Well they are finally finished. They are going to be a bit different than what is shown, but basically it will be the same overall so I wanted to show you guys how they came out. The hood scoop that I highlighted in the last picture shows the imprint of the hood scoop that is molded into the hood. That hood scoop will be blacked out with black gel coat in the mold so that it looks better. The CF didn't lay right because of the angles being to tall and the cuts in the CF to lay just didn't work out and there were some wrinkles and so forth. They will still be CF and they will still look sweet though https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



For those of you wondering about the 0007 serial numbered hood for both the N/A and the TII hoods will be auctioned on eBay. No you can't buy them https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png I have received over 45 requests for that number, so you can see my point. I want everyone to have fair shot at them. Anyway, the TII hoods are done https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png If you have ordered one already, they are being made as we type and they will be shipped out on a first that paid basis. Enjoy, and feel free to shoot me any questions you might have.



The group buy will go from now until the 25th of this month, Christmas day so ask for cash so you can order a nice fat CF TII hood on your car!





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They look pretty damn nice...but I'll stick w/ my AL one for now. How much did they come out weighing?

yes how much do they weigh?

I'll have the weight out tomorrow We were to excited to get it on and take pictures that we forgot to weight it while we had it off the car LOL It is very light though. There isn't any weird bowing at freeway speeds (110mph+) so I am happy with the thickness of the CF backing and the overall framing.

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any update on the weight? if it's heavier than the aluminum theres no point in buying it https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

how much????

If any of you buy the hood without knowing what it weighs I will have to shoot you. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

Here is the weight breakdown:



Stock Steel N/A hood - 53 lbs

Stock TII Aluminum hood - 36.50 lbs

Carbon Fiber TII hood - 23 lbs

13 lb difference. good deal

replace the stock battery with a odyssey 'drycell' sealed and you've saved more than that for a shitload less money.



get the Al hood if you don't already have it, and do the battery conversion and you're still way ahead, and you still don't look like a rice boy https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png woohoo!

I dont mean to **** on FC3s hood deal, but most of the people are all talk on this.

Maybe he will sell a handfull of them to some people who have some money to play with and maybe NEED a new hood, but the odds of someone taking off a perfectly good TII hood and bolting one of these up are pretty slim, who knows maybe a few who do a TII conversion will buy one as well, me personally I would rather use the money towards a FMIC and use the stock hood.



I know the other forum is all CF crazy, but they are also a bunch of cheap fucks.



These hoods are CF on top and all fiberglass after that, anyone who makes a hood that opens and closes like a stock hood, and uses a stock latch, can only be made so light.

I bet a race version that is held on with pins only and isnt layed up as heavy would be in the 13-16lbs range.

You are totally right. Most people are indeed full of ****. They have said for years "We want CF hoods" so now that they are done, it's now "I'm gonna save my pennies" LMAO Well, I personally wanted to have this type of hood on both of my cars, and the only other way was to buy 2 of them from Japan and have them shipped here at the low low price of $850 each plus shipping. Well, for a bit over $3000 we now have the molds to make as many as we want to. So it really benefited us the most, and others can ride the coat tails so to speak in getting one at about half of importing one.



Now people keep saying, "I want one with reverse scoops in it" Well, why the hell would we spend more of our money to make hoods that another 5-6 people would buy? I don't really care all that much about profits, since I work a regular job for a living. This is play money what we make, and we turn most of it around into other projects for the cars to develop more cool things. If these don't sell, then we are don't making body parts, and people will just have to enjoy the fact that the rest of their fellow owners don't have the money to buy what they say they want, or just don't want to do it when the time comes.



I personally don't think that a FC with a CF hood looks "ricey" either. Most people say that about things that they either wish they had, or can't afford. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png It's just my opinion personally, but others agree with both sides of that discussion. Besides, 1 out of every 10 FC owners have a Oddesey battery, but how many of them have one of our hoods hum?

I seen you replied and I hoped you werent going to take my post the wrong way.

I browse the other forum and those guys are cheap fucks who talk alot.

I am in the fiberglass business, I dont produce car parts, I fix, modify, and fabricate on boats. I had thought about making hoods and gave up on it mainly because everyone wants a different scoop, or another vent, etc, etc.



To top it off too many guys think they can make it or do it cheaper, its rather dis-heartning actually.



I admire your guys work on those hoods, what really stopped me from doing them myself was the underside, I didnt want to bother making a mold for the underside, the mold for the top skin I could have done in a day or so. But to invest all the time into making a mold, then to sell a couple didnt seem worth it to me.



I wish you luck and can only imagine the barrage of stupidity that must be coming your way from people who cant rub 2 nickles together to get a dime.



I also thought about making the hoods only if I could pre-sell 20 or so, but who would buy a hood before its made right?

No I didn't take it the wrong way. I understood exactly what you were saying first hand LOL To date we have received payment for a total of 7 hoods. Granted, we just released the pictures of the TII hood, but as many people over the years that said they would buy one if it was reasonable, maybe 2% of those have got one. Of course, it is Christmas time, so I understand money is tight for alot of people, but like I said, it benefited me because I have one for both of my cars now :bigok: I am sure that over the next year or so people will get one, but it isn't any huge loss if they don't. The less I sell the more rare mine is :smirk:

Maybe some bulk sales will make it easier to recoup the money invested.

Let them price a new OEM hood and then they will see yours is cheap by comparision

Especially if they want a TII hood with a scoop, the scoop being sold seperately from the hood at the dealer.

well i'm definately not hard up for money and not cheap, i just don't see the point.

???

well how much are you asking for these hoods???

and how and by when can i get them if the price is right.....?

what happens then when i already have an Odyssey Battery and a front mount, and a haltech, and a street port, and rims, and a set of Corbeau's, and coilovers, and a big turbo. So why couldn't i splurge on this? My money and i didn't see you ever pay for any one of these items. If you can't afford it, then i'm sorry. But i'll do whatever the **** i want with MY car. Why? because i can. Oh you can add a K2RD radiator to that list along with a NX direct port Nitrous system. Have a nice day https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

That hood would give my car a 30 lbs difference. Not too bad.

i believe the t2 hood lists around $700 and the scoop is like $300+.

back in the day there used to be a black market in stolen t2 hoods, cause its the most expensive crash part.

your hood looks good dave :bigthumg:



mike

Your car should had a aluminum hood stock, is it gone?

apparently becuase its got a steel one on it.

from steel to carbon is a large diff, but if you already have the aluminum? there are plenty of other things most people can do for cheaper that will have more gains.



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I don't care what you do with your money https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

most of my statements are sarcastic.... I could eaisly afford the hood, but I don't think it's that difficult to find an Al hood for alot less $$... and I don't really like the way carbon fiber looks unless it's perfect, if it's not perfect it looks like **** without painting it.... and looking at the pics the hood isnt that great.

Ah, so does mine, until I swap it with the other vert this winter that is!

freakin heavy ass verts...dave i will eventually buy one of your hood for the sole reason you are dedicated to FC3S's ever so much..the hoods look great ...i ordered a CF hood from japan the day i got my car...it came to my house broken in half...a ******* forklift ran over the box at the dock. Partially my fault because i was young and stupid at the time, i didnt insure it

freakin heavy ass verts...dave i will eventually buy one of your hood for the sole reason you are dedicated to FC3S's ever so much..the hoods look great ...i ordered a CF hood from japan the day i got my car...it came to my house broken in half...a ******* forklift ran over the box at the dock. Partially my fault because i was young and stupid at the time, i didnt insure it

To each their own. I guess the 787B was one big pile of rice since it was just about all carbon fiber.



The pics don't show how good the hoods look, especially the N/A one. The TII one shown is the prototype one, like I said to begin with. The production ones won't look like that. (just for anyone who still can't read the whole thread) They look far better than just about all of the honduh hoods out there. There is alot of rice around here being one of the biggest street racing ciities in the nation, and an FC with a cf hood is not rice.



So everyone go buy your battery now and mount it inside your car to better distribute weight. LOL I mean, talking about apples and oranges. CF hoods and batteries? And if you have all that bling bling, we can do a custom one off hood and bag it or autoclave it I am sure. The guy does alot of high dollar work and could surely do your perfect hood if your pockets are that deep.



Some people are just never happy. You don't like it, I don't care :bigthumg: I have one and I like it. I am buying another one for my other car. I use a stock battery :bigok: