RX-187

I'm planning on painting my FB soon and thinking if I can top it off with something like a cf hood. Do they make cf hoods for FBs?

Lotus00

i dont think so... you could probably get a fiberglass one, but either way it wont be cheap

RX-187

^Just a thought though. I had the feeling it would be expensive because TRUENO cf hoods are and they're old cars.

elvisjer

Someone on the Forum has fabrictared one, and it looks beautiful! If you search around you can find it, he was thinking about selling them if i'm not mistaken.

wwilliam54

im working on makin one

i had to wait to get a job to get the money to start

and i got a job today, so keep you eye open

white84GS

They do make them, but its over in Japan. I seen a post about a month back of a CF hood on a Japanese page. The Guy said he bought it and had it shipped over seas to his house in the U.S. So I would just keep looking and maybe do a search in the forum. Good Luck

RX-187

Nice...I'll be anticipating this one. At what price range are you going to sell them at? I'm hoping not 400+ like the AE86.

white84GS: Thanks for the info, but I don't want to go through the hassles of getting it to my door from overseas due to high shipping costs.

wwilliam54

i want to keep it under 150 or 200
it wont be show quality, with gelcote it will look ok
but itll be light as hell

wwilliam54

now that i think of it, i could use unidirectional cloth and make a 5 layer hood for under 100$ (alternating directions of course)

Cody

It would be interesting to see a CF hood melt...

I'm sure they are more heat resistant than fiberglass.....but it would just be nice to see someone waste the money on the CF hood, and have it melt onto their engine while they're idling with people looking at the car.

81Rex6port13b

i dont want a CF hood i would much rather have a FG hood. i wish some one would start fabricating them it would be cool if racingbeat or Cpracing could.

Rx7carl

Yea, 1stgenheaven is/was making them. Look him up on here.

evolv

I looked, no luck

If you know this person/business, please post address, phone number or anything that can be used to locate them.

thanks

79+80+84_rx-7

He probably still makes them..... his site went away.... humm... I wonder if he is still around even?


https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=118459


tada......

buddah9543

yes someone on the forum was selling them. I tried to buy one but he never got back to me someone in texas

prefix

I pmd and emailed him a couple of weeks ago. I never got a response, I don't think he's around anymore. His last reply was in 2002 :-/

wwilliam54

its all about the same to lay it

prefix

If you just cut the bottom part of the hood, and then just put in some support so that it doesn't cave in you'll have a hood that's about 12lbs. It's a lot easier and cheaper than making a cf or fg one.