mamagoose

Ok,
So you guys say that the pedestal spoiler isn't a good idea. My hubby wants to know what you think of the carbon fiber hood with the reverse cowl for his TC?

surfcity40

i think you wanted the "how to rice a civic" forum. jk, i'm not a fan of carbon fiber hoods for the tC.

Stretch_Uncensored

Here's my hood...
I dunno if this helps in your decision making... Personally I have the Pedestal Spoiler and the hood and love them both (except when people call my SPOILER a "wing").

Limey

Carbon fiber hoods are great as long as they are painted the same color as your car.

Get them becuase they are light not because they look 'kool!'.

ack154

iTrader: (7)

CF hoods aren't bad... but I definitely am not a fan of that reverse one. I'd love a silver CF one for my SSM. Maybe some day.

Moved to DC...

mamagoose

great pix thanks. dh wants to know about snow and rain getting into the engine area if you get a reverse one. Any problems?

Thanks,

(LOL maybe I should get dh to join scionlife.)

soldiercontreras

Not feeling the reverse cowl CF hood, but the regular one is clean. The cowl adds too much to something that already sticks out. IMO, if your going to add a CF hood, you got to keep everything as simple as you can so it can look clean.

Whocares05050

Personaly, i think it looks good, but to much $$

Emo

I have the regular OEM style CF hood on my BSP and people dont even notice it until they come few feet away from my car...

-Emo

gwtc

iTrader: (4)

Very nice , but I'm having someone custom make me one.

BrEaK_AwaY

OEM CF hood is the eay to go.

ViS at that =]

Stretch_Uncensored

I haven't decided what I'm going to do for rain season yet... either put my regular red one back on or just a regular Carbon Fiber. I'm not too sure of how much damage it will do but I've been told it's not good at all. It will get water in the engine and cause it to smoke. I've also looked into some way of plugging it , some kind of stopper but I haven't gotten too much into it yet .

streamline_jdm

looks good.... got one but just the regular cf hood ..

purpled_out_tC

I say if you like it get it. Unless it just looks crazy, like a civic tupe CF wing on a IS300-yes someone did it.

lvnurs9

I wasnt sure I liked that hood but WOW

If I had the money I would SO buy one!

kungpaosamuraiii

Someones gotta make a more functional reverse cowl like on the Lancer Evolution.

Like the Kaminari hood for the EVO8:

Revilo

if you have the stock manifoul or if you have aftermarket header, you will not experiment any problem because the water will not affect them. MAYBE if you have a turbo you could have some troubles (it is my opinion).

kungpaosamuraiii

The vents sit right above the header so it should theoretically help keep exhaust heat leak out of the engine bay. The intake piping for turbos would sit to the side so there won't be problems with hydrolock or shouldn't.

rhythmnsmoke

Since when did that become a golden rule? Asthetic values can not be ignored when modifying your car.

soldiercontreras

If you do order one please do so from RacingSolution who my friend dealt with and had no problems. I ordered mine from Motor-Fx and you would not believe the headaches I went through to get it. I will make a thread about it later.