"InfinityAero" (infinityaero) 05/05/2019 at 11:02 • Filed to: None

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My car came with a painted CF hood. I may swap on a factory hood at some point, but I can’t lie, I’ve been kinda enjoying living out my boy racer dreams for a while first.

i' ve always thought it was a bit dumb to have the carbon weave covered, so I stripped the paint and clear coated the hood over the last couple weeks. Still needs a good polish, and there are definitely some cracks that the PO was hiding with the paint job, but I’m pretty happy with how it looks. I’ll probably paint on a Honda logo to cover the 8x6 section with a bunch of cracks where it looks like the engine produced enough heat to crack the gel coat. Otherwise, if you’ve got carbon fiber, why not display it?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > InfinityAero 05/05/2019 at 11:20

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huh wierd.. this just popped into me head

i may have played to much need for speed

sony1492 > InfinityAero 05/05/2019 at 11:25

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Offset hood bulge is the bees knees

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > InfinityAero 05/05/2019 at 11:41

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Idk, it usually looks good although that h ood isn’t my favorite aftermarket design, looks better than it did trying to be factory with the paint

InfinityAero > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/05/2019 at 13:28

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I played that game obsessively over the time period I was obsessed with the S2000... So yeah :) I know I'll need to grow up soon but it's satisfying right now. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > InfinityAero 05/05/2019 at 13:31

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welp enjoy it whilst you can right ?

:)

InfinityAero > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 05/05/2019 at 13:34

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Yeah, agreed on looks better than factory paint. I get why they did it (cracks) but covering 90% of it due to 1 bad section seems excessive...

I’m planning on changing which vents are functional to give a little more airflow over the head&valve cover, and I was thinking of going all out silly with a shift light in the closest driver’s side vent. Right now the vents closest to the front are opened up, which seems like a bad idea to me. That’s just till I go stock, which isn’t getting any more expensive.

The eventual plan is to buy a new/used hood and front bumper. They’re lighter anyways. Just don’t want to drop the money to buy and paint right now, trying to save for a bit. After that , I can always make molds of them later to make replacement CF parts that are actually lighter...

syaieya > InfinityAero 05/05/2019 at 14:04

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Double down on the boy racer and use a strip of vinyl to cover up the cracks with a racing stripe

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > InfinityAero 05/05/2019 at 14:31

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Yeah I can imagine the price, would a CF stock style hood be a cheaper option in that case?

InfinityAero > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 05/05/2019 at 15:48

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About the same, I think. Used hoods run about $400+, and I'd need to repaint it. I think the hood I have runs about $600. 

InfinityAero > syaieya 05/05/2019 at 15:49

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I was thinking a Honda logo because the cracked section is right next to the top of the passenger's vent section: not sure the vinyl stripe would look good going over that or diagonally...