RE AMEMIYA AD9 replica , Group A motoring
 

Hello guys I like to see if anyone have their product
i think they have the Feed hood out for a while now and like to hear a honest review on here other then Facebook
Their newest product is The RE ad9 hood.
i am very interested in it. Be it the FRP or C.F.
price is good and fitment from pictures seems good. And they are really local to me.
what are you thoughts?
here's some picture I got off their showcase
Even tho the authentic FRP is just a few $$ different. Can't beat locally obtained and lower price all around

I can't speak about Group A's product, but I do have a replica AD9 FRP hood and an authentic RE-A one, and you can definitely tell the difference. The authentic hood had better overall quality and materials.

The Japanese tend to be rather meticulous with their quality control.

thank you for the suggestion and thoughts. Would you be so kind to show me a underside pic and close up on the latch ? Do you run pins

I plan to use aerocatch latches. I'll take a pic when I get out to my car tomorrow, it's in storage.

I bought group a's scoot hood and you can really see how they keep the price down. It has nothing on the quality of the real thing. Went with a seibon ad9 and haven't looked back. The rep hoods hinge area where it bolts to the car is pretty much a small piece of wood in the hood with 2 rivnuts. I had one pretty much come loose while installing and had to repair myself. But if your local, it wouldn't be too bad as you could bug them until things are good.

How long ago was this with the scoot hood? Your not the first person I've seen had issue with that hood from them

they may improved ?

Sometime this year. Wasn't so bad to deal with except their honesty. Said it came with rain guards but didn't arrive with them. When I asked they pawned it off until 3 months later when they said they were about to make the molds. So I just left them be. Just cheap parts from a cheap company.

thanks!
gee that dose put a damper on my decisions

The picture of the red car you posted. Pay attention to the gap between the front of the hood and the bumper. Looks like the issue was never fixed from the authentic RE-Hood (if they even replicated off one).

I will post pictures of the latch striker on an authentic RE-Amemiya hood. It is well engineered. Just like the latch striker on our Feed hood.

The picture of the red car you posted. Pay attention to the gap between the front of the hood and the bumper. Looks like the issue was never fixed from the authentic RE-Hood (if they even replicated off one).

I will post pictures of the latch striker on an authentic RE-Amemiya hood. It is well engineered. Just like the latch striker on our Feed hood.

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Similar concept to our stainless steel latch striker (equipped on our Feed hoods), which is an OE spec rod professionally welded onto a base plate that is properly secured onto the hood. This insures against failure. I keep mentioning OE spec rod because most of the U.S doesn't offer rod sizes in metric specs, which is what an OE FD hood is in. Ask me how I know... We had to contract a rod manufacturer to make us a batch of stainless steel rods in the proper metric size before sending that off to our latch striker manufacturer. It has been a tedious process.

All these low-cost operations do is buy a rod from a hardware store, file it down, bend it, and glue it onto the hood. Same goes for the ebay hoods. You can easily tell they try to mask this by filling up the area around the latch so you don't see that there really isn't a base plate. They are simply offering a quickie hood for a quick buck, when hoods should be over engineered. Don't bet your car on a poorly-made hood!

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You guys should do the right thing and make a legit replica !! Stop these crazies !!

So does this mean no hood pins required with your hoods? I have an authentic feed hood on my car and fitment is not good but I'm only using it since I trust it that it won't end up on my windshield.

If you can guarantee your latch will not fail I'd be interested in a CF FEED Hood.

As far as we know, most hood manufacturers, including Seibon almost always recommend aerocatches, hood pins, etc.. to protect themselves. We have also recommended it as well, so we would never recommend or suggest running a composite hood without hood pins. However, it is common knowledge you can get away with running a hood without hood pins if it is well built.

If you are looking to run a FEED hood without hood pins, ours is without a doubt the best one on the market to take your chances on. All you need to do is look at the quality of the latch, how well-made it is, and how it is attached to the hood. Just comparing the RE-Amemiya Hood's latch striker to ours and it is obvious ours is better. Ours is definitely better than FEED's as well. Most latch strikers are not even made in stainless steel...including the OEM hood. Our hood is probably the only FD hood on the market with a stainless steel latch striker to prevent from rusting. I simply can't imagine it breaking off or coming loose. Worst case scenario would be the top half of the hood de-laminating from the bottom half under high lift pressure, which is why recommending hoodpins for a composite hood is recommended for extra insurance.

I could go on about ol group a, but they probably have their groupies on here that will try and start stuff again without any prior knowledge. Let's just say after dealing with their crappy made product and not getting everything purchased and then going with the shine hood, they basically went and posted that I "Like to start drama and suck on shine's dick"... So yea, they have that professionalism going for them.

Wow, that is one nice hood latch! I agree, I've seen cars that have had their hood fly up, that is BAD NEWS for sure.

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