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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 01:42 AM
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ok im in need of a cf hood and hatch!!! really desperetly!!! i need input back form people who have these and i want to know your opinion on who is better??? VIS?? or SEIBON??? or is there someone else?? i just need input and i need it soon!!! please help!!!! i would like to know about fitment and qaulity!!!! money doesnt matter to me... i dont care who is more expensive and all that bullcrap!!!
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 01:46 AM
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bump!

lets us know the fitment quality from cf hatch seibon/vis owners!
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 01:57 AM
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I have a seibon hood and VIS hatch -- both fit good
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 01:58 AM
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Both are excellent pieces. Have never had a problem with wither one but my nod goes to Seibon as they have the style I like.
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:04 AM
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VIS!
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:50 AM
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seibon all the way, stronger latches, VIS uses larger weave so it doesnt look as nice from what i've compared in person.

i just installed my Seibon today.....pure sex. like a glove. widening the washer nozzle holes and running the lines was easier than most make it out to be:



ill get better pics tomorrow.
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by tCeeder
seibon all the way, stronger latches, VIS uses larger weave so it doesnt look as nice from what i've compared in person.

i just installed my Seibon today.....pure sex. like a glove. widening the washer nozzle holes and running the lines was easier than most make it out to be:



ill get better pics tomorrow.
VIS has two different kind of weaves, they have the 2x2 and that huge weave.

my VIS hood

Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:57 AM
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didn't they announce that from now on they were sticking with 1x1?

anyway, both are good hoods.
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 10:00 AM
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hws the fitment though? are the gap lines consistent???

yea i was kinda leaning towards seibon, i like the VSII hood, but i like the vis trunk with the intergrated lip.......



does anyone have a trunk? if you do then did you install or did you let whoever was doing the glass, install the trunk???
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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fitment was great. as long as you align it up before tightening everything down, your gaps will all be even.
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 12:12 PM
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I voted Seibon. Fitment on my hood is perfect.
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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fitment is nearly perfect on siebon best ive seen i love my VSII i got pics if u want to see it on a flint mica not sure what color urs is
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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i got a Seibon CF hood and VIS hatch.

i still have to adjust the hood a bit, but otherwise both are great pieces!!!
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 02:19 PM
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i ordered my seibon vs2 a month ago and there still sayin its gonna take 1-10 weeks..wtf?
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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from where?
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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nurspec...they dont keep them at his facility they r shipped straight from seibon
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:07 PM
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cancel your order and try octane motorsports... $448 shipped (+$35 if its residential delivery). call em to get it even cheaper. my Seibon oem style was 470 something shipped.
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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yah i cud get the oem shipped out 2day but i ordered the vs2
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:39 PM
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my VIS hatch is sweet! great fitment and the weave is awesome
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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dont go vis bro. they sent me 2 messed up hoods and a busted hatch. all 3 were diff. weave of c/f. i would strongly advise you to go with seibon.

the hatch is cake to install, but again my vis didnt have a single thing drilled out, latches, spots for wires , nothing

PLEASE BRO DONT ORDER VIS.



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