dido!!!!

People on this forum are way too quick to make comments such as

-That's Ugly
-Why would you put that on your car?
-Why waste your money?


I know all you guys (including myself) sporting aftermarket shift knobs and PIAA bulbs are bad-asses...but just remember this...if you can't say anything nice, shut the %$! up!

I'll remember next time to check with YOU before I express my opinion. Get bent.

You have to expect that people will express their opinion, and it isn't always nice...<gasp> sometimes it is even negative!

And I think that YOU are a little quick on the comment making yourself.

Jay

HOw well do CF hoods hold up to rocks and other debree? I have never seen a CF hood up close before, so I dont know much about them :)

Hey Section 8

Check out the blue cf kit for the dash. Just another Idea...

http://www.wooddash.com/item/MAZDA_D..._PROTEGE_99_UP

A well made carbon fiber hood will hold up just as well as stock to rocks and small scratches because the manufacturer will have put a clearcoat just like the one on the stock hood on the CF one.

MITO7878: thanks for the suggestion but I really don't like those stick on kits..they're just a little too cheesy for me...DG Motorsports will be making some carbon fiber pieces that actually replace the stock ones soon so I plan on picking those up.

Here's some pics of the underside and the weave closer up as promised...see how the underside looks just like stock? This is what you want to look for in a carbon fiber hood, this is what makes it strong and not fly up and smash your windshield while driving on the freeway. Also, if you look closely at the area around the hood latch, you can see into the hood and see that the underside is also carbon fiber....this tells you that the entire top layer is made of carbon fiber...some of the cheaper hoods will have a top layer made of fiberglass with just one sheet of carbon fiber layed over it for looks, this does not make for a strong hood, you need multiple layers for that.

http://members.aol.com/sectioneht/CFunderside1.jpg

http://members.aol.com/sectioneht/CFunderside2.jpg

http://members.aol.com/sectioneht/CFweave.jpg

Here's a pic of the underside of the Fiber Images hood, you can see that the entire middle section has been gutted out and does NOT have the fiberglass underskeleton, this makes for a lighter hood but definitly not as stong.

http://forum.protegemp3.com/members/.../hood%20up.jpg

Shawn

I want replacement parts for the interior too. This was all I could find. I too this its sort of cheesy "stick on parts" but I think the fake stuff on the sides of the console look super cheesy.