Vis carbon fiber hood

[P12od]

soo im lookin to get a cf hood. The vis has been mentioned many times here b4 for its lack of fitting and it bein narrow. the one on ebay says "NEW" vis hood. It gaurantees fittings and using the stock hood parts to mount new one. I got their phone number and going to call them tomorrow. any advice on this "new" hood? or is it the same one and their bullsh1tn me ?

[backtrail69]

nando has a Mashaw hood and it fits really nice. I wouldn't know that it wasn't OEM till he opens it and its 10lbs...

[MR 325]

The ViS isn't perfect but it was never enough to bother me. It mounts to all factory points and functions as factory.

[HST]

Do you guys paint the CF hoods?

[pineapplegti]

i hope so.. cf is ugly

[HST]

i hope so.. cf is ugly

But they give the car the badass ricer look

[LINUS]

I've got a VIS, and it's 1/8" narrower on each side fender, so the gap is slightly larger, and it just dives a little up at the passenger windsheild cowl, not enough to matter if you either paint it, or leave unpainted on a Diamantschwarz car. Evo hood seals will help the gzap look less a big channel though.

I heard the "new VIS" routine a couple years ago, but I've never seen one that corrects the original issues. Then again, a used VIS is ~$400, nearly triple that for a quality fitting one.

[Rennsport]

nando has a Mashaw hood and it fits really nice. I wouldn't know that it wasn't OEM till he opens it and its 10lbs...

mashaw only has a listing for e30 m3 hood. is the M and none M hood the same? and $800 isnt exactly cheap

[NC325iC]

all e30 hoods are the same

[SnowFiend]

800? damn thats a lot. where could I get one, though?

[rThor432]

800? damn thats a lot. where could I get one, though?

You should get an E30 car first.

[nando]

the VIS hood isn't a "real" CF hood. it's fiberglass with a CF overlay. they look fine on black cars though, if the CF look is what you're after.

[Fidhle007]

If one is painting it anyway, does anyone have any experience with IE's fiberglass hoods?

[northmiler89]

What about this one?

http://www.carbonfiberhoods.net/product_info.php/products_id/1576

[Teaguer]

What about this one?
http://www.carbonfiberhoods.net/prod...oducts_id/1576

That is the VIS hood .


And the IE FG hood is a "race quality" hood with no provisions for stock mounting , not really what you want for a nice street car .