A bunch of savages in this town

[Brent Nelson]

Calgary sucks.

Some jackass jumped on the hood of my car.

If any of you has size 14 feet, im coming for you!

Car 3 months old and it gets vandalized.

Thank god for comprehensive insurance.
A couple little dents in the hood and they have to replace the whole thing. $1200 damage.

Oh well, if it was a ford, the dents would be 5 times as deep and I would feel like I was getting my (insurance's) moneys worth.

--brent nelson
--2002 Golf TDI

[Ian Neumeyer]

Sorry to hear that. That sucks. I'd be choked too. Where did this happen?

If it were me, I'd try for a Carbon Fibre hood...they've gotta be around the same price or cheaper...even if you didn't want the black hood...you can have it painted.

My .02

[Brent Nelson]

Where would you get one of these?

What are the benifits?

I am ignorant about them, I guess.

Do you guys sell them at 5th Ave?

Do you guys do body work?

Northlands (where I bought) doesnt.

Since my car is black, a black hood doesnt bother me.

--brent nelson

[liquid]

A CF hood would look awesome on a black car Plus the weight savings would be noticable. The only downside might be durability. The dealerships don't sell them, but maybe check with concept1, or do a search on vwvortex

[Melinda]

[quote]Originally posted by liquid:
The only downside might be durability.

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CF hoods are generally pretty tough to anything you throw at them..

[bart]

here, get yourself a clear hood. see if i was him, i wouldnt jump on clear hoods, risk of falling through and breaking a leg, lol.

[Simon]

[quote]Originally posted by Mel:


CF hoods are generally pretty tough to anything you throw at them..

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yah.. except they generally have a tendancy to fly off on the highway :o

[Melinda]

[quote]Originally posted by Simon:


yah.. except they generally have a tendancy to fly off on the highway :o

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I believe I was talking about durability, and if you get the right hood for your car, you should be good to go. Although that clear hood does look AWESOME

Melinda

[Brent Nelson]

Holy crap!

That clear hood is uber-cool.

How much would one of those puppies cost?

I have no idea where to get one of them.

Also, where can I find info on the weight of a normal hood, the weight of the whole car, and how much difference a cf hood would make in terms of fuel efficiency and acceleration.

Although, the point of a clear hood is hardly either acceleration or fuel efficiency.

I am going to have a wad of insurance $$$ to throw at this project. (I think) I can either get a normal hood and get a bodyshop to install it, or get a nifty hood and install it myself.

--brent nelson

[Melinda]

or you could get a nifty hood and get a body shop to intall it. Most places will do it for ya

Mel

[liquid]

Here is the DTM CF hood. Plus it's a boser hood, so it looks even better This hood was called back I think cause of issues involved with it flying off at highway speeds

Looks good though

[Simon]

last time i checked that clear hood retailed for $790 USD. the company is going outta business though, so buy the hood while you still can! there's a guy selling a used one on the vortex if you want.