fake carbon fiber hood, hood painted to look like CF

[RedTurboEclipse]

I had it painted to look like carbon fiber! It looks so real a lot of people didn't believe it was paint. House of color paint. Painted by 3D Custom Paint.

his profile says cf hood, and here are pics of the owner's car.. if you are questioning if the pictures of his car has a real cf hood, or the fake one he is selling above... then either way the fake one is working...




a member is actually selling it, i was in some disbelief at first..

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[93_tsi_fwd]

WOW... I bet that was one hell of a PITA paint job, but sure does look real.

Amazing.

[oVaBoost]

really nice hood man i bet that took a while to do but bad azz

[crimsondragon]

The amount of time and money put into painting that thing probably would have bought him a real CF hood. A real CF hood comes with the fact it's lighter than stock as well.

[king_of_HTX]

^^ Truth.

[pj91gsx]

Is that a 50 dollar paint job?

[chico904]

Pretty sweet. I have never seen that before.

[gixrman]

You can do it with a non-slip mat you get from Walmart or Lowes and an airbrush. Theres even a DIY video on youtube.YouTube - how to airbrush CARBON FIBER!

[keat]

Originally Posted by crimsondragon

The amount of time and money put into painting that thing probably would have bought him a real CF hood. A real CF hood comes with the fact it's lighter than stock as well.

yeah i was about to say the same thing.


in my opinion..thats bordering on....rice.......'oh look my hood looks like carbon fiber..but wait, it stills weighs the same'

[93_tsi_fwd]

thats sick!! imma give that a try soon

Originally Posted by keat

yeah i was about to say the same thing.


in my opinion..thats bordering on....rice.......'oh look my hood looks like carbon fiber..but wait, it stills weighs the same'

you can always skin the hood to make it lighter.

[keat]

Originally Posted by 93_tsi_fwd

thats sick!! imma give that a try soon



you can always skin the hood to make it lighter.

or you can just avoid all the trouble.. and buy a real one.

[TSIMonsteR]

Originally Posted by keat

yeah i was about to say the same thing.


in my opinion..thats bordering on....rice.......'oh look my hood looks like carbon fiber..but wait, it stills weighs the same'

Thats not bordering rice, that IS rice.

[EventsCo21XL]

I have a idea for this process. How about if you use this method to repaint a CF hood that has been damaged by the gel coat cracking or heat damage. Then that way you can fix that damaged CF hood and still get the look you are after. Plus when you redo the paint, you get to add a clearcoat (Although you should get a CF hood clearcoated when you first get it) Just my opinion

[housegsx]

Interesting. The only time I think it would be appropriate to do something like this would be if you had a cf hood, cf hatch, and cf sunroof plug...Then you could paint the rest of the roof to match the cf look if that's what you're into. That might look ok.

[gixrman]

Or you can just do an CF overlay which is'nt hard, more likely faster and easier that airbrushing and does'nt look rice.

[TSiAWD666]

That has got to be the stupidest thing I've seen in a long time.

[Project2G]

I don't like it. CF Hoods FTW. How much money did it cost does anyone know?

[fwdmaster]

Good job on the painted hood,IMO get a real carbonfiber hood

[SpYYderT]

The ultimate rice. Looks like CF, none of the benefits and barely any of the cost.

[z24frank]

Originally Posted by crimsondragon

The amount of time and money put into painting that thing probably would have bought him a real CF hood. A real CF hood comes with the fact it's lighter than stock as well.

I was just thinking the same thing!

[MIenKEi446]

Whats the point of doing this over getting a real one?

[gixrman]

Originally Posted by MIenKEi446

Whats the point of doing this over getting a real one?

The same reason you put a huge wing on a 4 door neon with pepboys spinners.

[housegsx]

Originally Posted by gixrman

The same reason you put a huge wing on a 4 door neon with pepboys spinners.

Because you can?

[crimsondragon]

Originally Posted by 93_tsi_fwd

thats sick!! imma give that a try soon



you can always skin the hood to make it lighter.

God I hope you don't mean taking out the bracing underneath the hood. It's there for a reason. One slight lean on it and there'll be a nice dent in it.

[kris_stewart10]

Originally Posted by housegsx

Because you can?

NO because the RICER driving is trying to look cool for the LADIES and ads the turbo muffler

and then tells the ladies his car is fast

but thats when i come in the 97 and fck his game all up

[Stapl3]

How is this fad still popular? Help me understand why an unpainted body panel surrounded by painted body panels looks good. 9999/10000 people on the street will look at it and think it's an unpainted panel. I see that all the time on cars here in Detroit. If the whole car was CF that would be fine, but otherwise it sticks out like a sore thumb.

And for the performance of it, if 100lbs = .01 faster in the qtr mile, how much faster are you with a 500 dollar CF hood? If you're gonna get one, fine, just paint it atleast. Anyone in the know that cares will see it when the hood is popped and appreciate it...

The people arguing that painting a hood to look like CF is rice opposed to getting a CF hood and leaving unpainted is not rice really leaves me scratching my head.

*shrug*

[jimmy8642]

My 1G came with a poorly repainted hood and I wieghed the options of repainting it. It was black on a white car so everyone asked if it was CF anyway. I told them it was "poly-p" - way cooler than CF. (polypropylene is what milk jugs are made out of.)

I had some fun and went with the VIS CF hood (which I love) and tell kids it is a new material called "poly-p". The nice thing about the Evo II style VIS hood is that the vents make a noticable difference when the engine is getting warm and it has a plate that you can screw on to keep out rain on the nasty wet days.

I would rather have no hood than a fake carbon fiber hood.

[->PrOjEcTGS<-]

Shoot, and I still don't know why people don't paint their real carbon fiber hoods to match their car?

Some supercars are made out of carbon fiber and they don't show off just the hood. They keep it under paint for the most part.

[z24frank]

The reason for getting a hood in carbon fiber is to save weight.If you paint it you are just adding more weight to something you are ttrying to keep as light as possible.

[Stapl3]

Are you serious?