CF looks badass. no about it

 

I did find out that a c/f hood for an E46 M3, which is noticeably larger than our 'teg hoods and has more curves and bumps, weighs in at around 22lbs, so I can't imagine it would be any more than 12 or 15lbs for the 'teg. There's a post, here, where a guy claims his c/f hood weighs 9lbs...granted judging by his name he has an EK, but the hoods on those are barely smaller than 'teg hoods.

now, VIS racing claims that their c/f hoods are 20-30lbs lighter than stock...so that means that stock 'teg hoods are anywhere from 30-40+lbs

bottom line is that yes, getting a c/f hood WILL make a slight reduction in the weight of your car, and if you like the looks of it, then awesome, two for one...

 

plus i got a dent in the hood and my back hatch is starting to rust. so figured why not. i was told, not saying i agree totally, but its bad to pull weight out of the front since its FWD. dont know how true this is but.......

 

If you want less weight but aren't sure about how it will look then I say get the CF hood and paint it.

 

winter is here, so i hadta put the stock hood back on the beast. that means i had a chance to weigh each of em. i was surprised to find that there isnt a huge difference in weight...stock- 32pounds: vis extreme gt carbon fiber-23.5pounds. interesting...

 

if you dont mind taking a stab into your wallet, you should do it.

 

do it man, what is the color theme you have going w/ ur car, for the inside or neon or w/e, u can use a kandy(translucent paint) on the carbon fiber so you can see the weaves and the solid part of the hood will be the candy kolor. looks sicklook here to see some stuff...http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...3Doff%26sa%3DN