the following is me babbling to myself as i drive home... i see rigo has his new vis hood... i have the same hood... on silver lancer i have blacked out depos, cf reflectors, silver mr7s (motegi), oz kit(black) and rmr lip 2. and a new spiffy rrm cf ralliart spoiler... so i think to myself, my hood is now f'd to a certain extent, (i have a crack in it, and i think i might paint it silver, with black vents.. and i was thinking of fitting a rrm cf grill to it... i want to kno from any one who has done this fabrication of the grill to the vis hood let me know what was involved... and how much (ballpark) my hood would cost to paint... any thoughts on this new idea for my ride would be nice.... thanks guys.

 

no idea how much to paint but i would really like to know what goes into getting a cf rrm grill to get on a vis hood.

 

i was recently in a minor accident and i need to have my hood replaced. i have the estimate in front of me and to have the hood painted and clear coated it's $200, i'm not sure what cf would cost though...

 

iamjames, $500'ish after shipping.

 

my CF ///RRM grille is fitted on the VIs hood...took a little while but i got it its not perfect but does the job...pics on the sig.

 

how much work wa it to make it fit,,,? did u have to shave the edges? and does it look proper in there or is it ascue? and about my hood i cant see it being more than 200 cuz i it has vents and is not that large a surface/

 

Vents make it harder... it's much cheaper to tell a shop to paint a WHOLE hood rather than give them detailed instructions on what to paint and what not to paint (like telling them to mask off the vents and doing specific things that requires more prep work).

 

if you mask it yourself... then they may just paint!

 

Body shops dont like it if you do something for them (they know that it's money they could have made). So they usually tell u they have to do it over and give u some BS reason for it. I'm speaking from experience here.

 

true, depends on where u take it. Church Brothers didn't seem to mind.

 

its out a little...i can prolly get it in there better if i started shaving parts of the hood off....but i havent really had time...not really a lot of work..i used my dremmel a lot off on the sides...but again..its a mod..that is a must...i ddint want to drive around with a Cf thong looking thingy....pete i can help you out with fittin git..and im sure ROB and thecrew can also give you some pointers...as well as let you use some of their tools...but ask them first...i mean since you are buying their product they will help you out

 

ic... as far as the vents go... ill take of all mesh and theyll be painting the whole hood silver no exceptions... so no big deal not to much prep work man... and about the thong yes its ugly as sin... i hate it... thats why i want unpainted cf evo grill.. kareem, u think u could paint the hood?

 

It wouldn't kill you people to learn to do this yourselves...

 

wtf?