yay or nay for carbon fiber

[kamotors]

im graduating from high school pretty soon so i'm wondering if i should buy a cf hood, heres how it would look, but i cant tell whether i like it or not, worse comes to worse i could always paint it if i decided later i didn't like it. i would be getting it from euro.... whatever on ebay, not the vis hood.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Do it, and become my hero. Your car will make me even happier.

[kamotors]

ill try to get one but there so expensive, i need to invite rich people to my graduation.

[BeirBrennerE30]

get it... but if you dont like it(which you will) DONT paint it. The fitment of those ebay hoods is not good enough to pull off body color

[kamotors]

this is the one that i would get

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120261809968&rd=1

[golde30]

raw carbon fiber looks ghey on e30's, dont get it.

[Mtriple]

raw carbon fiber looks ghey on e30's, dont get it.

:nice:

[DCColegrove]

A lot of Bucks for very little "Bang".

Shedding weight is my thing, but I won't run a CF hood.

[kamotors]

i dont want it anymore,but i need to balance my car out all the weight ive removed is from the rear and the middle of the car.

[Tavern Gnome]

Why don't you take that $700 and put a god damn 5 speed in your car!:hitler:

[bmw325csi]

dont do it, if anyone took a good look at the carbon on eurostop's cars at bimmerfest will agree

[ditchdigger]

650 clams for what?....maybe a 20 pound drop? Not good economics. I would think that amount of money would go a long way to increasing the horsepower of the engine enough to offset the heaviness of your hood. Drop that cash on some lightweight wheels since 2 pounds per corner of unsprung weight is worth alot more than the 20lbs of sprung weight.

Personally I feel that carbon fiber has been reduced to automotive jewlery. A carbon fiber hood is not really a legitimate engineering application, it is an exercise in flamboyance. Sure it weighs less but its rigidity is useless in that application. Fiberglass would be a better choice. It would cost less and weigh almost as little. Now the tub of a Ferrari Enzo... That is a perfect use for CF. Its lightness and rigidity are perfect for the application. Just a hood? Thats just fashion.


The only legitimate application of it I can think of on a street or dual duty track car is maybe a race seat. Its strengths would be perfect for it. Everything else is just showing off.

Sorry, CF add ons are one of my pet peeves., but hese are just my opinions and disregard them as such ;)

/rant

[kamotors]

650 clams for what?....maybe a 20 pound drop? Not good economics. I would think that amount of money would go a long way to increasing the horsepower of the engine enough to offset the heaviness of your hood. Drop that cash on some lightweight wheels since 2 pounds per corner of unsprung weight is worth alot more than the 20lbs of sprung weight.

Personally I feel that carbon fiber has been reduced to automotive jewlery. A carbon fiber hood is not really a legitimate engineering application, it is an exercise in flamboyance. Sure it weighs less but its rigidity is useless in that application. Fiberglass would be a better choice. It would cost less and weigh almost as little. Now the tub of a Ferrari Enzo... That is a perfect use for CF. Its lightness and rigidity are perfect for the application. Just a hood? Thats just fashion.


The only legitimate application of it I can think of on a street or dual duty track car is maybe a race seat. Its strengths would be perfect for it. Everything else is just showing off.

Sorry, CF add ons are one of my pet peeves., but hese are just my opinions and disregard them as such ;)

/rant

i already made my decision 2 posts up

[e30s52]

most of the people say who hate carbon fiber are the people who see dry cf or raw. wet looks alot better.

[widebodye30]

dont do it, if anyone took a good look at the carbon on eurostop's cars at bimmerfest will agree

They will agree?:crazy: