Hi i wanted to buy an oem cf hood but all the ones ive seen dont have the normal stock vent. like the seibon one has a silver mesh grill. anyone know where i can buy one with the stock vent thing or if theres a place to buy the stock vent and then ill buy the seibon hood and put the vent on it.

i dont have a hood right now. cause it was all messed up in an accident. so i cant use the vent from my old hood

 

You can use the stock vent on a Seibon CF hood. I held the top mesh on and took the bottom aluminum piece and held it up on the bottom part of the hood then took big washers and put them over the threads and screwed the nuts on. Gave it a nice secure hold just don't tighten too tight. Sorry, don't have pictures because I no longer have my CF hood

 

plan on doing hood pins or what?

 

nah no hood pins for me. i like to keep it simple. lol

 

dont you need hood pins. well dont need but should have them if you go carbon fiber

 

well i just ordered the vis oem cf hood so when it comes in if u pm me i will let u know the out come of the vent cause i myself want the stock style mesh as well

 

I just bought a carbon fiber seibon hood and havin the same issues with the stock grill!!! the seibon hole for the grill is way bigger then stock!! i tried puttin washers like (bsander) said but didnt like the look when you open the hood...still trying to find another way!! someone help us out!?!?!? is it simply a body shop job??

 

i had cf hood fly up on me in the audi.
do hood pins

 

I would suggest hood pins as well. I had the sparco stainless ones and it didn't look bad like most people would think. The OEM mesh isn't too small for the Seibon CF hood, it just has nothing to hold onto. When I used my method of securing it with the aluminum vent, it didn't look bad at all when I popped the hood. RICAN RED 4G63, do you mind posting pics of your results?

 

A good question regarding hood pins... has anyone known an Evo hood poopin up. I have a Seibon hood too. I know the stock hood compared to the Seibon weight wise is practically the same (unfortunatley).

 

as far as hood pins go i got these very cheap and work very well and blend in GREAT http://www.k2motor.com/hdpin-bcf-atw.html

 

I have the VIS one, OEM Style, and it comes with a new fiberglass piece that looks just like the stock vent sheet metal piece. It looks and fits great!

 

My Seibon had that too, but is it an actual vent? Or just for decoration? The Seibon was not actually vented, which decreased cooling through the hood.

 

my hood is seibon the guy i bought it off of did the same thing as bsander

 

should have matched the CF pattern on those hood pins

looks pretty good. I think there's another kind that's similar without showing the "metal" part. Expansive though.