View Poll Results: Is a black hood rice?
Yes, I'm going for "unpainted carbon fiber" look
7
30.43%
No, I just think it looks cool, not trying to be flashy
6
26.09%
I'm actually trying to paint it, but am lazy
10
43.48%
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Are black hoods rice on FCs?
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From: NY, MA, MI, OR, TX, and now LA or AZ!
I ran around with my black tII hood on the n/a for a while cuz I had to get it painted and didn't have anywhere to stick it, and it looked pretty nice, just to be different I guess. But, on most cars it's fugly 
meh, i have two black hoods and my car is silver, one of which is a tII hood. Now I am not paying to get either of them painted. wht? cause i just blew a grand on my rebuild and im a broke college student.
If its only for the looks, like the cheapo integras around here, then yes its gay.
If its only for the looks, like the cheapo integras around here, then yes its gay.
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Boosting Again
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From: Gainesville, FL
yea i got a black car but i just got an aluminum hood thats white an every thinks that its carbon fiber for some reason i dont know .but i hate it. im waiting for my painter to paint it for me
Gimme a ******* break.
Since when is a certain color scheme of your car rice? I hate yellow cars, but yellow certainly isn't rice.
If you people are going as far as to say a black hood is rice, then those all-season tires I got must be rice, they don't have any functionality when I try to race!!
Since when is a certain color scheme of your car rice? I hate yellow cars, but yellow certainly isn't rice.
If you people are going as far as to say a black hood is rice, then those all-season tires I got must be rice, they don't have any functionality when I try to race!!
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From: Colorado Springs
Originally posted by genII Drifter
if you are replacing the hood and can only find a black one, no.
if you are painting your aluminum hood black, YES.
if you are getting a black carbon fiber hood, no.
if you are replacing the hood and can only find a black one, no.
if you are painting your aluminum hood black, YES.
if you are getting a black carbon fiber hood, no.
I second that bad *** reply
Displacement > Boost
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From: Mississippi
Hell yeah it's rice, carbon or not. What purpose does it serve? Weight reduction? $500+ for 10 pounds (if that) over the aluminum hoods?
Black hoods might have merit for reducing glare off the hood (military planes have black top noses in front of the cockpits for this reason) but unless the dashboard has been similarly flat black painted, this effect is not possible. If the black hood is gloss it is also dysfunctional from this standpoint.
In short, black hoods are purely cosmetic and supposed to make normal cars look like race cars; ie. make them look FAST. That is rice.
Black hoods might have merit for reducing glare off the hood (military planes have black top noses in front of the cockpits for this reason) but unless the dashboard has been similarly flat black painted, this effect is not possible. If the black hood is gloss it is also dysfunctional from this standpoint.
In short, black hoods are purely cosmetic and supposed to make normal cars look like race cars; ie. make them look FAST. That is rice.
Displacement > Boost
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From: Mississippi
In my opinion, fast car or not, unless it has a specific purpose which contributes to the total package of the car, it is cosmetic.
I could see going for a carbon hood on the 787B if it had a hood, because it was really stinking fast and light to begin with, and saving 10 pounds would make a difference in its performance envelope.
I challange anyone to prove that a carbon hood on the most modded FD or TII improves anything measurable.
Rice baby, let's turn some heads with our mad carbon hood and loud azz exhaust yo!
What's next? Mugen emblems? Vtec stickers? Momo ebrake handles?
You could buy a nice cold air intake, header, and aluminum flywheel for the price of that carbon hood and you could see the benefits of those mods on the dyno graph and autocross track, respectively.
Go ahead, look like a wanna be racer. It don't bother me. But black painted hoods which are supposed to look like something they are not are pure fashion, just like these hideous blingin dubs on suv's and spinner snap on wheel covers.
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I could see going for a carbon hood on the 787B if it had a hood, because it was really stinking fast and light to begin with, and saving 10 pounds would make a difference in its performance envelope.
I challange anyone to prove that a carbon hood on the most modded FD or TII improves anything measurable.
Rice baby, let's turn some heads with our mad carbon hood and loud azz exhaust yo!
What's next? Mugen emblems? Vtec stickers? Momo ebrake handles?
You could buy a nice cold air intake, header, and aluminum flywheel for the price of that carbon hood and you could see the benefits of those mods on the dyno graph and autocross track, respectively.
Go ahead, look like a wanna be racer. It don't bother me. But black painted hoods which are supposed to look like something they are not are pure fashion, just like these hideous blingin dubs on suv's and spinner snap on wheel covers.
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From: Hutchinson, KS
I hate riced out cars too.
But what about Power/Weight Ratio. That improves performance.
Every 100 lbs. = 1 tenth in the quarter mile.
How much lighter is a carbon fiber hood.
It may not be much, but it is still a measurable difference.
But what about Power/Weight Ratio. That improves performance.
Every 100 lbs. = 1 tenth in the quarter mile.
How much lighter is a carbon fiber hood.
It may not be much, but it is still a measurable difference.
Displacement > Boost
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From: Mississippi
Going by that rule of thumb, 10 lbs would equal .01 seconds in the quarter mile. Wooooooooooooo that's a good way to spend $500-1000!
A header and cold air intake plus some tires, on the contrary, would probably give .5 second. Light flywheel could be a whole second on an auto-x course and real race tires on that same course could be 3-5.
Stock alum. hoods weigh around 25 lbs, carbon ones around 15 and stock steel 50-55. I spent fifty bucks saving 30 pounds when I got my vert aluminum hood for my base FC, that's 1.43 pounds saved per dollar spent. A carbon hood over that same aluminum hood would be .02 pounds saved per dollar spent, based on a five hundred dollar hood. THAT IS A WASTE OF MONEY
A header and cold air intake plus some tires, on the contrary, would probably give .5 second. Light flywheel could be a whole second on an auto-x course and real race tires on that same course could be 3-5.
Stock alum. hoods weigh around 25 lbs, carbon ones around 15 and stock steel 50-55. I spent fifty bucks saving 30 pounds when I got my vert aluminum hood for my base FC, that's 1.43 pounds saved per dollar spent. A carbon hood over that same aluminum hood would be .02 pounds saved per dollar spent, based on a five hundred dollar hood. THAT IS A WASTE OF MONEY
Red Mist
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From: UCLA
yep, that's why i got a non-black hood!!!
actually, my hood was black (duh, black car) but then i swapped it to this other one... what color is this...? well, i swapped it b/c it's an aluminum hood while mine was a steel one. It was in great condition, and it didn't set me back too much.... i figure i'll get it painted when i get the rest of my car painted.... but i'm not sure what color to paint it... the color of the hood? or just black?
actually, my hood was black (duh, black car) but then i swapped it to this other one... what color is this...? well, i swapped it b/c it's an aluminum hood while mine was a steel one. It was in great condition, and it didn't set me back too much.... i figure i'll get it painted when i get the rest of my car painted.... but i'm not sure what color to paint it... the color of the hood? or just black?
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From: not in winterpeg anymore
well, I gues some of you hate my car than. What I am is definetely not a ricer. But after buying my engine, the guy was super nice and gave me an aluminum hood. This hood happens to be blackish(purple tint), now, I think it looks pretty bad ***.
I spent all my cake on the new motor, and now my car is fast so who gives a **** if the hood doesn't match. I think it looks a hell of a lot better than the steel hood that matched colors.
Plus, I don't think you guys would consider the old school muscle cars like a demon to be rice, yet they had flat black hoods from the factory.
I spent all my cake on the new motor, and now my car is fast so who gives a **** if the hood doesn't match. I think it looks a hell of a lot better than the steel hood that matched colors.
Plus, I don't think you guys would consider the old school muscle cars like a demon to be rice, yet they had flat black hoods from the factory.