i will be saving for quite sometime...but is it at all possible...to get one or some sent over...i was gonna get my bonnet resprayed and so forth....but i'm lovin this look...cheers...

That would be so AWESOME




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With all that outlay, you would think it would be available as a GX version.

Yeah there's even a couple of companies making them but no GX yet. They do make the GX in fiberglass though.

I don't know about other parts of the world, but in SoCal, carbon fiber hoods on old Datsuns equates to riceafied old skool.

I wouldn't consider it riceifying a 1200 by adding a carbon fiber hood. Carbon fiber is awesome, it's lighter than fiberglass and stronger than steel. They're making all the high dollar sports cars nowadays with carbon fiber where it counts. It's just great to see something other than fiberglass available brand new to put on our 1200's. FRP/fiberglass has to be painted just like the rest of the car, so you spend money on that and then it flexes over the years the paint cracks nasty looking. Also, think about the stregth for safety, replacing a steel hood that was designed a certain way to provide protection in front end accidents with a fiberglass one doesn't exactly make the car more durable in a front end accident. It's a shame that all the fart piped ricers have given carbon fiber a bad image, it's greaty stuff! I like the way carbon fiber looks, and on ricers it's not just the hood that makes it a ricer, but everything else too such as obnoxious stickers/paintjobs, fake go-fast parts, hideous spoilers, in other words the appearance of a fast car and the attitude of the driver (thinks he's fast). I'd rather have a brand new stock steel GX hood, but will settle for a carbon fiber one since thats not available and I'll save weight and keep the crash integrity of the front end in the process!

-Andy

i like the way this man thinks...i sorta wanna rice mine up a bit...but i'm into that sort of stuff...as long as i have the power 2 back it up...

I think carbon fiber is the best thing since sliced bread, but like muke's comment hints, a carbon fiber hood still has the rice stigma attached to it.




BTW, this has gotta be the least attractive front end I've seen in awhile.

Does anybody no how I can get one of these into Australia?

Would anybody have the email address or web pages of the company that make them thankyou.