why can't i find a carbon fiber hood for a '94 525i???

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Originally Posted by trumpetr

CF hood on a 525,,,,why??

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The same reason anyone would want a CF hood on any car. Weight reduction.

Lee in Ottowa has a carbon fiber hood on his 535. his car is black so you can't really tell. Erebuni makes them. $459.

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Originally Posted by gamjohn2

I've found a lot of sellers of CF hoods for a 89-93 e34 for under $500. Not that I have actually checked into it, but I would assume that a repaint of the hood would run higher than that. I just find it odd that there aren't any for the 94+ model years.

Here's an example - http://octanemotorsports.chainreacti...roducts_id=916

gamjohn2

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the 94-95 has the "wide" hood, to match the wide grille. Basically the raised center section is wider than on the '89-93's. Not sure why they don't make them in CF, probably just not enough of a market for them.


Instead of asking all of us to speculate, if you're serious, why not call or email one of those places that sells them and ask- maybe they do make the '94 hood but just don't list it.......



Bret.

what we need is a company to make a CF widebody hood with an aluminum brace so we can use the stock mounting hardware and hood shocks.

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Originally Posted by BillionPa

what we need is a company to make a CF widebody hood with an aluminum brace so we can use the stock mounting hardware and hood shocks.

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I think most peeps these days would go for it if they added the option of a (stick-on?) remote control setup so you could open and close it electronically and look even cooller than the ricers with their race-spec cold cathodes cahssis strengtheners, pop-up doors and so on...

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Originally Posted by gamjohn2

Why can't I find a CF hood for an E34??

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Easy, Coz it would look riced-up, try-hard and shithouse (unless the car itself is black or similar dark colour... then it may only look try-hard).

Let all the 'fast and furious' wanna-be's in their pseudo-performance Jap racers do their thing with that rubbish... You and your E34 deserve A LOT better than to stoop to such un imaginative levels!! :D