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Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? #234103 Jul 27, 11:30am 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 After considering this many times, it's finally down to a decision... I'm striving to keep my celi as clean as possible, especially with my upcoming Kam kit, but I love Carbon Fiber hoods. For the latter I'd choose FiberImages OEM-style but don't want to break up the lines of the carbon blue exterior... So the question is - Would you put a Carbon Fiber hood on carbon blue and what are your opinions on this combo for my car specifically?

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Sultan #234104 Jul 27, 11:31am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA BRS hood if you can find one

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? trog2233 #234105 Jul 27, 11:32am 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 if you put a blue glaze over it that would look sweet...

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? spaztikid #234106 Jul 27, 11:34am 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 spaztikid if you put a blue glaze over it that would look sweet... true, but I love the look of Carbon Fiber and if I get the hood it'll stay unpainted - hence the dilemma...

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Sultan #234107 Jul 27, 11:38am 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 i woundnt do it then unless you could get the Carbon Fiber to look like this... Last edited by spaztikid; Jul 27, 2004 11:40am.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? spaztikid #234108 Jul 27, 11:44am Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered if you want it clean as much as it pains me to say (cause i love carbon fiber) i wouldnt get it.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? #234109 Jul 27, 11:55am Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,014 Likes: 1 Malton, ON CA Haulin_A_Doo Specialist Haulin_A_Doo Specialist Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,014 Likes: 1 Malton, ON CA Nope, don't do it.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Haulin_A_Doo #234110 Jul 27, 11:57am Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,233 El Paso, TX EuRoBoYGT black & blue 4 you 2000 Toyota Celica GT EuRoBoYGT black & blue 4 you 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,233 El Paso, TX i would get it i have a carbon blue car and i want a carbon fiber hood i've been changing but you'll never see me now now i'm blaming you for everything

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? EuRoBoYGT #234111 Jul 27, 12:03pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,034 Pennsylviana Mp3Supply Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica Mp3Supply Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,034 Pennsylviana , and got a w7 and 500/1 Work like you really dont need the money Love like you have never been hurt before Dance like no one is watching.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Mp3Supply #234112 Jul 27, 12:09pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,668 MADERA, CA ravertony Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica ravertony Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,668 MADERA, CA this is a hard one, i would want to keep the carbon blue look, it looks nice and clean but then again carbon fiber

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? ravertony #234113 Jul 27, 12:12pm Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,137 Woodland Hills, CA ct C'mon & hit me! 2000 Toyota Celica GTS ct C'mon & hit me! 2000 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,137 Woodland Hills, CA go for it...

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? ct #234114 Jul 27, 12:24pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,216 Likes: 1 San Leandro/Davis, CA ToiletPaper Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT ToiletPaper Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,216 Likes: 1 San Leandro/Davis, CA

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? ToiletPaper #234115 Jul 27, 2:44pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,977 San Diego, CA Zero Furi Kuri 2002 Toyota Celica GT Zero Furi Kuri 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,977 San Diego, CA find a Carbon Fiber hood that has a blue/black weave in it. it'll match. I've mastered the art of the After Image Technique.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Zero #234116 Jul 27, 2:56pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,869 Washington cycocelica daman 2000 Toyota Celica GT cycocelica daman 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,869 Washington do it... carbon fiber is worth it

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? ct #234117 Jul 27, 2:57pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,353 Grand Rapids, MI MptGlw69 Playboy 2001 Acura Integra MptGlw69 Playboy 2001 Acura Integra Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,353 Grand Rapids, MI Originally Posted by ct go for it...

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? MptGlw69 #234118 Jul 27, 3:01pm Joined: May 2004 Posts: 795 Hunterdon County, NJ TimO The O 2005 Scion TC TimO The O 2005 Scion TC Joined: May 2004 Posts: 795 Hunterdon County, NJ a tuffy... ... i would

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? TimO #234119 Jul 27, 3:10pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,143 Austin, TX booyaolian Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT booyaolian Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,143 Austin, TX why not? your RMM wing has the Carbon Fiber center piece. the OEM Carbon Fiber hood will flow. maybe get yourself a pair of Carbon Fiber TRD style eyelids.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? booyaolian #234120 Jul 27, 3:55pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,417 Florida SmutasticGT Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT SmutasticGT Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,417 Florida definetly go for it...it will look great on carbon blue, iv seen it in person, it looks hot

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? ct #234121 Jul 27, 4:51pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,134 San Diego, CA righteous_one Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT righteous_one Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,134 San Diego, CA Originally Posted by ct go for it...

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? righteous_one #234122 Jul 27, 4:52pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,265 Pomona, CA Virgilson TheFilipinoCrew 2000 Toyota Celica GT Virgilson TheFilipinoCrew 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,265 Pomona, CA i would get a OEM Carbon Fiber hood.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Virgilson #234123 Jul 27, 4:54pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 41 California, SAC doexingGTS Member 01 Toyota Celica GTS doexingGTS Member 01 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 41 California, SAC it doesn't look that bad i love my hood with carbon blue.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? doexingGTS #234124 Jul 27, 5:00pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca CeLlYgT04 Specialist CeLlYgT04 Specialist Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca Get the hood man

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? EuRoBoYGT #234125 Jul 27, 5:10pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 305 New Hampshire round2gts Member 2000 Toyota Celica round2gts Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 305 New Hampshire Originally Posted by EuRoBoYGT i would get it i have a carbon blue car and i want a carbon fiber hood

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? round2gts #234126 Jul 27, 5:31pm 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 yes do it if it'll match your color scheme and carbon fiber scheme...which you have a lot of so do it... i'm actually doing teh same Carbon Fiber on the interior, engine plastics, Carbon Fiber hood, and kaminari Carbon Fiber spoiler SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? VSGTS14 #234127 Jul 27, 5:40pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 15 San Diego,Ca chamoru812 Member 01 Toyota Celica GT chamoru812 Member 01 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 15 San Diego,Ca it looks good. i have a carbon blue celica with a brs hood. i say go for it.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Mp3Supply #234128 Jul 27, 6:57pm 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 Mp3Supply , and got a w7 and 500/1 - yeah, I'm still considering those...

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? booyaolian #234129 Jul 27, 7:03pm 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 booyaolian why not? your RMM wing has the Carbon Fiber center piece. the OEM Carbon Fiber hood will flow. maybe get yourself a pair of Carbon Fiber TRD style eyelids. true, my wing does have a Carbon Fiber blade but the hood is a lot bigger and sits right next to the exterior color whereas the spoiler is elevated and provides less of a contrast - I may have to get tony to chop some pics for me -

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Sultan #234130 Jul 27, 7:12pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 362 houston andrews Member 2000 Toyota Celica andrews Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 362 houston why not do it? its great for looks and its weight reduction! Injen RD cai

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? andrews #234131 Jul 27, 9:06pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 753 Southeastern, Illinois blackcel Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT blackcel Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 753 Southeastern, Illinois I say go for it

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? blackcel #234132 Jul 27, 9:36pm Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,296 Orlando/Gainesville, FL bmw52786 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT bmw52786 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,296 Orlando/Gainesville, FL I love carbon fiber, i say YES

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? bmw52786 #234133 Jul 27, 9:41pm Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,174 Frankfort, IL combatc87 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT combatc87 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,174 Frankfort, IL i think the blue-weave Carbon Fiber hood would contrast greatly with your wing. i can't say the same about carbon blue (i haven't seen many pics of it) but carbon fiber looks hot on the Spectra Blue Mica. -Combatc87- / -SgT._BiLkO-

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? combatc87 #234134 Jul 28, 2:15am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy You said U love Carbon Fiber...well I love it too and I just can say...DO IT!!! I have a Carbon Fiber hood and it's so sweet... Carbon Fiber is good with every color for me!

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Danny7 #234135 Jul 28, 3:25am Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,223 oas Specialist oas Specialist Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,223 with kit carbon hud

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? oas #234136 Jul 28, 7:07am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 493 Springfield,MA Blue_Jaggon Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Blue_Jaggon Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 493 Springfield,MA just get Carbon Fiber hood and paint it if you don't think it will look good...

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Blue_Jaggon #234137 Jul 28, 7:59am Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,670 towson, md ragingpaseo Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica ragingpaseo Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,670 towson, md i say, do it! Carbon Fiber hood is also one of mine to do things...

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Blue_Jaggon #234138 Jul 28, 10:33am 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 Blue_Jaggon just get Carbon Fiber hood and paint it if you don't think it will look good... painting Carbon Fiber just seems like a waste to me... anyway, I think I'm going for it - FiberImages OEM Carbon Fiber hood - Last edited by Sultan; Jul 28, 2004 10:34am.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Sultan #234139 Jul 28, 10:36am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 493 Springfield,MA Blue_Jaggon Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Blue_Jaggon Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 493 Springfield,MA yea but ur still gonna have a light hood...i mean thats what your paying for...either way good luck

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Blue_Jaggon #234140 Jul 28, 10:38am Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 334 Calgary, AB, Canada OBi3 Member 2002 Toyota Celica OBi3 Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 334 Calgary, AB, Canada DO IT~! JUST DO IT~! DO IT~! (Gotta love Starsky!!) ::SilentRage:: 'Cause Looks Matter~!

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? OBi3 #234141 Jul 28, 11:16am 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 don't paint it.. just get an OEM Carbon Fiber hood. SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? VSGTS14 #234142 Jul 28, 11:23am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,289 Bay Area, NorCal CaLiGTS Phantom 2001 Toyota Celica CaLiGTS Phantom 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,289 Bay Area, NorCal carbon fiber hood on a dark car is always nice I just got my Kaminari kit and I love it! Ask yourself one question. Is the juice worth the squeeze?

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Blue_Jaggon #234143 Jul 28, 11:28am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 233 jersey drivethru1986 Member 2004 Toyota Celica drivethru1986 Member 2004 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 233 jersey Originally Posted by Blue_Jaggon just get Carbon Fiber hood and paint it if you don't think it will look good...

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? CaLiGTS #234144 Jul 28, 9:58pm Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 169 Indy SatinSilverGTS Member 2000 Toyota Celica SatinSilverGTS Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 169 Indy In the words of Nike Just Do It Remeber this when trying to out run the Police "There Isnt a car on earth that can out run the ole Motorola!"

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? SatinSilverGTS #234145 Jul 28, 11:02pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 142 Australia OzzyZR Member 2000 Toyota Celica ZR OzzyZR Member 2000 Toyota Celica ZR Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 142 Australia can't decide untill i see the style of hood, if you're getting a Kaminari kit that is... A CHAMPION IS ONE WHO GETS UP WHEN HE CAN'T.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? CaLiGTS #234146 Jul 28, 11:11pm Joined: May 2003 Posts: 582 palm springs, burbank CA Jae Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica Jae Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 582 palm springs, burbank CA fiber image and OE tuning has the best quality carbonfiber hood. They fit perfect and and are lighter than other carbonfiber hoods. i know this since i had VIS hood before and now i have Fiber images. if you get a carbonfiber hood, you have to get hoodpins, which will kill the part"clean look" or else its not safe. and i don't think carbonfiber makes car look clean. it will look raced out, but not very clean. Specially on black or midnight blue car. All carbon fiber hood does is make you car look different, not clean, unless you have other carbonfiber parts.

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? spaztikid #234147 Jul 29, 12:56am Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 823 Ft. Lauderdale, FL hkysk8r86 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT hkysk8r86 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 823 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Originally Posted by spaztikid i woundnt do it then unless you could get the Carbon Fiber to look like this... I'm with spaztikid, if you can make it look like that, that'd be pimp, that's what i'm going for w/ my hood

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? hkysk8r86 #234148 Jul 29, 11:53am 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 well, I may now be getting a Carbon Fiber hood from Advanced Import Tuning (AIT) - should be due out in late August... - part of my new "project"

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? CaLiGTS #234149 Jul 29, 3:27pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 733 Frisco Tru_gts Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica Tru_gts Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 733 Frisco To my girl Truboo

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? Tru_gts #234150 Jul 29, 3:29pm Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 30 Orlando, FL TRDLady Member 2002 Toyota Celica TRDLady Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 30 Orlando, FL Do it

Re: Carbon Fiber Hood - Yes or No? TRDLady #234151 Aug 1, 7:44pm 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 Ordinarily, I'm a huge fan of carbon fiber, but if you want a clean look, I'd just leave your stock hood on. I don't think your headlight covers would look right if you had a carbon fiber hood.

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