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Old 08-09-2016, 02:22 PM
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Default Carbon fibre hood weight savings....22lbs
I just received a shipment of carbon fibre hoods. These weight 10lbs 01oz versus 32lbs 3oz for the OEM steel hood which provides a weight savings of over 22lbs. That is substantial.
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Old 08-09-2016, 02:54 PM
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Very nice, John!
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What did those cost per hood
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Beautiful. If you come across any more....
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You going to paint it your fabulous body color?
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Originally Posted by hodie21
What did those cost per hood
About 1/3 of the RS hood
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You going to paint it your fabulous body color?
No. I'm installing the satin finish one in the first picture.
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Originally Posted by powdrhound
No. I'm installing the satin finish one in the first picture.


NICE pickup...I'll be waiting to see the finished results!
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correct me if im wrong, but im about 90% sure my hood is aluminum? its insanely light weight, and when i had my car's xpel paint protection film installed the installer who is a knowlegeable car enthuiast commented on it being aluminum..


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Originally Posted by bugeyemilo
correct me if im wrong, but im about 90% sure my hood is aluminum? its insanely light weight, and when i had my car's xpel paint protection film installed the installer who is a knowlegeable car enthuiast commented on it being aluminum..


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It is 32lbs, 4 oz of steel. Take a magnet to the under side of it.
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Not sure what happened to the 6speed thread but I'm a buyer if you order more.
No hood pins, I assume?
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Do Want! Looking forward to the final product!
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I assume you got the cup hood struts for it since the stock ones are too strong and will stress/crack the carbon.
Great looking hoods, a friend has an unknown brand painted one and I was amazed to feel how light it felt bolted on compared to opening a stock one.
What's next man?
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Originally Posted by 911mhawk
I assume you got the cup hood struts for it since the stock ones are too strong and will stress/crack the carbon.
Great looking hoods, a friend has an unknown brand painted one and I was amazed to feel how light it felt bolted on compared to opening a stock one.
What's next man?
Cup struts are actually the same as the regular TT/GT2/GT3 struts. The Cup PET only specifies a single strut however. The Cup hood is metal actually. I am using the 996GT3RS struts which were used with the RS carbon hood. You can also use a worn out pair of stock struts. Next? Some beefed up drive train stuff and that's about it. Just drive the damn thing. Lol.
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