Anyone know where I can get one? I know they used to make it a few years back, but i can't find anything on it now.

 

Ive never heard of Kevlar hoods for your trucks or any vehicle for that mater. Perhaps you meant carbon fiber? If so APC make them. If you did in fact mean Kevlar I interested can you tell me more.

 

I've seen carbon/kevlar weaves for motorcycles, nothing for trucks though.

 

 

May be rice to you but, they can be painted and they weigh next to nothing.

 

I was thinking about getting a carbon fiber hood awhile back, and then painting everything but where the SS type stripes would be (like on a 70 Chevelle). That way it would be body colored and have carbon fiber stripes. I decided against it due to the rice factor, but I would like to have one totally painted body color so that it would look like a regular hood but be about 40lbs lighter I'd bet.

 

Thats about what my fiberglass hood is.

 

Not to start a war on here, i usually try to stay quiet, but i'm just curious how getting a stronger lighter hood for your vehicle which will reduce your overall weight, as well as helping your front/rear balance is rice. As long as there is no 48" CF wing, then it's fine, i've seen a few lightnings in my area with them and they look tasteful as well as help lower weight.


Oh, and as a side note, "The General" put a Carbon fiber hood on the '04 Z06's with the commemorative editions, and noone screamed "rice"

 

Most of the CF hoods I've seen are overlayed fiberglass hoods. So, you're adding weight to a fiberglass hood by laying the CF over it. I highly doubt that you could get a completely CF hood for the prices that APC are selling them for.

Why not just get a 'glass hood and save even more weight? Just because it's CF doesn't mean it's the lightest thing out there.

 

Look in the latest issue of Sport Truck, there is an ad for carbon/kevlar hoods!!