Opinions on a Carbon Fiber Look..
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Metallic36
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- 2003 Mazda6 3.0L Speed Yellow
Metallic36
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With the CF Hoods.. is it just the VIS that fades, or is it all of them, depending on the amount/quality of the clear coat used?
Deciding between a Xcelerated Concepts hood, or the VIS Evo hood. There is about a $13 difference between the prices.
Deciding between a Xcelerated Concepts hood, or the VIS Evo hood. There is about a $13 difference between the prices.
Outlawstar98
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- 2003 MazdaSpeed Protege / 2013 BRZ
get Xcelerated Concepts hood, i <3 those guys, high quality stuff from them all the time.
Metallic36
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Yup, I think I am going to go with them.. best bet that the hood will come in one piece! With the roof cap, what type of glue did you use? I know that iSport probably supplied it, but as it is right now iSport hasn't gotten any in stock for a while so I'm just wondering if I could go out and buy the same kind from somewhere.
I beg to differ my friend... Either you lucked out and actually recieved a halfway decent product or your standards are way lower than mine...
Metallic36
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Outlawstar98
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HAHA WUT! most if not all love their products.
The only bad part is paying for the customs
damn USA and Canada trading laws s*** hahaMetallic36
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How much did that cost you? Gotta factor that in.. forgot about it.
HAHA WUT! most if not all love their products.
The only bad part is paying for the customs
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yeah, i NEVER heard anything bad about XC...
Metallic36
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Me either, the only thing I heard was once that someone's hood arrived a little damaged, but they quickly fixed the issue.
Well I'd rather not get into the nitty gritty as I'll just end up ranting, but let's just say I received a stupendously inferior product followed by craptacular customer service...
Metallic36
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Did your issue get solved? Better to rant than for us to never know what happened, as like someone else said, we've heard nothing but good things from XC.
CrazyCaker
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You do know our pricing is in CAD right? Not to mention that they are currently on sale (both of our vented styles) for $550 CAD + shipping.
Metallic36
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Are there any special offers right now such as eyelids, any coupons, etc? I found the little dropbox on the right side to convert the prices to US $$ but according to the currency converter $550 CAD would be $441.38 USD, and on the site when it converts it, it shows $456.83. How much is customs usually?
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There is a 21lbs savings in the hood alone and probably close to the same with the trunk so underestimating the weight loss in the trunk I'll say there is a 30lbs savings in doing the both of them. That's a really good amount for a car this size.
My reference for this is Sm76's "Protege Weight reduction" thread
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123663837
Wagonbacker9
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even 30 lbs would translate to about .03 in the quarter mile.... not worth a grand to me... I can think of much better gains to be gotten from that kind of cash.
That said, if you want to Carbon your car up, it looks great, go for it!
That said, if you want to Carbon your car up, it looks great, go for it!
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16' Mazda 6 sport manual
unless you are simply removing parts for weight reduction it's not ever going to be cheap.
Weight reduction will help braking,handling and acceleration though
Weight reduction will help braking,handling and acceleration though
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