Seibon Carbon Fiber OEM Hood Install w/ Weight Comparison and PICS!
 

Just received my Seibon CF OEM Hood yesterday (12/5/2012) and OH MAN does this thing make an FR-S look sexy.. Bought it on Black Friday from FT86speedfactory for $594 shipped, which I think is a fantastic deal. The main reason I purchased it was because there was a hail storm in my area back in September- within the first month of ownership, I had 12-18 dents on my hood (damn weak aluminum). Geico gave me $430 to cover the repairs... This hood now repairs the constant aching in my heart I experienced whenever I saw the dents on my brand new car.

Within the past month I added on Toyota emblems and blacked out my headlights (thanks to DrivinDarren's DIY). I also installed a Morimoto 5k HID kit with Concept Three's DRL LEDs and turnsignal switchback LEDs. There are also a set of gold Enkei RPF1's.

Anyway, I weighed the hoods and as you can see, there are no weight savings benefits from switching to a carbon fiber hood. The stock aluminum hood is already light as hell.

Stock OEM Hood Weight- 15.4lbs
Seibon OEM CF Hood Weight- 15.2lbs

ENJOY THE PICS!

We kind of figured there wouldn't be much weight savings for wet carbon, but thanks for weighing them both and proving it. :thanks:

That said, it looks great on your car! :thumbsup:

That looks amazing!
Congrats on your new hood.

you seem to have kidnapped an asian girl who is very bored

.2 lbs? I'm in!!!

looks great!

Do you have any underside pics? What type of material is the frame?

Thanks.

Lol, your girlfreind looks excited.... Looks pretty dope, I'm not usually a fan of unpainted carbon.

i like it. i really like seibon's hood with the vents in it also!

I wanna see a CF hood on a firestorm, been looking through member's journals and have yet to see one... :(

What size are your RPF1's? those rims always confuse me because some have straight spokes and some have curved *like yours


Also your car is sexy. so so sexy

Does seibon offer painting or wrapping? And could you still get the same weave pattern?

Even thought it weighs about the same, I bet it's a lot more resilient to hail than the stock aluminum one is :D

Seibon strikes me more as a show piece rather than function piece. Even with the wet layup process, I think they should be able to get it down to the 12-13 lb range.

Looks great! :) Making me want to get on our car right now!

Wow! I have to stop adding things to the to-buy list....

Looks really nice but I personally don't think a .2lb difference is worth the money. I wonder what a dry carbon fiber hood would weigh.

Has anyone seen the dry carbon fiber hood on the STi concept? Supposedly significantly lighter, no FRP understructure either.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/01/...z_sti_concept/

could you take a closer shot in the daylight of how the corner of the hood matches up with the fender?

http://i.imgur.com/rhySN.jpg

Thanks for all the positive comments!

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Originally Posted by ImAwesome (Post 593768) you seem to have kidnapped an asian girl who is very bored

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Originally Posted by Boost_Junkie (Post 593952) Lol, your girlfreind looks excited....

LOL, she’s always bored whenever I do my car bullshit. Bought her a tablet for her birthday so she’s fine…

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Originally Posted by SkAsphalt (Post 594140) What size are your RPF1's? those rims always confuse me because some have straight spokes and some have curved *like yours

They are 17x8 with +38 offset. And thanks J

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Originally Posted by wparsons (Post 594191) Even thought it weighs about the same, I bet it's a lot more resilient to hail than the stock aluminum one is

I’m hoping so… Please no more dents…

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Originally Posted by xjohnx (Post 594824) could you take a closer shot in the daylight of how the corner of the hood matches up with the fender?

Sure, I’ll take some pics tomorrow when I get off work.. At work right now..

Thank you! I've been waiting for someone to compare the weights. Guess I'll keep the aluminum hood unless I stumble on a wheelbarrow full of cash, lol.

Looks great! Did you have any issues installing it? My Vis hood on my other car was a nightmare to fit.

The curvature of the wheel face is dependant on the width and offset. The more aggressive sizes have the straight spokes.

I'm willing to bet its fiberglass.

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Unpainted, the CF hood accentuates those terrible "corners" by the light where the hood should actually be fender. I would at least get those paint matched along the body line to make it look like that.

And I'm beyond willing to bet it's fiberglass.

CF hood without vents is just a waste of money... just doesn't make sense.

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