This is the faspac hood after being painted.

 

and another view

 

Heres a good pic of the vent

 

Heres a pic with the hood open

 

Looks nice. You going to cover the vents with a mesh or anything?

 

I hadn't planned on covering the vents with mesh, but I know that i'll have to be careful that some idiot doesn't throw some trash in there. Plus anyone can pop the hood open anytime they want, which was something I tried to avoid with locking hood pins, but unfortunatly they didn't work.

 

I love that hood! Great job.

 

cool looking

 

What was the damage($)? Hood, paint, labor?

 

I paid $575 for the hood, which included the shipping. I installed it myself along with drilling holes for the hood pins. I used bondo on a couple spots around the edges where it had been chipped...nothing major. And paid a shop to prime, paint, and bake the hood for $250. I sold my old hood for about what it cost to have it painted. So overall I feel like a got a great deal, it looks flawless, weighs 7lbs lighter than stock, vents are bigger than the mazdaspeed, and cost a lot less.

 

only thing I don't like is how far the vents go down...too drastic for me but i still like it and yours looks exceptionally good! Price sounds good too

 

Nice job. Looks like it fits very nice and it matches.

 

Great job. I'm so glad you painted it. Looks MUCH better that way.

 

Very sweet pics.

 

Yeah me too, i'm not that big on the carbon fiber look anyways. Nothing beats a good paintjob

 

Looking good. Is that the C-West hood?

 

I think he said "faspac"...Try reading the first post again.

 

How do you avoid the locking problem when going with an aftermarket hood??

 

very nice I might have to get one

 

You can buy hood pins that use a key to open the hood. The set I had didn't work because the bolts weren't long enough to hold the hood down. Maybe i'll find some locking hood pins that will work and replace the clip pins I have on their now.

 

Oh its the Mazdaspeed hood, I see now.

 

I actually don't think CF will look ricey on a black car. Given that there were some chips and what not, paint it was a good idea. Is the 7 lb weight savings prior to painting it or after? CF is wickly light. Nice work dude!

 

Thanks, I actually drove it around for about a week before I got it painted and on black it didn't look too bad. But I still didn't care for it. The 7lbs was prior to painting, but I can't imagine the paint adding a whole lot of weight to it.

 

You would be suprised how much paint weighs. I have a Black R1 and I was wondering how those hoods would look with the stock front end and all. I like it. Carbon Fiber has too much of a Brownish color and on a Black car, it just looks faded. Great job and Great price.

 

I was under the impression it was the KnightSports hood