well, i really dont understand that one either... why offset the hood if your top mount is no longer functional??? i think it should have been centered.... but it still looks great anyways!

damn thats a really nice looking hood, perfect replacement for my steel one. price isnt to bad either.

looks alot like the knight sports hood

Wow nice hood. almost wanna get 1 at that price too..

but other things are on my priority list right now

maybe it was designed like that so you can turn the scoop around... or replace it, so that you can still use the stock TMIC....
like the knight sports hood.... :)

http://www.rotaryextreme.com/ksfchood.jpg

http://www.rotaryextreme.com/ksfcfront.jpg

Well I feel dumb. I've been looking at that hood for months and never even realized you could just turn it around. Everyone rips on the rivits showing and there you go lol. Wow. Its just one of those moments.

too aggressive

I'd like the hood if it had the stock scoop with the side vents. Like the knight sports hood.

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I'm getting that hood. Any fitment problems?

Re: Water pouring on your alternator. Just make a little rain hat, a half moon shaped metal piece that goes over the alternator (spaced out maybe a half inch to allow air to flow through). It will deflect any rain down and around. It may sit on your engine block but shouldn't interfere with anything.

Re: Offset hood scoop. You are right, it's not meant for a TMIC and an offset scoop is unnecessary. My guess (guess!) is they pulled a mold off a stock TII hood and added the side vents.

In any case it is a little flashy for me BUT it is functional and I always like seeing a decently priced new product for the FC.

Viper, could you get some better (larger) pics of the hood for us? I'd like to know how close the hood gets to the edges of the fenders, hood and windshield. I understand that you're sponsored by them but if I'm spending $600-700 on a hood I want to inspect it as much as possible. Also, does the hood latch well or do you need hood pins?

thanks

Check out this link...this guy made rain guards that clip in and out for his knight sports FD hood. They look like some kind of plexi...I bet you could even go a step further than he did and get some kind of thin rubber seal on the outer edge.

http://www.negative-camber.org/crispyrx7/extras.htm

that would be a great if if they have placed the large center vent 5" towards the front of the car that way it would be practical in that it would be the perfect egress vent for a V mount.. as it is, the way high press air shapes around the front of a car the vent may even end up drawing air into the engine bay.. which would create a static pressure area in the engine bay=more heat.. the only way to know forsure is if someone has a nastran, ansys.. ect. flow model of the FC ? anyone.

maybe I'm being anal about a hood but if it's going to cost close to $1000 by the time it lands on my door door step then I'd like it to add to my performance not subtract.. either way nice to see that someones stepping up to make a hood like that, kudos to them.

Oh shit thats sick, I didnt know u could do that with that old Knightsports hood.

so is that your car in the with the hood on it on the importfan website?or someone elses car? lets see whole car pics not just the hood. and yes that hood is awesome

Yeah. I think that's his car. Atleast from what I can see. I would still like some good pics of how good of a fit it has.

thanx alot for the pics..... i was wondering if it was reversable..... ill have to do that until i install my front mount........

yup... thats my car....... ill try to post some pics later....

oh.... i just looked at that pic more closely..... that is a completely different center piece, not my center piece turned around...... that blows..... i thought i could just turn mine around

that hood is tight mein! cheap too.

I get one if it wasn't for the gay riveted center section.... that looks like retarded ass

I like riveted look but with more chrome, you need some bling bling on the scoop

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well that was suposed to be the guy laughing, but i dont know how to do it.....

so, can u turn it around like u can on the knight sports??

well are you sure you can't just turn the same one around? it wouldn't look the same as in the knightsports one, but it may still work.... or have you tried it already?