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Should You Spend The Money For A Custom Carbon Fiber Hood Or Just Settle For Cheap Carbon Fiber Hoods?   by Nic Stewart

Carbon fiber hoods are known for two things – being lightweight and looking sleek! Need another reason to get a carbon fiber hood – rigidity. This fact is often overlooked by car enthusiasts. Masters of the carbon fiber hood process are DG Motorsports, VIS, Vfiber, Carbon Creations, JSP, and the Seibon carbon fiber hood company. They know exactly what it takes to weave strands of carbon fiber to produce the best carbon fiber hoods in the world.

When considering weight, carbon fiber hoods definitely weigh less the stock OEM hoods. Often times, made of mostly steel, factory car hoods are not lightweight. 40 to 50 pounds can be taken off the total weight of a car when a carbon fiber car hood is installed. A notable benefit of this reduction in weight due to a carbon hood installation is faster acceleration times.

Another benefit of carbon fiber hoods is improved handling. Although very light, a hood made of carbon fiber will still boast great strength and rigidness due to reduced weight in the front of the vehicle near the tires. Driving the car is thus easier due to the increased balance.

Further looks and performance boasts can be achieved with a custom carbon fiber hood. For instance, air flow to the engine can be boosted with strategically placed vents on a carbon fiber car hood. Also, different body designs and curves can be molded in to increase aerodynamics.

If you’re shopping for carbon fiber hoods, check to see if the hood comes with UV protection. Also, determine what grade of carbon fiber materials have been used to manufacture the carbon fiber car hood in question. Definitely ensure that the carbon fiber used is of grade A quality strands, weaving, and composites.

Back to customizing and creating a custom carbon fiber hood, there are many things that can be done. To soop up a ride, you can add EVO styling on the carbon hood. Another option is color. A red carbon fiber hood and a silver carbon fiber hood are the most requested colors of carbon hoods. Vents or a carbon fiber hood scoop are other popular additions. If you want to take it to the next next level, you can get carbon fiber hood pins!

Carbon fiber car hoods are definitely not cheap – custom carbon fiber hoods, included. Cheap carbon fiber car hoods CAN be found though, like for the Scion TC or Integra by Acura. Integra carbon fiber hood models were some of the first import tuner carbon hoods to be made due to the popularity of the vehicle in the import racing scene.

In the end, it’s simply just awesome that carbon fiber hoods are produced with CARBON FIBER. The stylish carbon look places a different texture that is not seen in an OEM hood. If you want to get the show car look or actually want to benefits of lighter weight, better aerodynamics and handling, carbon fiber hoods are where it’s at.

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