View Full Version : Got my CF hood, pics


coppermine18
03-14-2005, 07:48 AM
http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/tccfrfront.jpg
I also added my intake...

http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/wrintakeclose.jpg

More pics on my cardomain... Please give good votes if ya like!

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/795851/3

suby2scion
03-14-2005, 07:54 AM
Looks nice. What make? How much? And how did you get the VVT-i to stay on your grill?

It looks good on white but probably would'nt be so noticable on FM...

coppermine18
03-14-2005, 08:00 AM
It's the racing solutions hood. I think it was like ... 380ish shipped? I don't remember. The VVT-i emblem is an authentic Toyota part and had a foamy adhesive material that stuck and never looked back!

iNFEktEd
03-14-2005, 08:20 AM
now get a cf trunk and your tC will look super tyte!

buckeye23
03-14-2005, 10:29 AM
now get a cf trunk and your tC will look super tyte!

:no:

The cf hood is enough, IMO. Looks good.

LucidBD
03-14-2005, 01:15 PM
glad i ordered a SW tc! thats HAWT! and please take my advice as well.

leave the CF hatch at the dealers...the car look tite without it. honestly i took the CF hatch into consideration with the CF hood and its just too much rice. thats my opinion but its a lil over kill.

niksmr2
03-14-2005, 10:30 PM
Very nice. I've been debating whether or not to get the cf hood for a while now. It looks so hot on SW tCs.

mikochu
03-14-2005, 10:41 PM
I think the OEM lip kit looks great on the Super White tC... The CF hood looks good too :P

Swanny
03-14-2005, 11:13 PM
Looks awesome, keep up the good work!

kutsuju_dj
03-14-2005, 11:50 PM
damn the racing solutions hood is the tightest that ive seen... is it light... is the webbing good on the cfr.... i really like that hood and i got a white tc too.... how long did it take for you to receive it.....

miller3624
03-15-2005, 12:13 AM
yea i just got my cf hood today from racing solution. It is going on my SSM tC. it weighed 15 pounds including shipping materials so it was i think 12. i can't wait to put it on tomorrow

TurboMe
03-15-2005, 12:13 AM
looks good! I like your CF hood's reflection but maybe thats because you get a better camera. :D

coppermine18
03-15-2005, 12:55 AM
The hood looks great. My 7.1MP canon does a good job too, you should see the full res images heh.

I have more plans. Ya never know what might happen though!

niksmr2
03-15-2005, 01:03 AM
Are you planning on heading west for any meets? I'd like to see the cf hood in person sometime.

coppermine18
03-15-2005, 01:29 AM
I plan on bringing it up there often. I'll post when I travel up there. I know the frist week of April I will be spending a week up there on business.

TurboMe
03-15-2005, 01:41 AM
Yeah Canon makes great cameras, I have a Rebel 2000. I took some amazing pic for my photo class. :D

rolstc
03-15-2005, 01:44 AM
honestly , i hate carbon fiber. Very rarely i say this when it comes to Black Fiber ... LOOKS HAWT MAN !!! :lol:

hahaitzskippy
03-15-2005, 05:41 AM
looking hella good.

i luv the look with teh ground effects... i wish i had the ground effects... sigh

Kev_the_rev
03-15-2005, 05:59 AM
cf hood looks clean!!! im liking it.. yeah you should definitely look into coming to a meet sometime your in the seattle area!!

coppermine18
03-15-2005, 11:30 AM
If enough people wanna see it I'll take a day or two to head up there. I work on my own schedule for the first time in my life owning my own company.

If anyone wants me up there PM me or lemme know in the thread if I get 10+ people wanting to check it out I'll head up for a lil rally action get some food and check out the rides.

niksmr2
03-15-2005, 03:44 PM
Well there seems to be a lot of meets and such coming up in the next few months. You should head over sometime.

What are your future plans for the car?

coppermine18
03-15-2005, 04:50 PM
Well, I like the stock wheels, but I am wanting to go with a slightly darker wheel with a larger offset to even out the sides. Front/Rear anti sway, strut tower brace, slotted rotors and larger calipers, full coilovers, axleback and header, remove badging. Interior not too mucn, maybe some new seats, in-dash dvd etc.

Down the road, turbo for sure.

yamaha16bw
03-15-2005, 05:46 PM
Does this Hood come with the windshield sprayers holes already drilled? I heard that some brands dont come predrilled.

Looks great!!!

coppermine18
03-16-2005, 12:42 AM
Yep, they were pre drilled!!! That was a bonus.

itimebomb
03-16-2005, 03:54 PM
i love that on white cars. looks awesome!

niksmr2
03-16-2005, 04:03 PM
Well, I like the stock wheels, but I am wanting to go with a slightly darker wheel with a larger offset to even out the sides. Front/Rear anti sway, strut tower brace, slotted rotors and larger calipers, full coilovers, axleback and header, remove badging. Interior not too mucn, maybe some new seats, in-dash dvd etc.

Down the road, turbo for sure.


Nice list of future mods there!

Your car will probably look a lot like mine when we're both done :P

coppermine18
03-16-2005, 06:09 PM
Yeah, if I build up the internals and turbo it... It'll be a mini Supra :P

http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/minisupra.jpg

Emo
03-17-2005, 01:23 AM
since we're talking about CF hoods.. do you guys think it'll be ok to put on on a BSP?? I mean, unless you look really closely, I don't think a lot of people will notice the difference

-Emo

Emo
03-17-2005, 01:24 AM
Yeah, if I build up the internals and turbo it... It'll be a mini Supra :P

http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/minisupra.jpg


:bow: You are my Hero :bow:

wow... that's beautiful!

-Emo

coppermine18
03-17-2005, 11:54 AM
Soon I'll post a pic with the Twin Turbo Supra, the tC and the Integra *white with black CF hood and GReddy Turbo* lol Shoot, maybe we'll mob all 3 cars into seattle as well. The Integra is getting rebuilt with forged internals etc so it can run 20-22lb of boost.

niksmr2
03-17-2005, 03:44 PM
Soon I'll post a pic with the Twin Turbo Supra, the tC and the Integra *white with black CF hood and GReddy Turbo* lol Shoot, maybe we'll mob all 3 cars into seattle as well. The Integra is getting rebuilt with forged internals etc so it can run 20-22lb of boost.

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

Now you HAVE to come to one of the NW meets! :P

Those cars aren't all yours, are they?

Kev_the_rev
03-17-2005, 04:32 PM
Yeah, if I build up the internals and turbo it... It'll be a mini Supra :P

http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/minisupra.jpg

hahaha thats a great shot right there!!

yeah, Nikki's right.. theres a lot of meets and shows coming up over here! Check out the Northwest area forums. Looks like you got a great outlook for the tC. I've been looking into coilovers too.. The same one as nikki's!! Tien basics are hot for $750! I was reading up the other day about the 4 axis tC and how they used front rotors and put and extra set on the back so that it would fill up the space back there better than now and put some huge trd calipers on there!! man it was hot!

coppermine18
03-17-2005, 08:17 PM
The tC is mine, the Supra is Nan's and the Integra is Dustins... Just a few cars in our crew here.

niksmr2
03-18-2005, 01:16 AM
Hey I've got mad love for Integras....and of course Supras (who doesn't...)......bring 'em all over!

And Kev's right...the Basics are hot! :P

RacingSolution
03-18-2005, 04:22 AM
Looks hot! Glad you like it! Thanks again.

IsItSnowing
03-18-2005, 05:44 AM
got to be a big weight savings if it only weighed 12 lbs. I would paint it, but that is just me. Swimming upstream.

xtremc5
03-18-2005, 08:09 AM
looks great

VIP_tC
03-18-2005, 06:03 PM
One of these days Ill have to get a hood like that, lol.

coppermine18
03-19-2005, 12:21 AM
Hopefully I will be posting a pic with more goodies soon!

yamaha16bw
03-19-2005, 02:39 AM
could you post a pic of your hood from the engine bay? Like under it.

coppermine18
03-19-2005, 08:45 AM
I will take one in the daylight for you tomorrow.

Rageous
03-19-2005, 11:45 AM
Clean and very effective, looks great man. Definitely find a time to come out here and show it off. :)

yamaha16bw
03-20-2005, 02:00 AM
I will take one in the daylight for you tomorrow.


Thanks man!!!

OHfkenKAY
03-20-2005, 03:26 AM
are hoodpins required in washington for you coppermine?
its illegal to have any aftermarket hood without hoodpins in california :(
i hate the way hood pins look, it just ruins the glory of cf hoods,
but i guess its safer that way.

but yeah, very nice looking hood on an SW. :clap:

coppermine18
03-20-2005, 04:33 AM
We don't have to have hood pins here.... It rained today though!!!! aaghh... I might still go take a picture but it's all wet and crawppy outside. I had it all washed up too.

PunkInDrublic
03-20-2005, 04:44 AM
Where do you look up laws about aftermarket parts, such as the law about hoodpins on your CF hood.

niksmr2
03-21-2005, 06:04 PM
Wow, you guys get rain over there? :P


I'd be nervous driving long distances on the highway with no hood pins. I hate the way they look though....

coppermine18
03-22-2005, 04:25 AM
Yeah I have had to wash my car the last 3 days in a row.

-Keith-
03-22-2005, 03:07 PM
http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/tccfrfront.jpg
I also added my intake...

http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/wrintakeclose.jpg

More pics on my cardomain... Please give good votes if ya like!

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/795851/3

are the lines on the hood even for both sides?

-Keith-
03-22-2005, 03:09 PM
Where do you look up laws about aftermarket parts, such as the law about hoodpins on your CF hood.
there is no laws... it is just recommended that you use hood pins incase the latch gives....

suby2scion
03-22-2005, 03:14 PM
What's nice is the roof of the tC is black (glass)...not so noticable on some colors, but it matches the hood really nicely on lighter colors!

yamaha16bw
03-22-2005, 08:18 PM
^^^^ I agree. I'm not too sure it would look good on my IIP. I havent seen a pic yet of one on my color and i wont buy one till i know what it will look like.

coppermine18
03-23-2005, 06:51 PM
http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/tccfrfront.jpg
I also added my intake...

http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/wrintakeclose.jpg

More pics on my cardomain... Please give good votes if ya like!

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/795851/3

are the lines on the hood even for both sides?

They are close. There is a bit of a gap... but it's not highly noticeable unless you stand over it obviously.

coppermine18
03-25-2005, 01:16 PM
A couple more photos, I changed the signal bulb... I still haven't got the under the hood pics yet. I'm working on it. I just busted my Canon S70 this morning while trying to take the photos. Go me.

http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/tcsignalwhite1.jpg

http://www.coppermine18.com/tc/photos/tcsignalwhite2.jpg

niksmr2
03-25-2005, 05:19 PM
Nice pics!

What bulbs did you use?

And where did you get your bumper plugs?

coppermine18
03-25-2005, 06:34 PM
Nice pics!

What bulbs did you use?

And where did you get your bumper plugs?

I didn't use any special bulb just picked up the replacement @ napa. Also those are just silver screws on the front bumper. They don't look bad but I am gonna order plugs from bumperplugs.com.