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New hood arrived! #121492 Mar 10, 9:37am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri Just opened it!! I cant believe how F*cking light this thing is!! So, when I go to install it is it hard to line up?? Also, my hoodpins havent arrived yet. You think itll be ok if I put it on and just dont drive on the highway till they get here??

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121493 Mar 10, 9:40am Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 448 Colorado QuickChick03gt Senior Member 2004 Acura & Subaru RSX-S A-Spec & WRX S QuickChick03gt Senior Member 2004 Acura & Subaru RSX-S A-Spec & WRX S Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 448 Colorado Looks nice! I think you'll be fine driving without them for a while. It will still hook up to the factory latch. *Every moment creates the story of your life, so you might as well make it interesting.*

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121494 Mar 10, 9:41am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA VIS OEM, lookin' good. Install should be easy however having someone else to help you line it up would make it easier. As long as you don't go crazy fast the hood should be ok with the latch - just put those hood pins in quick bro and let us see pics when its done

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121495 Mar 10, 9:42am Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA sweet

Re: New hood arrived! Sultan #121496 Mar 10, 9:42am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri Will do!!!!!!!! Ill have installed pics by the end of the day!!!!

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121497 Mar 10, 11:16am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,274 Orange County, CA DJ_Curtiz Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT DJ_Curtiz Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,274 Orange County, CA U HAVE A AIR HOCKEY TABLE!!!!!!! SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!! Last edited by DJ_Curtiz; Mar 10, 2004 11:16am. DJ CURTIZ - taking over the world one record at a time Live life on the edge, otherwise you take up too much space.

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121498 Mar 10, 11:25am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Looks good! Is it VIS? I thought you got it off ebay

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121499 Mar 10, 11:40am Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 945 Nassau,NY PnOyGtS Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica PnOyGtS Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 945 Nassau,NY Nice!

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121500 Mar 10, 12:11pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca CeLlYgT04 Specialist CeLlYgT04 Specialist Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca I like it a lot! Just don't go at insane speeds, and you'll be fine with hoodpins for a while Can't wait to see how it looks on the car

Re: New hood arrived! CeLlYgT04 #121501 Mar 10, 12:25pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan element_celica Senior Member element_celica Senior Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan Originally Posted by CeLlYgT04 I like it a lot! Just don't go at insane speeds, and you'll be fine with hoodpins for a while Can't wait to see how it looks on the car yea man.. and hey do you need the box that the hood came in? kuz i sure could use a big box like that rip celi... 95 240sx

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121502 Mar 10, 12:43pm Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered nice hood i like it a lot

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121503 Mar 10, 1:05pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,285 Jersey Stun Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Stun Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,285 Jersey Oh man that looks sweet. Now I cant wait until Saturday to go pick up my Carbon Fiber Invader Hood.

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121504 Mar 10, 1:11pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 924 San Antonio, TX se7enmodgt20 Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT se7enmodgt20 Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 924 San Antonio, TX nice hood!

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121505 Mar 10, 1:37pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri I got it off of e-bay!!! It lines up great, the only thing is that since my car got hit about three weeks ago; The left front side is a little off. but my VS front should be in next week and they are gonna fix all the front end and line everything up. They are gonna mold the front and rear in!!!

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121506 Mar 10, 1:47pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri ok here ya go

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121507 Mar 10, 1:48pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri another

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121508 Mar 10, 1:49pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca CeLlYgT04 Specialist CeLlYgT04 Specialist Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca Originally Posted by saspence22 ok here ya go Got any more!?

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121509 Mar 10, 1:51pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri Thats it for now, batteries went dead on the cam...damnit!!

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121510 Mar 10, 1:54pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca CeLlYgT04 Specialist CeLlYgT04 Specialist Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca Originally Posted by saspence22 Thats it for now, batteries went dead on the cam...damnit!! IT's cool...It accents your wheels real nice

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121511 Mar 10, 2:11pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA looks good

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121512 Mar 10, 2:13pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,925 Phoenix, AZ celicaTRDgts Specialist 02 Toyota Celica celicaTRDgts Specialist 02 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,925 Phoenix, AZ race car now

Re: New hood arrived! celicaTRDgts #121513 Mar 10, 2:15pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 775 MN tgts2000 Senior Member 2002 Acura RSX-S tgts2000 Senior Member 2002 Acura RSX-S Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 775 MN That looks realllllly nice!!

Re: New hood arrived! tgts2000 #121514 Mar 10, 2:38pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 873 PA drkramm seabass 2000 Toyota Celica GTS drkramm seabass 2000 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 873 PA who one ebay did you get the hood from hey thats a 20 minute phone call "if i have seen farther it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" derek: do you know that non dairy cream is flamable Jennie: ...derek..what did you do

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121515 Mar 10, 2:43pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 416 New York GTStick Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GTStick Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 416 New York great looks man

Re: New hood arrived! celicaTRDgts #121516 Mar 10, 2:53pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri Originally Posted by celicaTRDgts race car now Or a Boeing 740-celi...oops did I say that?

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121517 Mar 10, 3:40pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,612 St.George, UT eric_h 2low2slow 2002 Toyota Celica GT eric_h 2low2slow 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,612 St.George, UT you have a real nice looking car only thing idont like is the grill A boats a boat, but the mystery box could be anything....Even a boat!

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121518 Mar 10, 4:07pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,925 Phoenix, AZ celicaTRDgts Specialist 02 Toyota Celica celicaTRDgts Specialist 02 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,925 Phoenix, AZ Originally Posted by saspence22 Originally Posted by celicaTRDgts race car now Or a Boeing 740-celi...oops did I say that?

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121519 Mar 10, 4:10pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ looks awesome!! SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121520 Mar 10, 4:15pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 254 maryland aykut Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT aykut Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 254 maryland please change the wheels and clean the decals

Re: New hood arrived! aykut #121521 Mar 10, 4:19pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,925 Phoenix, AZ celicaTRDgts Specialist 02 Toyota Celica celicaTRDgts Specialist 02 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,925 Phoenix, AZ Originally Posted by aykut please change the wheels and clean the decals yea just some tips...make ur car look way nicer/cleaner...remove the sickers ...u should of keep the rims silver...thats about all you can do to help ha...just a suggestion

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121522 Mar 10, 4:24pm Joined: May 2002 Posts: 496 ontario, ohio darkduwende the dark elf 2000 Toyota Celica darkduwende the dark elf 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2002 Posts: 496 ontario, ohio fits the car very well, great scheme going sponsors: ignited / nitrous express / rotora / extreme dimensions / twm / corbeau gusto kong bumaet pero di ko magawa!

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121523 Mar 10, 4:43pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 213 El Paso, TX StoneSour Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT StoneSour Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 213 El Paso, TX That looks really good,how much did it come out to w/ shipping?

Re: New hood arrived! StoneSour #121524 Mar 10, 4:44pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Originally Posted by StoneSour That looks really good,how much did it come out to w/ shipping? I think he told me either $325 or $375 shipped.

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121525 Mar 10, 4:49pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 269 Atlanta, Georgia Warlord786 Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Warlord786 Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 269 Atlanta, Georgia very nice!

Re: New hood arrived! Evan #121526 Mar 10, 5:17pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,365 Likes: 1 New Orleans, LA Speed4TheNeed Caleb 2000 Toyota Celica Speed4TheNeed Caleb 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,365 Likes: 1 New Orleans, LA Originally Posted by Evan Looks good! Is it VIS? I thought you got it off ebay if i remember correclty..it IS vis (saspsense, correct me if i'm wrong but i think i remember you saying this).

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121527 Mar 10, 5:18pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,365 Likes: 1 New Orleans, LA Speed4TheNeed Caleb 2000 Toyota Celica Speed4TheNeed Caleb 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,365 Likes: 1 New Orleans, LA looks awesome 'sappy' your car is really coming along well

Re: New hood arrived! Speed4TheNeed #121528 Mar 10, 5:19pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Originally Posted by sPeEd4tHeNeEd Originally Posted by Evan Looks good! Is it VIS? I thought you got it off ebay if i remember correclty..it IS vis (saspsense, correct me if i'm wrong but i think i remember you saying this). I pm'd him a while back and all he said was that he got it off ebay, didn't mention the name so I just assumed it wasn't a brand name. If it is, he got one hell of a deal.

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121529 Mar 10, 5:25pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri Says its VIS...I have to admit, Ive never bought one of these bofore so I wouldnt even know how to tell?? Thanks for all the positive feedback guys!!! I did get it off E-bay...355.00 shipped!!!! Said it was VIS. I dunno...it fits great though..I just have to get my front end fixed.

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121530 Mar 10, 5:27pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri Oh...any questions at all just ask. It wasnt that hard to put on, but the hoodpins came it tonight, they are a different story. Gotta be a fucking rocket scientist to figure them out???

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121531 Mar 10, 5:29pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Originally Posted by saspence22 Oh...any questions at all just ask. It wasnt that hard to put on, but the hoodpins came it tonight, they are a different story. Gotta be a fucking rocket scientist to figure them out??? don't mess them up, because you don't really have a second chance once you've drilled. since you're taking it to the shop already for some other work, I'd just have them do it.

Re: New hood arrived! Evan #121532 Mar 10, 5:50pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,365 Likes: 1 New Orleans, LA Speed4TheNeed Caleb 2000 Toyota Celica Speed4TheNeed Caleb 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,365 Likes: 1 New Orleans, LA Originally Posted by Evan Originally Posted by saspence22 Oh...any questions at all just ask. It wasnt that hard to put on, but the hoodpins came it tonight, they are a different story. Gotta be a fucking rocket scientist to figure them out??? don't mess them up, because you don't really have a second chance once you've drilled. since you're taking it to the shop already for some other work, I'd just have them do it. i have to agree with evan. since you have never attempted anything like this before i wouldnt recommend it.

Re: New hood arrived! Speed4TheNeed #121533 Mar 10, 6:09pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri Well...the thing is, is it wont be in the shop till sometime next week. Its kind of lifted up on one side if you look on the pic. I have to drive on the highway for work etc. Im worried about the wind catching it and ripping it off. I just need to know if there is a special drill bit I should use or not? Other than that Im cool.

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121534 Mar 10, 7:06pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,863 St. George, UT v3n0m Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT v3n0m Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,863 St. George, UT looks pretty good

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121535 Mar 10, 7:09pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Originally Posted by saspence22 Well...the thing is, is it wont be in the shop till sometime next week. Its kind of lifted up on one side if you look on the pic. I have to drive on the highway for work etc. Im worried about the wind catching it and ripping it off. I just need to know if there is a special drill bit I should use or not? Other than that Im cool. One week isn't that far away. Just put the stock one back on until you can have it properly installed.

Re: New hood arrived! Evan #121536 Mar 10, 7:11pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca CeLlYgT04 Specialist CeLlYgT04 Specialist Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca Originally Posted by Evan Originally Posted by saspence22 Well...the thing is, is it wont be in the shop till sometime next week. Its kind of lifted up on one side if you look on the pic. I have to drive on the highway for work etc. Im worried about the wind catching it and ripping it off. I just need to know if there is a special drill bit I should use or not? Other than that Im cool. One week isn't that far away. Just put the stock one back on until you can have it properly installed. Yea, unless you wanna take a BIG chance

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121537 Mar 11, 3:27am Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 781 norway celicat23 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica celicat23 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 781 norway My dad's got a VIS carbon hood on his 250bhp audi A4, and he doesn't use hood pins. Been driving it for a year now (a LOT on the highway) and never had any problems. btw, if it's a VIS hood they've got their logo on the hood (under, ofcourse...) seems like VIS knows what they're doing when it comes to Carbon Fiber hoods. everyone I've talked to says they fit straight on with no problem. same with the A4. no problems at all. exept we had to move the washer jets for the front windshield.

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121538 Mar 11, 3:35am Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,576 Likes: 1 Stephen Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica GT Stephen Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,576 Likes: 1 I've had my VIS hood on for over a month, driven it freeway speeds pretty often and the hood doesn't even move up and down slightly at those speeds. Just my two cents and I'm not saying hoodpins are in anyway a bad idea but if it ain't broke don't fix it. Looks cleaner without hoodpins anyways. I don't plan on keeping my Carbon Fiber on for longer highway trips anyways so I'm happy with it the way it is

Re: New hood arrived! Stephen #121539 Mar 11, 7:16am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Originally Posted by Stephen I've had my VIS hood on for over a month, driven it freeway speeds pretty often and the hood doesn't even move up and down slightly at those speeds. Just my two cents and I'm not saying hoodpins are in anyway a bad idea but if it ain't broke don't fix it. Looks cleaner without hoodpins anyways. I don't plan on keeping my Carbon Fiber on for longer highway trips anyways so I'm happy with it the way it is I agree that without hoodpins it's much cleaner, however personally I'd have them just for peace of mind if I got a Carbon Fiber hood. Also I've heard that VIS has issues with fitment (passenger side gaps) whereas FiberImages or o.e. tuning do not...

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121540 Mar 11, 7:19am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,371 ATL GA AZZKIKR SHO - NUFF 2003 Toyota Celica GT AZZKIKR SHO - NUFF 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,371 ATL GA I'd take it to the shop...better safe than sorry

Re: New hood arrived! saspence22 #121541 Mar 11, 9:36am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 125 Jersey City, NJ iseaniebabyi Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT iseaniebabyi Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 125 Jersey City, NJ yeah better safe than sorry. put them hoodpins on. however i was at the shop with my friend who was ordering his Carbon Fiber hood, and the guy told us that there are only about 2 out 80 cars that he's sold Carbon Fiber hoods to that have flown off. so i'm guessing it's not likely unless you're like gunning it on the highway... INJEN for your engine.

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