who makes the lightest hood?

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08-16-2015 | 09:16 PM

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Noahs944

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Cyril, are you saying a person could install the gas struts and oem hood locking mechanism?

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08-16-2015 | 10:44 PM

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Yes. You can see the inserts on my picture for the locking mechanism.
Hood struts should not be a pb.
Do not hesitate to contact Mike at IFC Racing. Awesome guy!

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08-17-2015 | 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Noahs944

A 17 lb fibreglass hood? Lighter than carbon fibre? ...something seems off doesn't it? racerbvd, the skin's weight seems very appealing, but for a daily I'd prefer the firewall sealing capabilities to keep the fumes out of the cab. Thanks for posting guys! Cyril, thanks for the link, I'll be checking out how you installed your hood.

Well, I have a fiberglass hood from GT racing on one car and a Crawford Carbon Fiber one on another (both have the bottom bracing like a stock hood), and side by side the Crawford hood is definitely much lighter that the GT Racing hood, not only is the Crawford hood lighter, but it is much more rigid as well, much less flex when propped open.
Of course there is a "Slight" price difference between the GT Racing hood & Crawford Composites hood.

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