maranelloboy05

Does this exist? I love the Mugen hood, but would rather just paint it and if I'm going to paint it why bother with CF. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I paint a carbon one it can't go back to carbon, correct?

chViETnk

from what i have seen, there is only cf replica's. im kind of in the same spot as you. just waiting for a messed up or faded one for sale to buy for a good price and paint it.

Gernby

The only *real* purpose for a CF hood is to save weight. It's only on the S2000, which already has a very light weight hood (aluminum) that CF hoods become aesthetic. If Mugen made a non-CF hood, it would be too heavy. That said, if I had a Mugen hood, I would paint it to match the rest of my car. I believe most of the official Mugen pictures show their hood painted.

Feezy

Mugen does in fact make an FRP version of their hood. There have been a few floating around on these forums, try searching around or asking in the Mugen thread in the Gallery.

I think they were limited production or something, but the price is half of what the CF ones go for, if my memory serves me.

leo520

yea.. they do made them, and i found a seller 2 years ago, he was asking for way more than 2k.
more than a CF j's racing CF hood.. and used aswell.

Chris_Lum

they still make it: http://www.kingmotorsports.com/p-127...-hood-frp.aspx

I'm sure there is a FRP replica mugen hood out there somewhere...those replica companies will make anything, even if they don't list it on their website.

maranelloboy05

I saw that when I was looking at other Mugen parts, I just have a hard time justifying $1600 for a aesthetic-only hood. I was hoping I'd find a non-cf replica, but I haven't been able to find one. Oh well, maybe I'll get a CF one and see how I like it before deciding to paint it or not.

Chris_Lum

if i were you i'd save my money. Besides aesthetics, vented hoods allow a quite a bit of heat to escape--very beneficial for boosted cars. however since you say you're only doing it for aesthetics, save your money! i had a seibon MG hood when i was turbo and it fit like crap. bowed up in the middle, huge gaps on the side, and none of the replica mugen hoods are even a 100% copy. The vents and the hump are shaped differently so it looks horrible and so easy to tell it's a fake. So you have poor fitment, horrible looks and the fact that it adds weight to the car--save your money! once you buy it and regret your purchase, you will take a loss trying to sell it and then wish you didn't waste your money on it in the first place.

B.C.

Fitment sucks on a replica.

maranelloboy05

Hmm, maybe I'll have to consider going with a real one then, that is if I definitely decide to go non-CF. Bad fitment or not, there is no way I'm dropping $4k on a real CF Mugen hood. I've been going back and forth in my mind thinking about creating a copy of this car: