hey everyone i was wondering what you all think. I realize that it would no longer serve its purpose but it being the symbol of power it is......

when going to a FMIC would you TII owners rather go solid hood[obviuslly aluminum, CF, or fiberglass]

ORRRRRR....

keep that sexy scoop??

 

personally I think the scoop is kinda ugly, I like the solid hoods much more. The only hoods that I think look any good on 2nd gens, would be some cowl hoods.

 

get a solid hood and paint ur FMIC flat black and make it a sleeper.

 

It would be cool to go for the sleeper look BUT after looking at both hoods the NA hood just looks so empty and lng without the scoop. I would keep it unless you really want the sleeper look.

 

if you want a sleeper go with the N/A hood, if you don't, go with the turbo hood. I love the way the turbo hood looks but when I do my conversion (GXL-II ) I'm going to go with the sleeper. Only thing to show it will be a -II or -T after the GXL on the side.

It depends on if you want to look powerful or look smoother.

 

I kept mine! It is a standing symbol of what the car is! since I don't have the TURBO II sticker on the sides anymore (previous paint job by previous owner)

 

get a carbon fiber tII hood...thats what im doing...i love that scoop i think it looks awesome

 

Get a reverse cowl, and don't paint the fmic couse it'll take away from its cooling capabilities and rob power, especially flat black.

 

Not if you paint it with the right paint. there are certain paints designed for that type of thing. not sure what they are though...

 

I wouldn't mess with it, if it didn't work then thats a few hundred down the drain.

 

The hood would serve no function. I'd lose it

 

dump it and catch some fools by suprise

 

wait, that'd be if i even want to buy another hood, if i owned a TII

 

Keep the hood. However, put that reverse scoop in place of the open scoop. At least that way it would be fuctional. Allowing heat to rise from the engine. And at speed it may allow hot air to leave the enigne.

James

 

I was thinking CF turboII hood, but a few months after christmas, if ive got money by then FMIC is what i wanna do......and i doubt ill have the deneros to drop a new CF hood on too. dosnt really matter i love the stock hood....cept this one needs alinged[looks like some fat *** sat on the hood!!]

ill have no problem going sleeper.......all the civic/neon/cavilier/blahblahblahFWD and the camaro/FB/vette/olde skoolblahblahblahRWD's.......a very small few even know what ma car is standing next to it!......and i love it!...haha

 

um ...
if i ever get that money i'd go for V mount, with n/a hood, no one will be able to tell
muhaha

 

who cares about the looks...I don't.Keep the scoop there's a reason it came with one.Or get another hood that has air entering/exiting the engine bay.

 

TII hood looks sooo much better than an NA. keep it

 

another thing is any N/A only owner.......just sit in a turboII once......you'll get it!

looking over that "power bulge" as a BBC TV personality for a show called 'top gear' put it....

i'll tell ya.....it's a whole other monster with that thing between you and the road!!

 

I though with a V mount you need a hood with some sort of ventin?

James

 

I gotta keep the scoop! Im used to seeing the scoop as i go down the road. Its familiar, id be lost without it. With my car, the whole sleeper thing is out the door anyway!

 

I'd leave the scoop and spend the money on important stuff

 

BWAHAHAHAHA

 

I would keep the scoop. Its what sets the turbo's apart from the other 7's. It also makes them look a lot better. If you want to go for the sleeper look, but dont want to buy a new hood, they make inserts for the scoop that totally cover it. Then you would just have the power buldge.

 

Keep the turbo hood. At night the T2 is the coolest when driving, all you see from the driver's seat is two pop up headlights and that damn scoop!