Carbon Fiber Hood Options - Please express your interest

Aloha all, I had posed a request to several companies (VIS, Carbon Creations, CFHoods, Motor City Mold, etc...) to look into producing a CF hood option for us Tacoma guys. There is a plain option currently available on the market, but I am looking to having something a little more aggressive produced. The design would consist of the following facets:

Utilization of factory hood latch assembly
Utilization of factory hinge assembly
Replaces factory hood scoop: A heat extractor vent that would alleviate the high pressure zone in front of the engine block under the hood.
On either side of the hood, just aft the headlights a series of (5) reverse louvers the follow the lines of the hood (would get smaller as they progress towards the cab) and follow the lines of the leading edge of the hood/headlight. So they would slant back
The vents would have a black/stainless mesh on the underside to give a "finished" look

I have gotten an initial commitment to produce this hood (2005-2012) from carbonfiberhoods, but I need to gauge interest and find a 2 donor hoods (1) 2005-2011 and (1) 2012. Can you guys give me some feedback?

TIA gang!

 

Did you do a google search? They're all over Google shopping.

http://www.carbonfiberhoods.net/carbon-creations-0509-toyota-tacoma-hood-p-3869.html

 

I wouldn't want one if you gave it to me. Its a truck not a ricer.

 

amen.

 

You could paint it, which I know that is taboo in the ricer world. After a little fender bender, there was a carbon fiber piece I wanted for my MazdaSpeed, but I had it painted to match.

 

When you find something like what I describe, lemme know. There is no hood out for the 2012's BTW.

 

LOL, some guys hear carbon fiber hood and automatically assume it'll be raw CF.

 

Sub wanna see what it could look like

 

You know I'm in. I'm trying to get a real CF hood for my 4runner, also looking at a CF roof and rear hatch. lower the weight to lower the e/t's.

 

Lucario/1GR - That's cause you're legit my brutha! You know the deal.

All, this is a pic illustrating the concept for the louvers that I'm proposing above the headlights.....

 

this would be cool

 

I would take one. The louvers look sick.

 

if they make a copy of the stock hood (aka no skewp), let me know. i would be very interested in purchasing that.

 

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But I'll have mine paint-matched

 

^^^ Likewise. The stock hood is an anchor. Figure on lighter, stronger, and a functional aspect.

 

mines actually starting to crease slightly from the front end pressures

 

My plan is painting the hood with aero catch hood latches and leaving the underside CF.

 

Judging by the style on the mans build I'm sure it's all good!

 

Exactly.

Major - Mahalo. Reps my brutha.

 

I'd be worried about chipping where the paint cuts off if you didn't do the entire thing?? Maybe I'm just crazy