[tool001]

a toyota truck backed up into me and climbed up on my hood.


She will pay for the repairs.
now my options are to put a cf hood or just OEM.

not sure about the look .so looking for feedback or if it'd look ok

here are the pics
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/tool001/27022010132.jpg


if somebody can photoshop this.. it'll be appreciated

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/tool001/21022010127.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/tool001/acura/n693480245_3772029_7843.jpg
http://www.wesellcarparts.com/store/ProdImages/cfhoods/mitsumirage.jpg

[The_AK]

found this on cardomain, should give you an idea

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/3432/1121/33578060002_large.jpg

[spoon.ek9]

a definite YES to CF :thumbsup:

[boatcaptain]

yes!

[!SG]

to post in the right section, or not to post in the right section....

[hyperloop]

+1 to CF

[TRDood]

seems like you got damage on the fender as well.
if you take it to ICBC, they will only give you an oem replacement

[GabAlmighty]

What's the weight difference? And for that matter what's the cost difference?

[monkeywrench]

seems like you got damage on the fender as well.
if you take it to ICBC, they will only give you an oem replacement


She will pay for the repairs.
now my options are to put a cf hood or just OEM.

not an ICBC claim lol

[jtanner_]

CF is the way to go!

[shantz]

seems like you got damage on the fender as well.
if you take it to ICBC, they will only give you an oem replacement

Regardless of what ICBC offers, if you take it to a good shop they will often work with you to make you happy. If ICBC is willing to pay $600 for a hood - if you choose to go with a CF hood instead, the shop can work with you up to $600 - any cost above what ICBC would pay you will have to cover.

+1 tho for the CF hood - Id probably choose to have the hood sides painted and leave the center CF - I think it'd look Bad Ass!

[tool001]

to post in the right section, or not to post in the right section....

i posted here to get more feedbak.. u can move if u'd like


thanks fellows. not sure about the weight , its from rev competition...

this just happened. around the same place i got hit last time..
both times, i was stopped. :cry:
anyhow ill post finished pictures.. :thumbsup:

[icemiko]

Get the cf hood!

[Benz_05TSX]

Do it!! If I had a Blue TSX I would've CF hood it already....

[Lomac]

I'm going to go against the grain here and say no to CF... or, if you do, at least paint it. I personally think bare CF, especially on a hood, looks tacky and is too much of a throwback of your stereotypical Civic ricer. Keep in mind that you'll need to delete the "chrome" around the grill as well since you lose the top strip if you change hoods. As well, you need to keep in mind that by using a CF hood, you're changing the way the front of the car will crumble should you get into a front-end accident.

Also, regardless of if she claims she's going to pay you for damages incurred, at the very least call ICBC and start a claim. You don't have to persue it, but at least there's a record there that an accident did occur. This'll be handy if the other person suddenly decides that they'd rather not hand you the cash. Trust me, by failing to do so, you're simply setting yourself up for a potential hard screw.

[tonyvu]

CF hood for sure

[orange7]

if it isn't coming out of your own pocket, then do it.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

of course CF

[tool001]

Also, regardless of if she claims she's going to pay you for damages incurred, at the very least call ICBC and start a claim. You don't have to persue it, but at least there's a record there that an accident did occur. This'll be handy if the other person suddenly decides that they'd rather not hand you the cash. Trust me, by failing to do so, you're simply setting yourself up for a potential hard screw.

i was smart about it, i started a video recording as soon as i got hit, so on the video i got her face, confirming that she was 100% at fault, and got her no.plate. and all the small talk. Therefore no witness needed.

i heard about the cf will not crumple in a accident. therefore i think i need hood pins.(also so it wont blow away on the highway) if i want to do it properly?


also CF hood is cheaper. as OEM hood will cost about 5-6 bills plus another 5 to paint. CF will be 5-6 bill without paining.

[Timpo]

i was smart about it, i started a video recording as soon as i got hit, so on the video i got her face, confirming that she was 100% at fault, and got her no.plate. and all the small talk. Therefore no witness needed.

i heard about the cf will not crumple in a accident. therefore i think i need hood pins.(also so it wont blow away on the highway) if i want to do it properly?


also CF hood is cheaper. as OEM hood will cost about 5-6 bills plus another 5 to paint. CF will be 5-6 bill without paining.

You don't quite get Lomac's point.

Hood pins are for preventing your hood flying away by strong head wind as you said..not for frontal collision.

What he meant by crumble is, there have been some accidents how aftermarket hood smashing straight into the windshield because the hood is not engineered to crumble safely.

yes, CF is cheaper, thats because a lot of CF hoods are just a fiberglass hood with wet carbon layer on top of it...it's not made by real dry carbon that you'd see in F1 machines, Zonda, LFA, Enzo, or any other exotic cars/race cars.
That's why some CF hood are going for $3,000+ and others are like $500.

[ilvtofu]

Do it but like someone said above, paint the sides :thumbsup: you can worry about your grille later shouldn't be too hard. maybe even go for some black roof vinyl?

[Leopold Stotch]

If you do go cf paint it. A black cf hood on an otherwise stock looking car's not going to look very nice imo
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[freakshow]

I would go with a CF hood, but make sure you get one that fits well.. nothing worse than unsightly gaps on the side.
You should also paint it.

[FI-Z33]

Do it do it!!
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[shenmecar]

If you do go cf paint it. A black cf hood on an otherwise stock looking car's not going to look very nice imo
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What he said.

[boss604]

do it !

[lexluthor09]

You don't quite get Lomac's point.

Hood pins are for preventing your hood flying away by strong head wind as you said..not for frontal collision.

What he meant by crumble is, there have been some accidents how aftermarket hood smashing straight into the windshield because the hood is not engineered to crumble safely.

yes, CF is cheaper, thats because a lot of CF hoods are just a fiberglass hood with wet carbon layer on top of it...it's not made by real dry carbon that you'd see in F1 machines, Zonda, LFA, Enzo, or any other exotic cars/race cars.
That's why some CF hood are going for $3,000+ and others are like $500.

Did Timpo just make an imformative post?

What he and Lomac said are really good points to consider. If you're getting a CF hood are you get a fiberglass hood with the CF overlay over it?

I have an all CF hood on my car and its light as hell (I can see through the weaves gah), but that thing would smash to smitherines on impact. Just putting a work light on the hinge causes the whole thing to bend in a scary way. These alone have caused me to switch back to my OEM hood for safety reasons.

Make sure you know what you're getting and the consequences of what you get.

Also follow what Lomac says and start a claim regardless of your video recording or not.

[!Aznboi128]

I'm going to go against the grain here and say no to CF... or, if you do, at least paint it. I personally think bare CF, especially on a hood, looks tacky and is too much of a throwback of your stereotypical Civic ricer. Keep in mind that you'll need to delete the "chrome" around the grill as well since you lose the top strip if you change hoods. As well, you need to keep in mind that by using a CF hood, you're changing the way the front of the car will crumble should you get into a front-end accident.

Also, regardless of if she claims she's going to pay you for damages incurred, at the very least call ICBC and start a claim. You don't have to persue it, but at least there's a record there that an accident did occur. This'll be handy if the other person suddenly decides that they'd rather not hand you the cash. Trust me, by failing to do so, you're simply setting yourself up for a potential hard screw.
I'm with lomac no CF on a tsx.

[supman7]

Don't end up like another joe blow on the street running stock car with a cheap cf hood. Basically if you're going for pure esthetics, you don't have enough exterior mods to make it work. But if you end up deciding to get one, you should probably get hoodpins like lomac mentioned. You'll know what I mean when your hood starts shaking up and down at highway speeds.

[Benz_05TSX]

I know alot of people recommend hood pins, even my bodyshop friends. But surprisingly, no one or rarely anyone runs it on a TSX and it has been fine for years. The TSX hinges are pretty strong for that. So running hood pins or not depends whether you want to drill holes in your hood

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

i would get hood pin, but the idea drillling into a fresh cf hood just breaks my heart. Besides...it looks kinda fugly having hood pins

[Benz_05TSX]

unless you get the top secret flush hood pins

[spoon.ek9]

^ yeah, i was gonna say if you get hood pins get the ones that sit flush with the hood, not the typical ones. only time the regular hood pins look good is with a vented cf hood.
also, if you're getting OEM style cf hood and painting it, what's the point? might as well just get the OEM hood if that's the case :lol


i agree that a CF hood on a stock TSX would look gay but who knows, maybe OP will start other mods...?

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

unless you get the top secret flush hood pins

ya im feeling the top secret hella flush hood pins as well, but the idea drilling into my hood kinda hurts my ass

:p

[spoon.ek9]

i've been using my oem style without hoodpins. no problems so far :D

[!LittleDragon]

I've not seen a CF hood on anything for a long time.

[Benz_05TSX]

ya im feeling the top secret hella flush hood pins as well, but the idea drilling into my hood kinda hurts my ass

:p

I know..espcially from JDM land and not those VIS crap... why don't they come pre-drilled? hahahhaa

[gearshifter]

CF looks good :)

[124Y]

Personally, I wouldn't have a CF hood on a stock car and call it a day. If you plan on modding your car and a CF hood is on ur mod list, get it. It'll look tacky for a while until you have other supporting mods to pull off the looks, but in the end you're saving yourself the money. If you're not even planning on modding your car, I wouldn't go CF since it'll look tacky with a stock car and you're sacrificing safety.

[tool001]

well, decided not 2, i did some research, cf hods dont last (shine/looks) over 5 years. and its not recommended to paint them, as they are not even (nature of cf).
I spoke to 2-3 body shops, 1 of them was a friend, all recommended against it also.

i just have my car lowered with 18 wheels. (fairly stock otherwise) so black cf hood wont fit right / and painting is not an option.
thanks anyways fellows...

[sil_fourty]

CF for sure, its getting paid for anyways.

Definitely run hood pins. They aren't just for holding the hood down against wind, the OEM latches do a good enough job for that. They are actually used to prevent hoods from sheering through windshields (your own or the other car) in the event of an accident. Actual CF is hells strong and will sheer through a lot of different materials. Also the latch mounts, although reinforced, can tear in the event of a collision as all the tension is placed on one point on the hood. The pins help distribute tension through the hood so they aren't as easy for the hood to tear off of. Top secret flush mount ones are great and look super nice, but are not locking. I would look into Aerocatch as they make a kickass locking set of flush mounts and they don't carry the premium of Top Secret =)