looking for a Vented Hood
what kind are you looking for? There are tons of options.
What you want to be careful with is weight. The stock hood only weighs something like 18lbs. Most aftermarket hoods weigh a little bit more.
Also, the FEED hood, while being arguably the best looking, provides no benefits to cooling the engine bay. A good option that is starting to gain supporters is to cut the OEM hood and put in mesh inserts. This solves the weight problem and the problem that I have, which is that all the aftermarket hoods look to gaudy imho.
If you want to buy a hood, www.fdnewbie.com they have them all, even ones you can't get in America.
What you want to be careful with is weight. The stock hood only weighs something like 18lbs. Most aftermarket hoods weigh a little bit more.
Also, the FEED hood, while being arguably the best looking, provides no benefits to cooling the engine bay. A good option that is starting to gain supporters is to cut the OEM hood and put in mesh inserts. This solves the weight problem and the problem that I have, which is that all the aftermarket hoods look to gaudy imho.
If you want to buy a hood, www.fdnewbie.com they have them all, even ones you can't get in America.
I have the scoot styled hood and as some may think it looks gaudy I love it. It really seams to make a difference in cooling the car. Check out www.illstreet.com
They have a good selection of hoods and are very good about quality of products. They have an artical in USA Today mentioning them. http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...ers-usat_N.htm
They have a good selection of hoods and are very good about quality of products. They have an artical in USA Today mentioning them. http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...ers-usat_N.htm
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I have the scoot styled hood and as some may think it looks gaudy I love it. It really seams to make a difference in cooling the car. Check out www.illstreet.com
They have a good selection of hoods and are very good about quality of products. They have an artical in USA Today mentioning them. http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...ers-usat_N.htm
They have a good selection of hoods and are very good about quality of products. They have an artical in USA Today mentioning them. http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...ers-usat_N.htm
"...Illstreet.com, an Internet business that sells carbon fiber car hoods to automotive enthusiasts, has seen costs almost double. It's had to switch to a higher grade of carbon fiber to avoid shortages it faced last year...."
So...they were using a LOWER GRADE carbon fiber previously?
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what kind are you looking for? There are tons of options.
What you want to be careful with is weight. The stock hood only weighs something like 18lbs. Most aftermarket hoods weigh a little bit more.
Also, the FEED hood, while being arguably the best looking, provides no benefits to cooling the engine bay. A good option that is starting to gain supporters is to cut the OEM hood and put in mesh inserts. This solves the weight problem and the problem that I have, which is that all the aftermarket hoods look to gaudy imho.
If you want to buy a hood, www.fdnewbie.com they have them all, even ones you can't get in America.
What you want to be careful with is weight. The stock hood only weighs something like 18lbs. Most aftermarket hoods weigh a little bit more.
Also, the FEED hood, while being arguably the best looking, provides no benefits to cooling the engine bay. A good option that is starting to gain supporters is to cut the OEM hood and put in mesh inserts. This solves the weight problem and the problem that I have, which is that all the aftermarket hoods look to gaudy imho.
If you want to buy a hood, www.fdnewbie.com they have them all, even ones you can't get in America.
Most aftermarket hoods weight a little less than the OEM.
Show me how the FEED hood doesn't provide ANY cooling to the engine bay.
If the FEED hood doesn't lower intake temps. please tell me how cutting holes in the OEM hood will?
Lastly, if you want to buy a hood there are plenty of places to get them FDNewbie being one of them, keep a secret but a few other members of the board import parts from Jland as well and for great prices!
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From: West Coast
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From: West Coast
LOL, that was directed at the original poster. 
I'll try to answer your questions, though.
1. Compared to some of the other options out there, like the FEED hood, I think it looks kinda ugly.
2. I'm sure it provides cooling advantages over the stocl hood because it's vented.
3. Scoot and KS are fine, but I like FEED better.
I'll try to answer your questions, though.
2. I'm sure it provides cooling advantages over the stocl hood because it's vented.
3. Scoot and KS are fine, but I like FEED better.
From the USATODAY link:
"...Illstreet.com, an Internet business that sells carbon fiber car hoods to automotive enthusiasts, has seen costs almost double. It's had to switch to a higher grade of carbon fiber to avoid shortages it faced last year...."
So...they were using a LOWER GRADE carbon fiber previously?
"...Illstreet.com, an Internet business that sells carbon fiber car hoods to automotive enthusiasts, has seen costs almost double. It's had to switch to a higher grade of carbon fiber to avoid shortages it faced last year...."
So...they were using a LOWER GRADE carbon fiber previously?
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