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yeah i was just wondering if the carbon hood is better and if it really makes a differnece? thanks

it depends on the car,
any car in specific you thinking of?

yes the carbon fiber hood is better and it good for aerodynamics and slightly raises your acceleration or speed a bit. Other than that, it loos cool

And yes it depends on the car...i think

This post has been edited by Demon86Trueno on Sep 1 2004, 01:12 PM

CF/aerodynamic-light and well aerodynamic
stock hood-heavy and um...not aerodynamic?

take ur pick

reducing the weight of the car can improve top speed and accel,
but for some cars, a light hood and heavy back can leave the car unbalanced

well i have a ae86... ive seen two options that i can choose there the carbon hood that covers the whole hood and the other option is that is covers the hood and teh head lights..
they the same or one of them better?

pure A-tune is the best option/parts for the 86

i have the a tune.. i changed the muffler and the tires.. but then the other day i changed the hood as well. i got the carbon hood. was that a good choice.. i mean im beating everyone now..

when you say pure, do you mean you shouldn't change parts later on?

yea, that's what i mean by pure...
and A-tune should have a carbon hood, but the i've tried different hoods on the 86 and felt almost no difference...

This post has been edited by xkhol on Sep 1 2004, 01:39 PM

well thanks for teh advie guys and ladies.. ill see if i can get better times now.. thank you

the tunes won't make a noticable difference in times, just the way the car drives,
i remember reading that A-tune is the fastest and most drifty for the 86, so adjust to that style of driving and your times will improve...
btw, what's your current time on akina dh?

hmm i dont recall.. but um going to play it this weeknd...
whats ur fastest time on akina?

3'09...and my times have never changed do to changing one part....
and btw, if you really can't control the driftiness, get a TRD spoiler, that should help stabilize it

thanks again for ur help.... thank you

i like option B CF hood cuz its more realistic...who the F gets CF light thingies...?

plus B is drift king style...

i think A-tune looks best, i'd want CF headlights

They sell those cf light thignys for almost 200 bucks on ebay haha... maybe its less now...

Its REALLY a waste of money- The light cover as it is is a THIN THIN THIN piece of metal that just surrounds the lights (i know- ive taken mine off)

If i ever get a CF hood for my 86- and ihave the paint job i want ill paint the hood black and the lights black. I dont like the contrast of the hood and the lights (some cars have a good contrast- my buddy case has a black hood on his fc and it looks awesome)...Also unpainted CF looks dumb to me- i hate that "Texture" it has.

oo ppl paint it....lol i always thought when ppl had black hoods on like a dif color car, they just wanted it to look like they had a CF hood but they were too poor to buy it lol

haha some bumb here did that to his civic.... he had a white civic.. with green decals all over it.. and his friend wrecked the rear of his black civic.. so the dude bought the black hood and swap the hoods out and put a Green decal on the Hood..

the reason I Know.. I Installed the M.F. it wasnt no C.F. Hood.. it was Heavy as shit... that and it still had the hood light on the under side

bottom line: hood don;t make any difference to ur car
in v2, it was rumored that it increased ur top speed

then hoods don't make any difference in v3

In V2 I got the carbon hood accidentally in my R32. I wanted to get the original hood back so when I got it, I went to do an Akagi UH trial and I went faster by 3 seconds! So yeah on some cars it does matter.

u mite of taken a better a line and shaved those 3 seconds off

Hoods really dont make your car any better in the game..if they do something its mot much..there just for looks IMO