Which Headlight cover offers the best airflow? i know lots of people dont even think it helps at all, but for those of you who either have one, or know about one, which one works the best?

 

Pics would help

Anyways, how wouldnt it help? Its creating a passage for fresh air to go to the filter.

 

i've read on here that some people dont think it helps because its either not a big enough opening or that the area is a low pressure area, i dont believe either one however.

heres the pics...

BORDER =


Cork Sport =


Mariah =

 

I like the Cork Sport better.

 

Why don't they have a scoop instead?

 

doesnt work at night when your lights are up...

 

it is a scoop, what do you mean?

 

thats ok, you can take out the FTP lenses for that, or put in a vent instead but not much air will get in unless you cut a hole for it to get through. thats what im going to do.

 

who is voting for other? i only put that to see if there was any other makes of covers, so if you know of one write it on here, if not dont vote for other.

 

If it looks clean that would be good... how much of a difference does it actually make though?

 

it looks very clean, check this out =


i dunno who makes it, but someone should be able to get a mold going and sell them.

 

That looks sweet... i like the intake arm to noce looking car.

 

do you guys actually see a difference with an n/a with the cold air box when you add on the lens cover?

 

i dunno, i havent tried it yet, but ill let you know once i order it, which i plan on doing very soon, im also going to buy the Mariah Cold Air Box.

 

I don't think it would make much of a difference unless the air is harvested into some sort of box.... Just flowing some air in the vicinity of the filter shouldn't do anything that putting a couple lbs of air in your tires couldn't

 

thats why you gotta get the Cold Air Box.

 

Other: FC3s.org CF vented covers. (not released yet)

I did not vote, btw.

 

hmm.... i wonder when theirs are coming out, and how much for.... does anyone make a cf cold air box?

 

well considering its going to be made out of CF, i bet it will be WAY more than any other covers out right now, which is around $150, i'd have to pass on that.

 

There is only ONE way to determine if the headlight cover is doing it's job properly. Test it. You'll have to either install a temp sensor leading to a guage onto your dash so that you can monitor the temperature while you are driving, or you can put a thermometer near the air filter and drive around for a while and then pop the hood to see what the temp was. Personally I kind of like the idea of having an intake temperature guage.

Someone mentioned why not put a scoop on it. I think he meant a scoop like the TII hood scoop, raised, not inverted into the light. If it were raised it would be able to "scoop" up more air although it would affect aerodynamics a little bit (not enough to really matter) and may look tacky if not done right..

 

oh, yeah i was thinking about that as well, theres one for the FD like that, it doesnt look bad. i dont think you could pull it off with the FC though, since our headligt covers are a squared shape, and the FD are rounded so it suits the FD better because the scoop for the FD is also rounded (the FEED one is anyways)

 

well hoods are like 600 bucks...how much more than 150 could a headlight cover be? any more and people won't buy that...


oh yeah and the mariah cover looks like it would be really good for helping air flow right past the hole. the only these covers will work most likely is by having a scoop or raised scoop and mariah put theirs in a crack...

 

Since you guys asked...

They are almost finished. Well, the ones I saw were the regular ones (standard light covers but in CF) The light covers are done, but we have to add the mounting tabs and glass those to the covers and they will be ready to go. They really look nice. The fresh air cover will be done this coming week.

Price on them is $250 a pair for the regular ones and $275 for the fresh air one with a standard drivers side one. Also the fresh air one is availible for $150 by itself.

 

a pair eh? interesting heh. so you got matching black spots i guess that would be cooler than just one side heheh, unless your car is black.

i'll be working again after christmas...theres so many goodies i want to buy .

 

What front bumper is that?