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12-01-2002, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 9BASE3' date='Oct 10 2002, 08:55 AM
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12-07-2002, 11:41 AM
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I got my RE Amemia hood.. it's super light and looks bad ***, great craftsmanship...
only problem is it was flexing and pushing up about a 1" at 60 kph, so I added hood
pins in the corners just above the head lights and tested it to 200kph
, no more flex...
JTImport, I also ordered the GTII wing in the black and white adds towards the rear of the current
RX-7 Magazine for 79,800 Yen... It looks and mounts the same as the RE Amemia one for about 1/2
the price and it's carbon fiber as well.. It should be here by christmas, so I'll post some pic's around that time..
only problem is it was flexing and pushing up about a 1" at 60 kph, so I added hood
pins in the corners just above the head lights and tested it to 200kph
JTImport, I also ordered the GTII wing in the black and white adds towards the rear of the current
RX-7 Magazine for 79,800 Yen... It looks and mounts the same as the RE Amemia one for about 1/2
the price and it's carbon fiber as well.. It should be here by christmas
12-10-2002, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Dragon' date='Dec 7 2002, 09:41 AM
I got my RE Amemia hood.. it's super light and looks bad ***, great craftsmanship...
only problem is it was flexing and pushing up about a 1" at 60 kph, so I added hood
pins in the corners just above the head lights and tested it to 200kph , no more flex...
JTImport, I also ordered the GTII wing in the black and white adds towards the rear of the current
RX-7 Magazine for 79,800 Yen... It looks and mounts the same as the RE Amemia one for about 1/2
the price and it's carbon fiber as well.. It should be here by christmas, so I'll post some pic's around that time..
only problem is it was flexing and pushing up about a 1" at 60 kph, so I added hood
pins in the corners just above the head lights and tested it to 200kph
JTImport, I also ordered the GTII wing in the black and white adds towards the rear of the current
RX-7 Magazine for 79,800 Yen... It looks and mounts the same as the RE Amemia one for about 1/2
the price and it's carbon fiber as well.. It should be here by christmas
some crazy **** I don't want to hear because mine is showing up by the end of January.
Chuck
12-10-2002, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by rotaryextreme' date='Dec 10 2002, 08:04 AM
[quote name='Dragon' date='Dec 7 2002, 09:41 AM']I got my RE Amemia hood.. it's super light and looks bad ***, great craftsmanship...
only problem is it was flexing and pushing up about a 1" at 60 kph, so I added hood
pins in the corners just above the head lights and tested it to 200kph , no more flex...
JTImport, I also ordered the GTII wing in the black and white adds towards the rear of the current
RX-7 Magazine for 79,800 Yen... It looks and mounts the same as the RE Amemia one for about 1/2
the price and it's carbon fiber as well.. It should be here by christmas, so I'll post some pic's around that time..
only problem is it was flexing and pushing up about a 1" at 60 kph, so I added hood
pins in the corners just above the head lights and tested it to 200kph
JTImport, I also ordered the GTII wing in the black and white adds towards the rear of the current
RX-7 Magazine for 79,800 Yen... It looks and mounts the same as the RE Amemia one for about 1/2
the price and it's carbon fiber as well.. It should be here by christmas
some crazy **** I don't want to hear because mine is showing up by the end of January.
Chuck[/quote]
Nice to see you come over this way.. :yum:
Carbon Fiber one.. it was bowing out on both sides above the fenders so I put hood pins just above the headlights where the rubber piece is and it fixed it like a charm.. the hood weighs at least half or less than the stock hood and it's pretty as **** with great craftsmanship.. My panspeed front bumper takes in a **** load of air so that may be some of my problem and I have the rain guards in under the ducts yet so that probably added to the air pressure pushing up on it... If you make copies you may want to run a peice of aluminum down the sides to reinforce it some...
I'm still waiting for you to give me a deal on a set of carbon fiber flush mount headlights by the way..
12-11-2002, 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Dragon' date='Dec 10 2002, 09:45 AM
[quote name='rotaryextreme' date='Dec 10 2002, 08:04 AM'][quote name='Dragon' date='Dec 7 2002, 09:41 AM']I got my RE Amemia hood.. it's super light and looks bad ***, great craftsmanship...
only problem is it was flexing and pushing up about a 1" at 60 kph, so I added hood
pins in the corners just above the head lights and tested it to 200kph , no more flex...
JTImport, I also ordered the GTII wing in the black and white adds towards the rear of the current
RX-7 Magazine for 79,800 Yen... It looks and mounts the same as the RE Amemia one for about 1/2
the price and it's carbon fiber as well.. It should be here by christmas, so I'll post some pic's around that time..
only problem is it was flexing and pushing up about a 1" at 60 kph, so I added hood
pins in the corners just above the head lights and tested it to 200kph
JTImport, I also ordered the GTII wing in the black and white adds towards the rear of the current
RX-7 Magazine for 79,800 Yen... It looks and mounts the same as the RE Amemia one for about 1/2
the price and it's carbon fiber as well.. It should be here by christmas
some crazy **** I don't want to hear because mine is showing up by the end of January.
Chuck[/quote]
Nice to see you come over this way.. :yum:
Carbon Fiber one.. it was bowing out on both sides above the fenders so I put hood pins just above the headlights where the rubber piece is and it fixed it like a charm.. the hood weighs at least half or less than the stock hood and it's pretty as **** with great craftsmanship.. My panspeed front bumper takes in a **** load of air so that may be some of my problem and I have the rain guards in under the ducts yet so that probably added to the air pressure pushing up on it... If you make copies you may want to run a peice of aluminum down the sides to reinforce it some...
I'm still waiting for you to give me a deal on a set of carbon fiber flush mount headlights by the way..
I see. I saw that Green RE Greddy 9 car at 2002 tokyo autosalon and the AD hood 9 on the car has the same kind of problem you described. I thought it's just the prototype error. I guess not.
I will make a copy of the AD hood 9 since so many people in the US like it but it's pretty damn hard to get it. I ordered mine 3 months ago and it's still not done yet.
If you like my sleek light kit, just send me an email at rotaryextreme@aol.com. I will give you a special price on it. It will be smarter to get the HID version though since the Japanese HID options are so damn expensive.
Chuck
12-12-2002, 08:13 PM
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