Recent content by tod625

cool thanks for the help everybody, i'm gonna try to swap mine out tomorrow.

hey so one more question: are hood pins really a requirement? i got a sebion brand OEM style hood just hot here today and i think i'm gonna try to install it tonight...i want to avoid the hood pins and make the car look a little cleaner and sleeper looking.

i've looked around this forum a bit but i can't find any tutorials on changing the hood out...is it very hard? i'm relatively handy but definately not a professional mechanic...there seems to be a lot of talk about imperfections and difficulty lining the hoods up with the mounting system...

thanks for the fast replys everybody. yes the car is a 2000 civic, it's the 4 door automatic sedan so it's the last thing i should spruce up. but i want carbon fiber to save weight and fuel if that's realistic...i also just would like to make it into sort of a sleeper. i'll look into the brands...

you know what i'm trying to figure that out right now. tuned japanese cars are common around here so i'm trying to find out where there might be a good shop. i wonder if there's anybody else on this board from northern california?

1. how much weight is actually saved between the one the car comes with and a carbon fiber bonnet? 2. how much does one have to spend to get "real" carbon fiber? (that is not a layer of carbon styling over fiber glass) i'm specifically looking for the OEM styled hoods...trying to build a...

hey i just signed up. i've never been much of a mechanic but i want to do some work on my car to keep it up. i got it for free from my parents who kept it up well. then recently i #!#!#!#!#!#!ed my hood up. now i'm looking for something to replace it before they see it :P now that i started...