Which hood?

LOL

I was just joking Gearbanger....It seems as though you and I have similar opinions....every time I read something you post with regard to mods we are on the same page....so I don't even bother to say the same thing....

Gearbanger 101 said:

Honestly man, I think your car looks great just the way it is?

If you absolutely must swap out the hood, skip the "vented" look and go with a nice low profile cowl induction set up. Subtle can say soooo much more in a lot of cases than "Hey, look at me".

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+1, Less is more.

I also agree on the subtle cowl hood, but of course now I'm biased I was amazed how well it goes with the GT500 front and adds that finishing touch I went with the Steeda cowl instead of the Cervini's due to it flows better with the body and doesn't have the hard lines.

Out of those two, I like the Stalker better because you hardly ever see it.

Plus, on a black car like yours, those scoops will disappear into the paint job. I think it would great.

It seems like you are going for a clean low profile look with the vehicle I would definitely go with the #1186 Stalker for your application! If you have any questions please let me know, thank you.

IresGift said:

And as far as the hood decision.. oh boy, haha. Like with my car buddies, I'm probably going to get ridiculed here too. I went with a Seibon CF. I'm sure I'll get the "ricer" comments, but I don't care. The functionality of the intake, the heat extractors, losing weight and having a unique look sold me.

On an unrelated sidenote, my 4:10 gears are going in an hour! Stoked..

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Is the Stalker Hood "functional"? If I went to the trouble and expense to change out the hood I would be sure it is functional. So I voted Stalker IF it's a functional hood.

I voted ram air, because I never liked the stalker kits, not even on the previous gens.
I love the sideburn things on the stalker though.

I would have picked the Stalker if you had to have aftermarket. That said I had a Seibon CF hood on my 240SX for a week before It got taken off. Here's a few problems I ran into it.

1) Jackass UPS driver drops the damn thing on my front lawn and takes off (fishy). I open the thing and he cracked one corner off by the windshield. Still I put it on and it looked kinda nice on my champagne colored car. Definite weight improvement over the steel boat anchor of a hood that my car had.

2) You drive around and the little annoying rock chips become a HUGE issue as they crack the gelcoat on top of the carbon weave and in the worst of cases I had a huge spiderweb crack go up my hood.

Well to make a long story short when I got the new replacement hood I parked it in the garage. Sold it at a loss right off the bat and put my stocker back on.

Don't get me wrong depending on the application CF hoods look awesome! however... they are only for show, and in our cars which have lightweight aluminum hoods there isn't really that much of a weight saving to warrant the switch.