fiberglass hoods low price

[woode]

Why are you using fiberglass? It will weigh substantially more than the OEM aluminum hood. Hell, the carbon fiber hoods that are produced even weigh a couple more pounds than the OEM hood!

Not trying to flame, but I work with metal and composites for a living and this just seems, as another poster put it, ghetto.. but best of luck to you. Prove us wrong with results I suppose.

[stugray]

Originally Posted by woode

Why are you using fiberglass? It will weigh substantially more than the OEM aluminum hood. Hell, the carbon fiber hoods that are produced even weigh a couple more pounds than the OEM hood!

When I read the title,I thought the exact same thing.
The BRZ hood is absolutely the lightest hood I have ever seen.

I just switched the hood on my Porche racecar last night from OEM Steel to Fiberglass, and that was like night & day, but Al to FG???

He DID state that is was to make it less dent prone, but what would be causing hood dents?

Anyway, I have been considering making some larger & more elaborate CF parts, so I am always game for watching how someone makes large FG/CF molds....

[NYCsubaruBRZ]

Originally Posted by woode

Why are you using fiberglass? It will weigh substantially more than the OEM aluminum hood. Hell, the carbon fiber hoods that are produced even weigh a couple more pounds than the OEM hood!

Not trying to flame, but I work with metal and composites for a living and this just seems, as another poster put it, ghetto.. but best of luck to you. Prove us wrong with results I suppose.

the carbon hood on my brz is a few oz heavier. not a substantial amount of weight gain that you would be able to notice.

the fiberglass hood wont weigh much more then the oem hood. maybe 2 or 3 lbs at most. prob only a pound more. most important IT WONT DENT!

aluminium hood is no good for me.
my car sits in the driveway getting attacked by acorns all day/night falling off the tree in front my house. this caused about 30 something tiny dents in the stock hood. i was pissed, had the car for about a month babying it and see that one day. i dont ever want an aluminium hood on the car again.

how is making a glass hood ghetto?

[NYCsubaruBRZ]

i was just sharing my progress.. if i shouldnt post pics of the progress let me kno. ill just post completed work. just thought people would like to see a step by step and how to cause i havent seen anyone posting custom glass hoods or a how to on the bumper mod.
in case u guys didnt know, this is not my first time working with glass.
i dont need to share my knowledge on these mods.

seems like everyone got shit to talk but wheres your custom bumper or hood?

[NYCsubaruBRZ]

Originally Posted by glorydays

What he means is that your mods look low quality and lacks professionalism. If you're just going for low price quick solutions I don't see the problem. You just have to realize that people are going to be very weary of hacking up their $30k car.

who said anyone had to hack up their car?

[amram]

Originally Posted by NYCsubaruBRZ

i was just sharing my progress.. if i shouldnt post pics of the progress let me kno. ill just post completed work. just thought people would like to see a step by step and how to cause i havent seen anyone posting custom glass hoods or a how to on the bumper mod.

I'm a big fan of step by step process, post away sir!