Carbon Fiber Hoods. - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Asterisked Accolade · 06-11-2012, 03:48 PM

I know the stock hood is light, and an argument could legitimately be made that a CF hood is unnecessary. However, carbon fiber hoods tend to have lots of venting and aerodynamic/cooling function. Not to mention they look so good. Do you think there will be a decent selection of vented CF Hoods?

Also, if you have any pics of an FRS/BRZ with a vented CF hood, i'd love to see it. I'm a CF fanboy.

TOMIMOTO · 06-11-2012, 06:59 PM

I'm sure things will pop up in the beginning, but real enthusiast won't waste their time and money with them because the difference in weight will probably be in grams.

I wouldn't expect them to be around too long.

mines13 · 06-11-2012, 07:08 PM

Unless it is a true dry carbon fiber hood, any carbon hood you find will be heavier then the stock aluminum hood. A real dry carbon hood like you would find on a race car would likely be 3,000-5,000 dollars, possibly more. The 400-700 dollar hoods are wet carbon laid over fiberglass and are going to be a fair bit heavier then the stock aluminum piece.

Asterisked Accolade · 06-18-2012, 05:32 PM

This just looks so cool, though.

Isamu · 06-18-2012, 07:59 PM

if that's a cf hood, it's most likely dry carbon, which as others have mentioned... really expensive.

if you want a vented hood. we could come up with a design and have it cut into your stock hood. or, you could save screw the weight, and we could have a cf hood molded and designed

Matt Andrews · 06-20-2012, 05:32 PM

I am at a minimum building a one off vented hood for myself. Working with an aero engineer on design. I will likely use a cheap CF blank as a base as I don't really want to cut up my stock hood...unless a whiteout car tags a phone pole backwards and becomes a parts car.

I'm toying with building a limited run assuming I get the engineer's blessing. Focus wouldn't be weight as much as getting rid of the front end lift at speed. Price point wouldn't be VIS, but it wouldn't be "dry carbon" either. Likely vacuum bagged wet layup. Would there be interest?

Mr.Jay · 06-20-2012, 06:51 PM

CF is great but only if you are actually using real CF not just overlay on top since those hood will most likely be heavier than the stock hood.

I don't see too many guys dropping grands for some CF parts

BPAuto · 06-21-2012, 04:02 PM

Not to worry. There are plenty of high quality hoods coming:

-Varis - Confirmed
-C-west - Confirmed
-Vertex - Confirmed
-Tommy Kaira - Confirmed
-Ings - Likely
-Voltex - Likely
-Top Secret - Likely
...and more.

We'll let you know when they are available.

mact · 06-24-2012, 12:53 AM

The stock FR-S/BRZ hood is BY FAR the lightest hood I have ever lifted.

Chewie4299 · 06-24-2012, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mines13

Unless it is a true dry carbon fiber hood, any carbon hood you find will be heavier then the stock aluminum hood. A real dry carbon hood like you would find on a race car would likely be 3,000-5,000 dollars, possibly more. The 400-700 dollar hoods are wet carbon laid over fiberglass and are going to be a fair bit heavier then the stock aluminum piece.

I had some friends that were telling me I needed a CF hood on my Evo.... Damned Evo hood was practically weightless. CF would have weighed more. <3 aluminum

ChrisOkc8 · 06-24-2012, 09:16 AM

Yeah I honestly don't see this car needing much c/f parts. I wonder how much the c/f parts weighed on the Sti version of the Brz...

I wish C-one was still around. They made awesome parts for my celica. I had their ver.2 hood and it weighed around 9 lbs while my stock hood was around the mid to high 20s. It wasn't cheap though. Retailed around 1500 plus shipping.

fatoni · 06-24-2012, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TOMIMOTO

I'm sure things will pop up in the beginning, but real enthusiast won't waste their time and money with them because the difference in weight will probably be in grams.

I wouldn't expect them to be around too long.

i dont think the cf hood is a good idea but this statement is pretty ignorant. who are you to say who is a real enthusiast or not?

Asterisked Accolade · 06-24-2012, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mact

The stock FR-S/BRZ hood is BY FAR the lightest hood I have ever lifted.

I remember when i replaced my Celica's hood with CF. Two of us lifted the stock hood away-- i lifted the CF one with one finger. It was awesome.

But a vent-modified stock hood would be fine with me for the FRS.

Dadhawk · 06-24-2012, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mact

The stock FR-S/BRZ hood is BY FAR the lightest hood I have ever lifted.

I agree. Can't believe how light it is. The one on our 2002 Accord weighs almost as much as the entire FR-S I think!

06-20-2012, 05:32 PM	#6
Matt Andrews Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: race cars Location: Newport Beach, CA Posts: 253 Thanks: 31 Thanked 150 Times in 68 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I am at a minimum building a one off vented hood for myself. Working with an aero engineer on design. I will likely use a cheap CF blank as a base as I don't really want to cut up my stock hood...unless a whiteout car tags a phone pole backwards and becomes a parts car. I'm toying with building a limited run assuming I get the engineer's blessing. Focus wouldn't be weight as much as getting rid of the front end lift at speed. Price point wouldn't be VIS, but it wouldn't be "dry carbon" either. Likely vacuum bagged wet layup. Would there be interest? __________________ 11/19/12 - Just back from Redline TimeAttack's demo event. Video and write up in link below. http://fecompetition.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/FECompetition

06-20-2012, 06:51 PM	#7
Mr.Jay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Drives: FRS :D Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 545 Thanked 699 Times in 438 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	CF is great but only if you are actually using real CF not just overlay on top since those hood will most likely be heavier than the stock hood. I don't see too many guys dropping grands for some CF parts __________________ Out of the FRS game

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06-11-2012, 06:59 PM	#2
TOMIMOTO Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: MY00 Impreza 2.5RS Location: NH Posts: 258 Thanks: 5 Thanked 115 Times in 42 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm sure things will pop up in the beginning, but real enthusiast won't waste their time and money with them because the difference in weight will probably be in grams. I wouldn't expect them to be around too long.

06-11-2012, 07:08 PM	#3
mines13 Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: '13 FR-S '12 CBR1000RR Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,038 Thanks: 305 Thanked 527 Times in 241 Posts Mentioned: 22 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Unless it is a true dry carbon fiber hood, any carbon hood you find will be heavier then the stock aluminum hood. A real dry carbon hood like you would find on a race car would likely be 3,000-5,000 dollars, possibly more. The 400-700 dollar hoods are wet carbon laid over fiberglass and are going to be a fair bit heavier then the stock aluminum piece.

06-18-2012, 07:59 PM	#5
Isamu Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 2012 NISMO 370z Location: World wide Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	if that's a cf hood, it's most likely dry carbon, which as others have mentioned... really expensive. if you want a vented hood. we could come up with a design and have it cut into your stock hood. or, you could save screw the weight, and we could have a cf hood molded and designed

06-21-2012, 04:02 PM	#8
BPAuto Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: GT-R, S2000, Evo VIII-X, BRZ, FRS+ Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,226 Thanks: 529 Thanked 508 Times in 285 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Not to worry. There are plenty of high quality hoods coming: -Varis - Confirmed -C-west - Confirmed -Vertex - Confirmed -Tommy Kaira - Confirmed -Ings - Likely -Voltex - Likely -Top Secret - Likely ...and more. We'll let you know when they are available.

06-24-2012, 12:53 AM	#9
mact Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 13 GTI Location: WI Posts: 416 Thanks: 119 Thanked 204 Times in 97 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The stock FR-S/BRZ hood is BY FAR the lightest hood I have ever lifted.

06-24-2012, 09:16 AM	#11
ChrisOkc8 Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 182 Thanks: 112 Thanked 52 Times in 35 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yeah I honestly don't see this car needing much c/f parts. I wonder how much the c/f parts weighed on the Sti version of the Brz... I wish C-one was still around. They made awesome parts for my celica. I had their ver.2 hood and it weighed around 9 lbs while my stock hood was around the mid to high 20s. It wasn't cheap though. Retailed around 1500 plus shipping.

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