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FEED Carbon Fiber Hood and Low Profile Spoiler

March 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · RX-7

I’ll start this off with a picture of the box the hood came in (along with the diffuser and spoiler):

Unwrapping all the bubble wrap to unveil this carbon fiber beauty:

I also got this nice low profile spoiler that sits on top of the tail light section. I wasn’t a fan of any of the other spoilers that actually bolt into the hatch, this one is much cleaner and makes the car look more Viper-esque.

Test mounting it. Unfortunately, the finish quality of the spoiler wasn’t too great, there were scratches and other imperfections scattered around. I ended up having it painted a gloss black.

The quality of the hood was much, much better thankfully. One small corner did somehow end up broken off when I received it. This meant spending a few hours sculpting, sanding, and painting to get it back.

Here’s the car with the OEM hood removed.

Fitment is great, I did run into a problem trying to close it shut initially. Turns out, the latch locking mechanism couldn’t fit over the U handle (for lack of a better name) on the hood; it was too thick in diameter. Comparing it to the one on the stock hood, there’s a groove in the part where the latch hooks over. So I busted out some dremel bits and made a similar recessed groove, and it did the trick.

Excuse all the finger print marks on the front of the car, that’s from compulsively getting everything to align correctly.

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