New Seibon carbon fiber hood for ACR

[V10LEE]

It's finally finished. I had my local paint shop lay down the drivers stripe. I'm very happy with this hood. The quality+fit is top notch. Most importantly Seibon's customer service. They shipped it the next day I ordered it,and emailed me a tracking #. They even called me asking me if the hood came in ok,and if I was happy with it.. With that being said. Pictures don't do any justice. The hood looks freaken awesome! I can't wait to go back out on the track!..



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[Redsled]

Looks great Lee. Very clean look. Like the Karts hanging up as well.

[V10LEE]

Looks great Lee. Very clean look. Like the Karts hanging up as well.

Hey thank's bro. Yeah those vertical stands are life savers..

[viperr]

That carbon fiber looks awesome. I also like the paint combination and the drivers stripe.

[Shooter]

Looks great. How much lighter is that over OEM?

[VENOM V]

Damn Lee, looks bad ass. Good contrast with the silver, and the black wheels go with the hood. Can't wait to see it out on the track again.

[TowDawg]

Looks great, and I agree they are beautiful in person! Mine got here this week and my painter asked me if I was sure I wanted him to paint it. lol

My car is silver as well, but I love my stripes and they're graphite, so nobody will ever get to see the pretty cf underneath.

[V10LEE]

Looks great. How much lighter is that over OEM?

Back in Black weighed his,and said that the factory hood was 40lbs . The Seibon hood 30lbs. The Seibon hood to me feels lighter. More like 15lbs..

Damn Lee, looks bad ass. Good contrast with the silver, and the black wheels go with the hood. Can't wait to see it out on the track again.

Thank you Todd. Yeah I can't wait . This and testing the new big brakes..

Looks great, and I agree they are beautiful in person! Mine got here this week and my painter asked me if I was sure I wanted him to paint it. lol

My car is silver as well, but I love my stripes and they're graphite, so nobody will ever get to see the pretty cf underneath.

Cool man glad you got yours. BTW is the paint shop going to blend the paint in with the fenders,and front bumper? Or is he going to just paint the hood,butt match it?

[V10LEE]

That carbon fiber looks awesome. I also like the paint combination and the drivers stripe.

Thank you..

[TowDawg]

With 40k on the car, I'm getting the whole thing re-painted. I'm 99% staying silver with graphite, but I can't get the Lambo Balloon White (it's a pearl white) out of my head. I LOVE it on the Lambo with the satin clear, but my painter said there's no way he would go with Satin. One, it would cost me a fortune because it's a bitch for him to get right (has to come out of the gun PERFECT bc you can't sand or buff it), and two, it would be a bitch for me since I actually drive the car. For the same reasons, no buffing or anything because then the satin will become shinier and won't match. The thought in my head is going with the Balloon White, but with a regular clear, and then doing silver stripes.

[Smoky]

That's beautiful!! Fitment looks great too. Did it need a lot of adjustment to get it to fit so well?

[St.Char]

The carbon fiber hood looks great! Love the stripe too, nicely done.

[BlknBlu]

Great color combination.

Bruce

[Space Truckin]

Beautiful, and the hood is GORGEOUS!

[Torquemonster06]

Wow, That looks nice. Good call on adding the stripe.

[01sapphirebob]

I should have gone with a seibon hood when I did carbon. Oh well...Lesson learned. Looks great!

[SSGNRDZ_28]

Looks great! Any shots of the underside? Did you reuse all OEM struts, latch, etc.?

[Back In Black]

Looks great!

[intense]

It was my understanding that Seibon recommends hood pins in the front corners with their hoods. Is that true of this hood and will you be using them? Never heard from anyone who actually had one. It's the reason I stayed away and bought the "other" carbon fiber hood but in the pics the finish of yours looks better.

[Redx]

It was my understanding that Seibon recommends hood pins in the front corners with their hoods. Is that true of this hood and will you be using them? Never heard from anyone who actually had one. It's the reason I stayed away and bought the "other" carbon fiber hood but in the pics the finish of yours looks better.

You should, i never lost a seibon, but i did lose a VIS(chinese crap) hood i had one of my civics years ago. Latch hook let go where it was epoxied on the hood.

For some less ricey hood pins check out aerocatch pins http://www.aerocatch.com/

[V10LEE]

Looks great! Any shots of the underside? Did you reuse all OEM struts, latch, etc.?

Since the Seibon carbon fiber hood is lighter. You cannot use the OEM struts. The only way is if you re-valve the hood shocks. I think Towdawg is in the process of doing this. A few of us is waiting for his report.. Some underside pictures..

It was my understanding that Seibon recommends hood pins in the front corners with their hoods. Is that true of this hood and will you be using them? Never heard from anyone who actually had one. It's the reason I stayed away and bought the "other" carbon fiber hood but in the pics the finish of yours looks better.

The striker pin on the Seibon carbon hood is riveted on just like the factory hood. The hood shuts, clicks,and locks just like the OE hood. Seibon recommends hood pins probably for liability IMO. I did a few "high speed" runs on my friends private property, and it was good. Here's a picture of the Seibon striker plate..

[V10LEE]

Thank's again guys..

Hey Back in Black in two months you can get rid of that hood prop stick of yours. I talked to Ryan at Seibon and they are coming out with a nice carbon fiber hood prop stick that's adjustable..

[Smoky]

Have you noticed any deflection or "bouncing" of the hood at highway speeds (or above?). Interested in this part but past experience with c/f decklids/hoods gives me pause because it is disconcerting to see them flexing when driving on the highway. Looks so killer tho.

[V10LEE]

Have you noticed any deflection or "bouncing" of the hood at highway speeds (or above?). Interested in this part but past experience with c/f decklids/hoods gives me pause because it is disconcerting to see them flexing when driving on the highway. Looks so killer tho.

None.. This hood on the car is just like the factory one..

[Back In Black]

Thank's again guys..

Hey Back in Black in two months you can get rid of that hood prop stick of yours. I talked to Ryan at Seibon and they are coming out with a nice carbon fiber hood prop stick that's adjustable..

What? Give up my "Deluxe" Viper hood prop?? No way man! LOL