I found way to get a carbon fiber hood!!!!

 
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deknick
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:22 pm    Post subject: I found way to get a carbon fiber hood!!!! Reply with quote

alright, so i was bored at owrk today, and decided to do some calling around. I contacted a company in USA called Seibon. they don't make JZS147 hoods, cause the demand isn't high enough,

i was able to find out, if the GS300 hood will fit an aristo 100% and if someone in California, USA can get a hood to them in perfect shape, they'll make a mold and start making some carbon fiber hoods.

the price, would be right around 600USD per hood plus shipping. UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand all have retailers there that will ship half dozen or more hoods over to that location, then out to the individual people from there. so shipping won't be to much.


now the kicker is, they would need about 15 people with non refundable deposits in order to do it.


so carbon hoods are doable, if anyone wants, contact me with more details if your willing to set up a group buy and can get enough people, just a heads up
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorta cool, for a sporty look i guess. How much do they want for a deposit?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm not to sure, i would assume about half, i don't know if i have the time to wrangle this up, since my new one is on the way, and this would take months to get organized, but there is a company willing to make some, just need a min. of 15 people interested, and not just saying "ya, i'll take one" but poeiple interested enough to cough up a deposit to pay them and actually show they'll buy one kinda thing
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah fair enough, not sure how big the demand for this would be? just cos carbon fiber is more for sporty cars, not the lux barges..I am interested to see one though.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not to mention it's illegal here Sad
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

really? I didn't know that!
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah it's illegal in AUS, unless for motorsport use obviously.

I think there are better savings to make in terms of weight on the car, but the bonnets with all the sound deadening would weigh a fair bit, i would think around 20kgs, and a carbon one would be around 5-7kgs, so some savings there. Of course you could just pull out some of the ridiculous amount of sound deadening elsewhere to save that weight.

So it would really only be for a looks sort of thing, that would get u some attention from the poo poo im sure, and give away the sleeper-ness of the aristo. Still im sure some people will be interested.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Put race seats in, you'll save more weight.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i an a VIS racing distributer.if any of u guys need anything from there
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

LOL rip out there airpuri that will save weight
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Air puri weighs fuck all, better off giving the car a clean and having a light lunch.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lollercoaster
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol take a crap before ya leave eaither way less in the car:D
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I pulled the puri out my 1st car thinking it'd be heavy and I'd save some weight. It's basically nothing, u pick up some space for amps though. Which weigh alot more than the puri ever did. If you want to save weight on these things there's better ways to do it. Pull all the seats out, and the carpet, then take out the sound deadening. Carpet back in, and chuck in a pair of light chairs. If you want to get serious, get full engine ECU, then go after the stock ecu, looms, and 100 other ECU's in the car. Lexen windows, and hack the doors apart, they weigh a fucking tonne.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you kind sir it does make sence it would be lite its not much really, its so stupid anyways.
with the sound deadening shit how much louder will it make the cabin?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ninja Ben, our old Adelaide aristo master did it in his, wasn't terribly annoying.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you want a sporty light car. Dont by an aristo?... Thats just my view though. Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

blind_injustice wrote:
if you want a sporty light car. Dont by an aristo?... Thats just my view though. Smile


Agreed

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