I've decoded this email adress from the first post:

atak32@yahoo.co.jp

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Its lighter, stronger.....and looks cool!!!!!

I cant get the link to work and cant access it on the net and would rather just e mail the builder instead of buy it through yahoo

im a bit lost!! What exactly is the positive of having a carbon fibre hood???

Did you read the first post?

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

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

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.

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 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