jutny

I remember a few different people making hoods, fiberglass and CF.

I'm gonna be in the market for a hood, as my Racecar project is without hood.... let me know what you got... pics, prices, the whole deal.

Also, anyone know how hard it's gonna be to make a rear hatch out of lexan?

hornbm

anytime you start talking about fiber glass or carbon fiber parts, they are going to be anyting but cheap.

jutny

usually, but i distinctly remember someone making fiberglass hoods for much cheaper than i thought they would be.

hornbm

I think I remember who your talking about, and if I remember right either the fiberglass ones or the CF ones were in the $400 range

Sammymatik

I just made a fiberglass dash. I'm fairly satisfied with the results. I'd try some CF if I had the money to get the resins and material. Then again it's not like I need a CF dash but it would look nice.

Now that I've done a dash I feel I should do a hood, almost used up my fiberglass reserves. If I get board one day I may have a go at it.

1st7heaven

Its me. $225.00 for the fiberglass hood, $35 to crate it and depending on if you are on the eastcoast($90 for shipping) or westcoast($170.00 for shipping). I can give you an exact quote once you give me your zip code, also shipping to a buisness is much cheaper then a house. The carbon hoods are very tough to make....still working on the "show" hood out of carbon. I can make them out of carbon but they end up with some air bubbles in them(they work fine if you are painting them). I have built several carbon hoods for racers. The fiberglass hoods weight around 14lbs and the carbon ones weight around 10lbs. The hoods bolt to the factory hinges but you still have to use hood pins at the top of the hood.

www.rotaryautosports.com

Steve

buttlips

Call Mike VanSteenburg @ ISC Racing in FL. He makes fiberglass body parts and Lexan windows cheaper than anybody I've found. I've got his stuff on my racecar.

His number is (863) 324-4539.

12aPwr

1st7heaven, why is it more expensive to ship westcoast? im in Ca so that would be $170? for that price ill just take a trip to texas

brianmcd

how much does the stock hood weigh?

Rx7carl

About 28-30 lbs.