vis cf hood just flew off my car wtf!!!!
11-25-2009, 06:56 AM
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Re: vis cf hood just flew off my car wtf!!!!
btw if you dont want hood pins get these
http://www.deftracing.com/aerocatch_hood_pins/index.htm
http://www.deftracing.com/aerocatch_hood_pins/index.htm
11-25-2009, 07:21 AM
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Re: vis cf hood just flew off my car wtf!!!!
11-25-2009, 03:35 PM
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Re: vis cf hood just flew off my car wtf!!!!
That was basically my point in a roundabout way. If someone got killed, then things would be different, but in this case there isn't enough legal fodder to be worthwhile to pursue over the cost of the hood...
11-26-2009, 12:58 PM
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Re: vis cf hood just flew off my car wtf!!!!
Why wouldnt you put hood pins on it? Thats the first thing to do on a carbon fiber hood. They dont have a perfect fit for your car and air gets under them.
Whoever said theres no legal recourse is right. Thats why all these things say for off road use only just like when they say they are california smog legal or such and they still say offroad use only which covers them.
Whoever said theres no legal recourse is right. Thats why all these things say for off road use only just like when they say they are california smog legal or such and they still say offroad use only which covers them.
11-26-2009, 01:03 PM
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Re: vis cf hood just flew off my car wtf!!!!
If I was you, I'd call VIS and tell the about the problem. If they don't give you a new hood, explain how upset you are and how you're going to post up this problem on every forum you can find.
I know for one, I won't be buying a VIS hood after seeing this.
I know for one, I won't be buying a VIS hood after seeing this.
11-27-2009, 09:29 PM
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Re: vis cf hood just flew off my car wtf!!!!
Have I said yet that most carbon hoods are purely cosmetic...?
11-28-2009, 06:04 AM
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Re: vis cf hood just flew off my car wtf!!!!
What would a lawyer do? The hood was used on the street ("for off-road use only") and hood pins weren't used. Where's the legal recourse to do anything at all?
I've said this before and I'll say it again. Pretty much every carbon hood under about $1k are crap. The only exception to that are hoods that use proper construction methods but still use cheap materials, which can usually turn out perfectly fine for cosmetic street use. Really though, if you want a good hood, you need to get one that is actually designed properly, uses proper materials, is constructed properly, etc., and that doesn't come cheap. We're talking vacuum consolidation (ideally prepreg instead of wet layup), epoxy resin (or vinylester at the absolute minimum) and some type of honeycomb or urethane foam core for stiffness. Yeah, some $600 (or $350, or whatever) hood will look virtually identical to a $1500 hood from the outside, but the difference is quality. I've never had a carbon hood on any car I've owned, and that's because I can't afford to buy one that I think is acceptable, and that I haven't had the time or money (or an extra hood to make the tooling from) to properly tool and laminate a one-off. I won't throw a ViS hood or whatever on the car because I'd rather have a steel hood (or aluminum in the case of my WRX) than a poorly done cosmetic carbon part.
And yeah, I'm foamin'. I'm hardcore when it comes to composites.
I've said this before and I'll say it again. Pretty much every carbon hood under about $1k are crap. The only exception to that are hoods that use proper construction methods but still use cheap materials, which can usually turn out perfectly fine for cosmetic street use. Really though, if you want a good hood, you need to get one that is actually designed properly, uses proper materials, is constructed properly, etc., and that doesn't come cheap. We're talking vacuum consolidation (ideally prepreg instead of wet layup), epoxy resin (or vinylester at the absolute minimum) and some type of honeycomb or urethane foam core for stiffness. Yeah, some $600 (or $350, or whatever) hood will look virtually identical to a $1500 hood from the outside, but the difference is quality. I've never had a carbon hood on any car I've owned, and that's because I can't afford to buy one that I think is acceptable, and that I haven't had the time or money (or an extra hood to make the tooling from) to properly tool and laminate a one-off. I won't throw a ViS hood or whatever on the car because I'd rather have a steel hood (or aluminum in the case of my WRX) than a poorly done cosmetic carbon part.
And yeah, I'm foamin'. I'm hardcore when it comes to composites.
I do agree