bender

Is there a company that makes cowl induction hoods for the balts? I've seen the ram air scooped hoods, but imo, chryslers have the scoops, and gm's have the cowls. Also, are there any vendors on here that form carbon fiber hoods? I'm sure one of them could get a group buy going to make a mold. Since a mold like that should cost no more than 2500, they could get 10 people at $500 and cover themselves for the mold and fiber cloth. Anyone interested?

Edit: Here are the contenders, in order of my favorites. If you have any suggestions... please reply!

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LE5CAV

Sorry Bud, I Making My Own Fiberglass Hood At The Moment Because I Tryed This 6 Months Ago And Couldfnt Get The Support

bender

Well, we could take a lesson from the honda ricers and just pile up washers with longer bolts.. lol


On a serious note, maybe this time around a company will catch on. If enough people show interest, I know a company that scratch builds CF hoods for dsms with their own molds. I can give them a call and see if they'll do it.

bender

Well, I went ahead and contacted the company. They want me to photoshop some pictures for them and they said we will talk about it further after that. If anyone wants to photoshop some, be my guest. The more, the marrier..I was thinking about a 2.5" cowl, starting where the hood has the angles running through it from the factory (immediately inside of the headlights).

I'm not a photoshop expert, but it came out alright. Considering this was my first time using gimp and the mock hood wasn't at the right angle or dimensions. I left the color differences so you could see the cowl better.

XM15

That cowl looks too wide to me. But I do like the idea of a cowl nonetheless.

bender

Well there is this style:



But, I don't think it would look as good. The one above starts between the headlights, and gets wider with the stock lines. While manipulating the picture, I did a version with it not as wide, and it looked alright, but IMO, this looks better. Maybe later I will do one with it smaller.

edit: Here is one off your gallery, I just cleaned up the lines a little bit.

italstalnprd86

something that high would look hideous on a balt imo

bender

The one in my picture (black with the blue) is only 2.5" I agree with you about the skinnier style. I think it being that skinny and high doesn't fit the car.

Red07SSNA

Don't forget if you make a cowl induction hood that you wont be able to raise your wiper blades. If the rear is higher then 1.25 inches and sweeps back more then 1/4 inch it will block the wiper blade arms.

idunn

one word, gross

SSteveSC

iTrader: (-1)

I want a cowl hood in carbon fiber.. but that first one is to wide, and the red one is too tall.. the first one is a little to tall actually

hood 1

hood 2


I grabbed a pic off the site and chopped it, this is what im kinda lookin for... maybe a bit wider at the lower end near the grille.. You get the idea.. carbon fiber in this style would be amazing.

bender

Yea, I thought the first one was too tall too. I just didn't feel like messing with it. The company wants pictures before they really consider it, so I want everyones opinion on one before I send them one. I was thinking 2.5", if you scale the first one, it would be atleast 3", maybe 3 1/2". As for the wiper blade clearance, it wont swoop back at all. This company does great carbon fiber work, their products are better than Seibon, and rival VIS. My favorite so far is the first one, but with the height a little over half. I would like the hood to look like that which comes with Cervinis sniper-r bodykit for the 1999-2000 civic.

Anybody have photoshop submissions?

Edit: The one above is pretty good. What about having it come further towards the hood, and being a little bit wider. Also, it looks like a v..is this meant to be, or just something that happened during photoshop? I don't know how the mold will turn out with it being a v like that...but I think that style straight, or maybe a little higher would look good too.

SSteveSC

iTrader: (-1)

^^ I tried to have it kind of follow the contours of the hood.. But straight down would be nice as well..

bender

Thats not what I meant. They can do the V shape starting from the front, and following the contours. I was talking about the V shape coming from the top of the cowl, and going down to the hood, in the back. After looking at it closer, it looks like it wasn't part of your design, but just an incomplete brush stroke.

SSteveSC

iTrader: (-1)

how about this one?

bender

Yeah that looks real good! Especially if they matched it with the other lines on the hood. The only thing would be the angle at the rear of the cowl may interfere with the wipers. Maybe if we brought it up an extra 1/2" it will clear. I also like the angle in the middle of the cowl, it keeps stock looking lines.

Red07SSNA

My .02....I'd like it to be subtle maybe 1.5" tall and angled so that it goes with the currrent hood line angles. I'm not very good with drawing on existing pictures but this is my attempt to give you an idea. Also I intend to paint-to-match so fiberglass would satisfy me rather than carbonfiber.

This would be more of a "power bulge"

https://www.cobaltss.net/gallery/fil...1/cowltest.jpg

SSteveSC

iTrader: (-1)

^^ not understanding what you did there?

Red07SSNA

Front is not as thin as the original so that the sides of the bulge match the angled lines on the hood and it's not as tall.

bender

Doesn't matter how good you are at drawing, as long as you submit something. You are 100% further along than most people on this board :P As for the company, they work with carbon fiber particularly. I could ask if the mold could be used for fiberglass too. I don't see why it wouldn't be able to, they are almost the same process. If they do release it in CF only, don't forget you can always paint it. Or paint the hood, and leave the cowl CF. As for the height, I'm afraid a small cowl would look stock. I think most people that would be buying this hood would be hard core racers, or show cars...where the more aggressive the better. I don't know how good of an investment it would be to spend 2500 on a mold for just a medium aggressive hood, when most of the market would like a real aggressive hood. I can talk to them about making too molds though. One big cowl, one little cowl. Seems real easy, make the big cowl one first, then shave off some foam, and form a second mold.

Red07SSNA

This isn't the first time this has been tried -- and on different cobalt sites too. Doesn't hurt to try! It's so hard for the aftermarket to make hoods for us -- we all have different tastes. Some also want scoops.
I'd hate to try and come up with a hood and hope to sell enough of them to make it worth while.

bender

Well theres a bunch of ugly ones with scoops. I've dealt with this company before, and I know how they operate. If they get 10 people committed for a group buy, they use that money to buy a hood, and make a mold out of it. 2500 usually covers the cost of the mold and enough carbon fiber cloth to do the first batch. If they get 15 people for the initial group buy, they can lower the price of the hoods because the mold costs the same, no matter how many hoods they make. They just make sure enough people are committed before they make the mold. So tell your friends, the more, the cheaper.

USMCFieldMP

iTrader: (1)

I myself have never been a fan of the Cowl Hood... I'd prefer an Evo style



...or a Cobra style hood.



Also... does anyone know what type of rims those are on car #1?

idunn

Rial Nogaro

USMCFieldMP

iTrader: (1)

Sweet... where did you get yours? Good deal?