CF hood

[petrified.rabbit]

yeah, its not really worth doing to lighten an aveo, and its not really worth taking the weight from the front wheels on a fwd car anyhow. But something like a mustang, camaro, etc where the weight difference is like 30-40 lbs (guessing). And probably 10 lbs less than fiberglass.

CF is mean for racing, its just also become a style thing. A carbon fiber race hood for an aveo would weigh like 4 lbs.

[thehunterooo]

yeah ima install it when its painted, i already have to have it buffed and finished anyways, im going to have a lime green aveo with the same rims and cf hood, should look good, i want something similar to the 2nd gen eclipse in the F&F

[trempus]

one of my friend has a cf hood on mazda 6 and got a nice airbrush done to it
and you can still see some cf thru the paint job
the main part is cf look and he made it look like if it was a cf vinyl that's peeling off on the sides which shows the color of the car and with some added details within the paint job

[thehunterooo]

that would look crazy :P

[orgkaos]

I'm about to make my own CF hood and trunk. Will post pics, updates and materials lists.

[serega12]

Is ebay the only place?

VersusMotorSport.com, check them out for their contact info. They don't have it listed for the aveo, but they had it in stock when I called them. So unless I got the last one, They should have them. And I picked mine up for $230 (!!!) because they're moving warehouses at the moment and are selling everything for pretty much what it costs them... So with shipping you're probably looking at around 300. There were a couple of imperfections on the hood, but I think I actually caused them when I drove them in the back of my HHR protected only by some bubblewrap... That's part of the reason for the "Lion's face" paint theme going on on the hood... the BMW style... The imperfections on the driver's side edge are painted now. I like my hood, and it is one of the OEM style hoods. Fits well.

[tidus10]

dont they only make OEM style? ive never seen a different style

[serega12]

dont they only make OEM style? ive never seen a different style

Never really looked for one. I think I've only seen OEM ones too...

The only reason I got this one is because I got a really good deal on it when I bought the rest of my stuff..

[thehunterooo]

ill have to call then, i didnt see it listed though as you said, maybe they got more( my hood is messed up)

[serega12]

Messed up as in the paint chipping or dings/dents in the actual hood panel? If they're out you could always use 3M carbon fiber vinyl... ... don't know how well that works though. Did anyone here try that?