Hoods

[NASH M J]

I have two questions

1.) where is a good place to buy a carbon fiber hood evo style or OEM

2.) Why in all the pictures do I see the carbon fiber hoods panted on the sides the same color of the car. Can you not get a solid carbon fiber hood where the whole hood is carbon fibers blk. Please let me know if that is people just painting it them selves.

[jrodhotrod]

There is a group buy going on right now for the Fiber Images OEM hood. All the carbon fiber hoods for the protege come in solild carbon fiber without pain.

Fiber Images OEM Group Buy: http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64367

For my money the Fiber Images is the best hood for the protege hands down.

They just completed an Evo 8 style hood group buy, but I believe it's closed. It was also run by the same running the OEM style group buy so you can talk to him about the possibility of getting one in the future.

[Gyre]

I have two questions

1.) where is a good place to buy a carbon fiber hood evo style or OEM

2.) Why in all the pictures do I see the carbon fiber hoods panted on the sides the same color of the car. Can you not get a solid carbon fiber hood where the whole hood is carbon fibers blk. Please let me know if that is people just painting it them selves.I believe the hoods come as all CF by default (On the top. Not talking about backing, etc.). The painted sides are custom or at least extra. I think people just like the way it looks but I've seen plenty of pictures both ways and perhaps even more all black at first when CF hoods were brand new for the Protege.

[tracknfield423]

i went with the VIS evo 7 CF hood. i like it and it was decently priced for like 460 or so at redrumcustoms.com

[MSP FOR LIFE]

yeah Fiber Images is def the way to go. Fitment is sappose to be the best there is for our cars and quality is just simply amazing. thats all there is to it.

[projectzoom]

i got my OEM VIS hood on ebay for 320 bucks, fits perfectly...i love it

[Puckpimp71]

What is the weight difference between the OE hood and a CF hood?

[LAZERBLU2003.5]

^^^^^. and also would it be cheaper just to get the factory hood vented??????

[oldzoomer]

I continue to research hoods. I want better ventilation and less weight.
Here's a couple of past discussions:
The following hood looks awesome:
http://www.msprotege.com/vbb225/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19929&highlight=hood
and
http://www.msprotege.com/vbb230/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40388

Haven't decided what would be best for me yet...

[jrodhotrod]

Ion Hoods are pimp, and before the Fiber Images Evo 8 hood came into play it was the only one I would have considered (Ion OEM with Yellow Weave) but I never bought it because I wanted a functional vented hood. It didn't look like Jack was ever going to get folks to commit to making a vented hood so I jumped in on the Fiber Images group buy. Fiber Images also makes amazing hoods that are top quality.

[1FASTMSP]

i am selling my hood if anyone is interested...
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66382

[wicked]

does the evo and the OEM hoods have rolled edges or are the black?I know the wings west hood dosen't have rolled edges.

[1FASTMSP]

the VIS hood has rolled edges...

[projectzoom]

yeah it does