
Look here http://teilecar.com/?body-parts,7,2

bonus12

I have the spreadsheet but I can't upload a .xls (Excel) file? (Note: I am in the process of conveting the file .pdf so I can upload it here.)

Here it is, copied and pasted (note the stock hood is 50 lbs, according to this, and the replacement is 25 lbs) :

Factory Weight Total Savings Working Weight
86 951 2895 633.5 2261.5
Replace the Green and Red fields with your own real numbers
Body Weight Replace with Weight Savings Confirmed?
Hood 50 25 25 Yes-DanD
Fenders *2 25 6 19 No
Bumper 42 15 27 Yes GT racing
rear bumper 42 15 27 Yes GT racing
Doors 50 16 34 No
Windshield 27 9 18 Yes GT racing
Door glass *2 16.5 5 11.5 No
side window glass *2 10 3 7 No
Hatch glass 84 17 67 Yes GT racing
Undercoating - adjust for fender replacements 120 120 Yes Huntley Racing
Spare Tire Bin 18 2 16
Other Body1 0
Other Body2 0
Body Subtotal 371.5
Interior
Carpet padding 10 10 No
Carpet 30 15 15 No
Rear Carpet 20 20 Yes - DanD
Center console w/cassett box 5 5 No
Air Conditioning 35 35 No
Heater 10 10 No
Stock seats *2 either this or the next one 84 38 Yes - DanD
Sport Seats *2 110 38 72 Yes - DanD
Rear Seat back 20 20 No
Rear Seat bottom 10 10 Yes Huntley Racing
Door Panels 4 0 4 No
Door hardware 15 1 14 No
Sunroof 15 4 11 No
Sunroof interior panels 5 5 No
Dash Components - Strip to bone 15 15 No
Luggage Cover 2 2 Yes - DanD
Spare Tire 28 28 Yes - DanD
Tools 0
Spare parts 0
Spare water & oil 0
Other Interior 1 0
Other Interior 2 0
Interior Subtotal 276
Engine
Battery 30 20 10 Yes - DanD
Exhaust Cat Forward 35 10 25 Yes - DanD
Exhaust Cat Back 35 15 20 Yes - DanD
Charcol Canister 1 1
Windshield Washer tank - full 15 15
Cruse Control 5 5
Other Engine 1 0
Other Engine 2 0
Engine Subtotal 76
Other Items
Other weight reduction 1
Other weight reduction 2
Other weight reduction 3
Other weight reduction 4
Other Subtotal 0
Added weight - The numbers below this line will be added back!
Roll Bar
Driver 0
Passenger
Other Added weight1
Other Added weight2

Gals fuel weight
Fuel on board - Change gallons to estimated 15 6 90
Added weight subtotal 90
The Total weight saved might be a negative number until you save enough weight
OK, So it's not 100%