Originally Posted by Skyshadow
I don't mean to say you are wrong but before this car i was neck deep into Imports (japan) and every single one of my cars had VIS Carbon fiber hoods. they had to be carbon through and through, because I wrecked my RX-7 bending my hood all to hell and it was Carbon all the way. It had supports underneath that were carbon as well, but i believe dry carbon. Unless I'm not understanding how your saying its made, you've got to be wrong about atleast VIS. Sure there are cheaper "shell" types out there, its all about how much you pay. Also I dont mind if I only have a "shell", if thats the only way, Because I really like the look of Carbon on a black car.
Skyshadow, I'm probably the last person on this forum who should ever comment on CF hoods. Because even though I've owned 34 Japanese cars over the years, not one was ever modified with carbon fiber. I was just going by what info I've read here on the forum about CF in the past. You obviously have experience with the product so I stand corrected.
The reason for using fiberglass, is because it is a product that is relatively easy to work with, and to form or mold into any shape so desired. Maybe CF is too, but I believe more people are comfortable using glass than CF. Then again, I could be wrong.
The point is, we actually had a well known "Fiberglass" hood manufacture "AAR" offer to build a glass hood for our Crossfires, and we simply couldn't get enough people to come up with the purchase price for their product, because not enough people wanted the custom design they were offering.
Since nobody else is even thinking about building an "after market" hood in any material for the Crossfire, I thought we may be able to get the required 10 orders it takes for them to start production if we simply asked for a "Stock" hood design. That way it would be much easier for anybody who wants to modify their cars hood design, could do so without damaging their "stock" steel hoods.