RE N1 hood installed on my FD.
05-29-04, 02:31 PM
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RE N1 hood installed on my FD.
My RE N1 Carbon hood came in Thursday night. It installed easily and I was very happy with both the quality of the hood and the fitment. Originally I had planned to paint it, but I'm not so sure now. Here's a few pics of it:
Thanks to Chuck for making such good products
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05-29-04, 04:16 PM
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Originally posted by Tim Benton
Looking at the last pic, that thing seems to fit damn near perfect. Did you have to do anything to it to get it centered? trim areas or anything?
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Looking at the last pic, that thing seems to fit damn near perfect. Did you have to do anything to it to get it centered? trim areas or anything?
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Did it come with hood pins??
Hold in the Hood for the Hood pins?
What do you mean you had to lengthen the holes
in the hinges?? So you had to fabricate new hinges? drill new holes?
Hold in the Hood for the Hood pins?
What do you mean you had to lengthen the holes
in the hinges?? So you had to fabricate new hinges? drill new holes?
05-29-04, 04:52 PM
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Originally posted by SlingShotRX7
Did it come with hood pins??
Hold in the Hood for the Hood pins?
What do you mean you had to lengthen the holes
in the hinges?? So you had to fabricate new hinges? drill new holes?
Did it come with hood pins??
Hold in the Hood for the Hood pins?
What do you mean you had to lengthen the holes
in the hinges?? So you had to fabricate new hinges? drill new holes?
I used the stock hinges, but I widened the hole to extend towards the front of the car, so we could slide it forward as needed.
05-29-04, 05:11 PM
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hey Bryan looking good. The hood fits better than about any hood I have seen, especially considering how quickly we had it installed, well I did alot of watching, lol. Definitely one of the nicer hoods I have seen.
05-30-04, 11:03 AM
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I see you have a PFC....
could you do some measurements on underhood temps before and after the hood is mounted? Also recording outside ambient temps?
could you do some measurements on underhood temps before and after the hood is mounted? Also recording outside ambient temps?
05-30-04, 04:53 PM
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if you paint it, your a grade A moron! if you really think you saved weight with goign with a cf hood, you though wrong and wasted your money. and if you think its any stronger then a fg hood, your wrong again! cf hoods are ment to be cf for show as its not dry carbon and its not 100% dry carbon! sell it and get some money back and buy a fg hood to paint if you want to paint it. then again, it is your money and i guess as long as you are happy with it, thats all that matters and i should go shut the f*ck up! just trying to let you and everyone know, its cf for the look.
BTW: if you think about it, the weight of paint just killed any of the weights savings you might have gotten from the cf. also, if you took a really huge crap before you get it to your car, you probally saved/took off more weight then how much the cf would have saved
on another note, it looks good Also, kudoes on putting hood pins in! im amazed at how many people don't...
as for the rims, what kinds are those? those are the thinnest rims i think i have ever seen on any car. nice
BTW: if you think about it, the weight of paint just killed any of the weights savings you might have gotten from the cf. also, if you took a really huge crap before you get it to your car, you probally saved/took off more weight then how much the cf would have saved
on another note, it looks good
Also, kudoes on putting hood pins in! im amazed at how many people don't...as for the rims, what kinds are those? those are the thinnest rims i think i have ever seen on any car. nice
05-30-04, 05:43 PM
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Originally posted by skunks
if you really think you saved weight with going with a cf hood, you thought wrong and wasted your money.
on another note, it looks good Also, kudoes on putting hood pins in! im amazed at how many people don't...
as for the rims, what kinds are those? those are the thinnest rims i think i have ever seen on any car. nice
if you really think you saved weight with going with a cf hood, you thought wrong and wasted your money.
on another note, it looks good
Also, kudoes on putting hood pins in! im amazed at how many people don't...as for the rims, what kinds are those? those are the thinnest rims i think i have ever seen on any car. nice
I'm strongly debating on not painting it now, as it looks much better than I had thought and it's really growing on me.
About the pins, I don't think I would feel safe not using them.
And the rims are Racing Sparco NT-R in Bronze. 17x9 and 17.2lbs each.
Thanks