Attention All!!!! Is there anyone out there that has a black GTS with a CF hood!?!??! PLEASE post pics!! I'm scheduling an appointment to get $1700 worth of hail damage fixed and Iam thinking of just getting a CF hood! So... my main question is since i live in Minnesota and will be driving my car in possibly 0 or -20 degree weather, will the CF hold up or will it crack?!?! does anyone know!?
wow... there's no need to yell -_-... as far as CF on black, at fist look you won't notice it, so if u want something that really sticks out, CF on Black isn't too noticable... but if u want kind of a sneaky sleeper look, it looks great as far as cold weather, i "think" it should hold up fine
just did a quick search, and couldn't necessarily find any black Lancer GTS' w/ CF hoods, but if u wana know how it'll look... here are some examples... this is a CF hood.... see what i mean by u can't really tell?... now this is the same car at a different angle depending on the angle u can see it better in the reflection of the sun... and here are just a few other pics... hope this helps...
best quality pics i could find of CF hood on a black car which also shows wat i'm trying to describe that it's a very hard to tell look
was gonna help OP out and find the pics to post up, but doesn't seem to be any pics other then his avatar :-\
oh dont get me wrong i love the all black look.. but i like carbon fiber as well!! i was thinking of getting the OEM carbon fiber hood.. i think that would fit better then the one conduct has, no offense! so does anyone know about the temperature range?!?! oh and sorry for yelling :wink: i have 3 days to decide
alright... well i'll give u my basic physics/chemistry of the thing... carbon fiber is not a metal... so no matter what it will have a lower thermal conductivity then any metal out there since all metals have high thermal conductivity (that's one of the properties of most [or maybe all?] metals)... so in cold weathers i would think that CF isn't affected... however, i can't say the same about the resin and how it's affected in extreme weathers (both cold and hot)... but as for the CF itself it should be perfectly fine in cold weathers as long as the resin used was of good quality... and thats just my observation from a physics/chemistry point of view... now if it actually works like that in real life idk, but i would assume so... to wrap it all up what i'm saying is, imo i think the CF hood shouldn't be effect any different then any metal hood as long as the resin used was of good quality
kru does a lil CF u should ask him. i with bryn on this one because of the different curing agents which cuold be harder or slightly flexable?
If you have any question call whoever place you plan to get the CF hood and ask them about cold weather and any warranty on them, When time is a factor and the insurance is going to pay soon then grab the phone.
I agree with what Bryn say about the conductivity with the metals. But what you should really be concerned about is the affect cold will have with the CF resin. Cold makes plactics resins and well most petro products brittle and/or sluggish. I would be worried about kids and snowballs or chunks of snow thrown off 18 wheelers. Oh and again the hail i would say would destroy your CF hood in my opinion. On any day. But im not going to say not buy, if you have any extra purchase one of the portable popups to protect your girl. Damn that must have been o hell of a storm. Good luck with the choice.
lol i'm surprised my educated guess just might be true lol... after doing further research (google ftw) lol... i've read basically the same thing, as long as u don't get ur CF hood from a cheap manufacturer u "should" be ok... as someone said earlier, ur best bet is to call the company ur going to buy from and ask them
