The Scoop On Carbon Fiber Hoods

There are some reasons that the carbon fiber has taken in recent years. It is a lightweight and rigid visually appealing. He has structured a unique look and a smooth finish. And 'surprisingly strong, and not flex much.

Get carbon fiber hoods, for example. A lot of tuners add carbon fiber hood on their cars modification. Unlike steel hoods, these hoods carbon fiber reduces vehicle weight to 40 or 50 pounds for some programs. This change, when added to reduce the weight of other changes may decrease slightly 00-60 times and marginally better handling and acceleration.

The second reason is cool looking structured finish. Add a touch of carbon fiber as a theme throughout the vehicle and can score some major style points.

These carbon fiber hoods are very expensive for their capacity to reduce weight, but adds a lot of style for the money. Once purchased the hood you want, it's time to install it. You can use a hand removing the factory hood due to its weight, but when it is removed, you must be able to manage the hood much lighter carbon fiber.

The installation is pretty easy, here's a quick guide to help you get it installed.

Start the installation by removing the washer nozzles to plug factory. Get the tube that runs from releasing them or their lives. If there is a light attached to the hood, go ahead and remove it, you might want to reuse the new cap.

With these removed, and with a little help on the other side, prop the hood up cap proposal if appropriate. Remove the four screws that secure the bonnet hinges. If your hood has gas shocks, remove them before removing the hinge pins. Be careful to carry the weight of the hood when removing the hinge bolts to reduce the risk of damaging the fenders or the windshield. Hinges removed and gas shock absorbers, this will unleash the full heavy hat factory. Carefully remove it from its hinges by pulling out the windshield and set aside.

Insert the new carbon fiber hood in place. Will be much lighter than factory steel hood. Align the screws on the hinges and tighten down. Attach the gas shocks if necessary, or set the hood in position proposal. Replace windshield washer jets, if the cap allows, and run lines on the underside. When you save your light and want to reuse, you can do at this point. it can be secured using some 3M double sided tape, or you can screw lightly into place, making sure to use screws small enough not to penetrate the top of the cap.

Close the hood and check for alignment. If you need to adjust the alignment, lift the hood and loosen the hinge bolts slightly, just where you can make small adjustments. Lower the hood and make the corrections and tighten the bolts. This should complete the installation of carbon fiber hood.