Seibon Carbon Fiber OEM Hood Install w/ Weight Comparison and PICS! - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

TyperRspec789 · 12-06-2012, 04:31 AM

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!

Moshpit37 · 12-06-2012, 06:03 AM

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

That said, it looks great on your car!

meWant · 12-06-2012, 08:02 AM

That looks amazing!
Congrats on your new hood.

ImAwesome · 12-06-2012, 08:37 AM

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

GTB/ZR-1 · 12-06-2012, 09:49 AM

.2 lbs? I'm in!!!

Got3n · 12-06-2012, 09:50 AM

looks great!

SpeedmasterBRZ · 12-06-2012, 09:59 AM

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

Thanks.

Boost_Junkie · 12-06-2012, 10:48 AM

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

VSGTS14 · 12-06-2012, 12:20 PM

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

pheoxs · 12-06-2012, 12:24 PM

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

SkAsphalt · 12-06-2012, 12:37 PM

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

Lammie · 12-06-2012, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boost_Junkie

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

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

wparsons · 12-06-2012, 01:12 PM

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

chutrain · 12-06-2012, 01:51 PM

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.

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