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Originally Posted by phunk I have had several seibon products over the years and they have all had merely acceptable fit. Gaps are generally much larger, and any time there

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Old 11-13-2013, 02:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have had several seibon products over the years and they have all had merely acceptable fit. Gaps are generally much larger, and any time there is a surface that curls in, they over curl... Hard to explain, but basically at the front corners of the hoods they curl it too much and it requires a lot of force to close and makes an underbite with the front bumper.. and on the hatches they curl in by the rear 1/4 windows and touch the seals and look a little weird.

Overall I don't mind the fit... But I would never paint the parts because of it.
And it's still better than Duraflex.
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I have had several seibon products over the years and they have all had merely acceptable fit. Gaps are generally much larger, and any time there is a surface that curls in, they over curl... Hard to explain, but basically at the front corners of the hoods they curl it too much and it requires a lot of force to close and makes an underbite with the front bumper.. and on the hatches they curl in by the rear 1/4 windows and touch the seals and look a little weird.

Overall I don't mind the fit... But I would never paint the parts because of it.
Thanks for the info I was about to order one and paint it. Now I have to decide if I can live with a CF hood or not.
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Ah, How i missed this thread?

I was in same situation after i installed the TT kit, I had heat issue and it was seriously annoying so started with venting the hood.

I really didnt like any of aftermarket hood supplied to G37 coupe. so I had to steal a design from another world, BMW for instance.

After countess of hours research and see what fits taste I end up with vorsteiner hood for bmw 3 series.












And it all started from here (excuse my noob Photoshop lol)






Tada! Its not exactly what I wanted but looks similar atleast.


The funny part is the company that made my hood now calls it type s version 1 g37 hood (or what ever its called now) and sells it as their design without a single permission

After all this hood really works and looks good. Im sorry Vorsteiner for stealing the design but i had to do it due the lack of body kit available for G37 coupe
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After all this hood really works and looks good. Im sorry Vorsteiner for stealing the design but i had to do it due the lack of body kit available for G37 coupe
[OFFTOPIC] I think the IPL bumper will compliment the modded hood. [/OFFTOPIC]
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Ah, How i missed this thread?

I was in same situation after i installed the TT kit, I had heat issue and it was seriously annoying so started with venting the hood.

I really didnt like any of aftermarket hood supplied to G37 coupe. so I had to steal a design from another world, BMW for instance.

After countess of hours research and see what fits taste I end up with vorsteiner hood for bmw 3 series.












And it all started from here (excuse my noob Photoshop lol)






Tada! Its not exactly what I wanted but looks similar atleast.


The funny part is the company that made my hood now calls it type s version 1 g37 hood (or what ever its called now) and sells it as their design without a single permission

After all this hood really works and looks good. Im sorry Vorsteiner for stealing the design but i had to do it due the lack of body kit available for G37 coupe
Does anyone know what company it was that made this hood for him or know of any companies that will do the same sort of thing?

I want to get vents into my Z, but I don't like any of the vented aftermarket hoods currently available for the Z.

I want a more simple and elegant vented hood like these BMW type ones.
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Hey this looks nice and unobtrusive but based on what we've talked about in this thread so far, I dunno if it'd be functional:

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I agree, I like that hood! I would love to know where the vent sits over the engine but I cant find any measurements of that hood.
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Oh man, this looks fantastic but jesus christ $900 unpainted? Blargh.
Edit: Does anyone own this hood? Can I see what it looks like before I go look at my savings?
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I'm thinking of purchasing this but can anyone tell me the distance between the front of hood and the vent. I need to be certain that it is actually aft of the radiator shroud.
I have yet to see an installed picture of this hood. I am curious about this as well.
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I'm thinking of purchasing this but can anyone tell me the distance between the front of hood and the vent. I need to be certain that it is actually aft of the radiator shroud.
http://seiboncarbon.files.wordpress....1/08/4535.jpeg

This is the only one I've seen but it looks like it is after the shroud/
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This is the only one I've seen but it looks like it is after the shroud/
That is the GTR style hood as far as I can tell - not the one we are talking about.
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That is the GTR style hood as far as I can tell - not the one we are talking about.
It does look like it might have GTR vents on the side but the low dipping center doesn't look anything like the GTR.
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