*** Official Group Buy for M Vader hybrid Style CF Hood ******

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:05 am

Hmmmm black or silver, black or silver..... guess i'll go with black too

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:08 am

I'm staying with the silver for my silver CF!

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:15 am

See I was thinking about staying with silver too, but I think the black probably matches the color of my car better than silver

kingvibe · Post by **kingvibe** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:25 am

sending mine by mail today. sorry for the delay. let the building begin !!!!!!!

Lancer · Post by **Lancer** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:06 am

Sorry, I've been over worked this week and JSP is always closed when I call. What are your buisnes hours?

havock · Post by **havock** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:36 am

im usually in around 8:30 am est.. and out around 7pm est... all week.. then im here in the am on saturdays and thats it

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:12 am

Where do we stand in production right now? Any pics?

Psychobroker · Post by **Psychobroker** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:42 am

Quote, originally posted by damronjr Â»Where do we stand in production right now? Any pics?Whoo boy, that's askin' a lot lol...we're probably in line behind other prototyping projects.

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:44 am

Quote, originally posted by Psychobroker Â»Whoo boy, that's askin' a lot lol...we're probably in line behind other prototyping projects.Yeah, I know, but he said a few weeks to build it and then they would start production. He also said they had a stcker and they were going to start chopping and all that, so I just thought MAYBE he would have some production pics we could see or something. I'm sure that's all TOP SECRET stuff though! One can wish!

havock · Post by **havock** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:17 am

if i showed you id have to kill you.. HAHAHAHAHAAHA!! well boys the order is in.. and production is starting.. ill try to get into tha locked keycoded room one of these days and snap some pics.. of whatever they have lyin around.. but for now.. if you close your eyes really really tight... and just pretend dhl or ups or whatever just showed up at your door with a huge box.. and inside was your hood.... that might get you by for a few days.. LOL

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:29 am

Quote, originally posted by havock Â»if i showed you id have to kill you.. HAHAHAHAHAAHA!! well boys the order is in.. and production is starting.. ill try to get into tha locked keycoded room one of these days and snap some pics.. of whatever they have lyin around.. but for now.. if you close your eyes really really tight... and just pretend dhl or ups or whatever just showed up at your door with a huge box.. and inside was your hood.... that might get you by for a few days.. LOLHahaha, just act like you're dude in Splinter Cell or something and sneak in there! So you have to kill a few people to get in there, just make sure you don't leave any evidence!

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:38 am

Lol whatchu talkin bout Willis!? 2nd time thru that game I just ran up and popped em in the head screw stealth just knock the door down

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:55 am

quivering with excitement. So these hoods bolt onto stock hinges and everything? What about windshield squirters and warpingint he winter?]Since hte order's in I'm taking it upon myself to steal the thread You have a problem with it come on over and I'll battle you with mind bullets.

havock · Post by **havock** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:20 pm

aaaaaaah yes.. windshield squirts.. ill make sure they leave the whole for them.. you will have to use the stock ones.. or get those silly rice ones that glow.. HA... anyways.. Winters.. we dont recommend running CF in the winter.. but thats up to you

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:24 am

Well if it bolts onto stock hinges I can swap them out in winter no problem.

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:04 am

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow Â»I'll battle you with mind bullets.Bring the pain! *bang bang*

Psychobroker · Post by **Psychobroker** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:40 am

Quote, originally posted by SmokinÃ¢Â€Â™ Rubber Â»Bring the pain! *bang bang*that's all you got?*rat-tat-tat-tat!*EDIT:Quote Â»aaaaaaah yes.. windshield squirts.. ill make sure they leave the whole for them.. you will have to use the stock ones.. or get those silly rice ones that glow.. HA... anyways.. Winters.. we dont recommend running CF in the winter.. but thats up to youWoah, thanks to Merz for bringing this up! How about the hood liner/insulation on the underside, will it come with that?

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:31 am

(removed)! Let's think of everything we forgot now. Havok, did you guys remember to incorperate the supercharger that is suposed to come with the hood? How about the S-Techs that come with all aftermarket hoods by law? You guys better start making a list before you forget! (removed)!!!BTW, mind bullets don't make banging noises...IDIOTS....they make bubble noises...

Psychobroker · Post by **Psychobroker** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:59 am

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow Â»(removed)! Let's think of everything we forgot now. Havok, did you guys remember to incorperate the supercharger that is suposed to come with the hood? How about the S-Techs that come with all aftermarket hoods by law? You guys better start making a list before you forget! (removed)!!!BTW, mind bullets don't make banging noises...IDIOTS....they make bubble noises... fine then! **bloop-bloop-ity-bloop** ... as I float my mind-melding bubble-bobble bullets of terror on yo a$$!

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:52 pm

Quote, originally posted by Psychobroker Â»fine then! **bloop-bloop-ity-bloop** ... as I float my mind-melding bubble-bobble bullets of terror on yo a$$! LOL oh yeah!? well * floop boop blip bippitty dipitty* From what it looked like though on the pictures of the other hoods they don't have the insulation which is fine with meBtw how do you change or pull out the spray nozzles?

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:24 am

I remember Stang2Vibe attempted it once and he said it was pretty tricky but the spray nozzles is the least of my worries. We have a carbon fiber hood on order!

Psychobroker · Post by **Psychobroker** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:49 am

Havok, I really think you need to chime in on this thread over at matrixowners.com: http://www.matrixowners.com/fo...rt=45s ... ly...Quote Â»Okay guys I talked to the guy that does the carbon fiber. He wants to start with the hood. I need 15 people who want a PURE carbon fiber hood. NO FIBERGLASS! This is the real deal. The company only does the race cars now. but they want to use matrixowners.com to get their name out. We talked on the phone for 2hours today. The hood will be oem style and he said if there is anyone that can doonate a hood to start that will save us a lot on cost. I will be posting pictures in the next few minutes. So if anyone is involved in a group buy on here for a hood. DONT! it fiberglass junk. with carbon skin. Not to offend anyone but its true. You will see the difference when I post the pics in a moment. If the hoods go well they have agreed to the back hatch next. That would be a huge weight reduction. To show I am serious this is the link to their site.http://www.rnrcomposites.com/ they build the body parts for the Caddy LMP car, The Jaguar, And the Lamborghini Merc. And this link has one of the hoods they make for a bmw and look at the price they are selling us these hoods for cost. These are 2500 hoods. Our price will be around 750and my reply...Quote Â»Isn't the fiberglass skeleton for safety issues? I believe I saw a post around here (or at genvibe.com) stating that, in a front end collision, REAL CF may not crumple properly and COULD fly through your windshield, obviously not good results when your freakin' head is there. Whereas, a CF hood w/ fiberglass skeleton would crumple properly. Is this true? Would someone post some facts backing up the reasons why this is/is not the case?

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:42 am

I waited to tell my friends I was getting a hood until I ordered it just so I wouldn't jinx it (everytime I say I am getting anew part it allways fals apart) I started telling some of my friends since I ordered it so if I jinxed this and this hood isn't good quality or if I don't get it at all I'm going to kill the world...

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:46 am

Like Christian was saying, the fiberglass is there on everyday driver cars for a reason: safety. Maybe on full-fledged race cars they can use full carbon fiber hoods, but with fiberglass skeleton is there to protect you should you get in an accident. That guy is from a competing company. Of course he is going to talk $h*t about the hoods we ordered.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:49 am

Yeah I re-read his post and thought to my self "what a buch of b/s" he sounds like an ebay seller (removed). Like he's preaching to you and trying to brainwash you into not buying it. Besides there's no way in hell I'd pay $800 for a hood let-alone an OEM style hood!!!!!!!!

Psychobroker · Post by **Psychobroker** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:07 am

Quote, originally posted by damronjr Â»Like Christian was saying, the fiberglass is there on everyday driver cars for a reason: safety. Maybe on full-fledged race cars they can use full carbon fiber hoods, but with fiberglass skeleton is there to protect you should you get in an accident. That guy is from a competing company. Of course he is going to talk $h*t about the hoods we ordered.Right, which is why Havok - no, JSP - should defend their product

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:33 am

JSP is in NFSU2 so I doubt it's going to be bad quality. They wouldn't be ina video game if it were bad quality. I allways put the JSP sticker on the rear windshields of my cars jsut because it looks cool

Psychobroker · Post by **Psychobroker** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:15 am

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow Â»JSP is in NFSU2 so I doubt it's going to be bad quality. They wouldn't be ina video game if it were bad quality. I allways put the JSP sticker on the rear windshields of my cars jsut because it looks cool LOL I didn't even notice them in the game. I guess I haven't gotten far enough

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:21 am

Quote, originally posted by Psychobroker Â»LOL I didn't even notice them in the game. I guess I haven't gotten far enough Ha ha, I beat that game a long time ago! It was pretty cool, but the driving around town was kind of dumb.

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:05 am

Quote, originally posted by damronjr Â»Ha ha, I beat that game a long time ago! It was pretty cool, but the driving around town was kind of dumb. Same, although I've only beaten like 85% of the total races since even after you beat the game you're only at like 67% race completeness. Playing on XBox live is cool too cause somehow the people on drag tweak there cars to pull 0-60 in 1.1 seconds lol fastest I ever got mine to was 1.5

Celtic_Curse · Post by **Celtic_Curse** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:53 am

Does anyone have a picture of what the hood is sapposed to look like? Or another type of hood so I can see what an m vader hood is? Thanks.

pissedoffgokart · Post by **pissedoffgokart** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:01 pm

Photo chop...Similar Product...http://forums.genvibe.com/zero...age=4

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:16 pm

Quote, originally posted by pissedoffgokart Â»Photo chop...Similar Product...http://forums.genvibe.com/zero...age=4Its the same one just a different thread for it since the other one was a feeler, it also had good info tooAnd yeah thats what the hood might look like (granted in carbon fiber) I didn't do the best chop but it works

pissedoffgokart · Post by **pissedoffgokart** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:46 pm

Sorry smokin', I was too lazy to look back and give you credit for the chop!! Please forgive...

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:06 pm

Lol its ok it doesn't really matter I just wanted to emphasize that we don't know exactly what the hood will look like, that was just a rendition of how it could possibly turn out

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:48 pm

What if they tricked us and the hood was in the shape of a bunny lol j/k.

Celtic_Curse · Post by **Celtic_Curse** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:24 am

Ok now I get teh idea. Sweet hood!! I imagine it'll have the mesh in it as well like the Evo? does it directly vent over top of the rad or is diverted from underneath somewhere else? Got to admit I'd be Peeing my pants with anticipation if I'd ordered it. I hope one of you will post pics once you install it.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:29 am

hell yeah we postin pics! I plan on getting mine in May...I just got a raise!!! so now I get $6 an hour! Rollin in the dough lol.

pissedoffgokart · Post by **pissedoffgokart** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:50 am

I could only wish I made THAT kinda money!

rcasciola · Post by **rcasciola** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:50 am

wow u guys make nothing...is that minimum wage?!? back on topic..i think they are gunna look awesome..maybe doen the road ill be purchasign one....maybe..lol

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:11 am

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow Â»hell yeah we postin pics! I plan on getting mine in May...I just got a raise!!! so now I get $6 an hour! Rollin in the dough lol.Lol poor Merz minimum wage here is $7.35 and I usually make about $12.50 an hr and all I do is sit on my @$$ at nintendo and play games all day Ok well thats not all I do, but not many people call for game help at 2 am

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:14 am

Quote, originally posted by SmokinÃ¢Â€Â™ Rubber Â»Lol poor Merz minimum wage here is $7.35 and I usually make about $12.50 an hr and all I do is sit on my @$$ at nintendo and play games all day =PI need a job like that! I'm in the Navy and get paid less than most of the free population! Can't complain though, I get good benefits and decent pay, I just have too many bills and want to spend my $$$ everywhere else, gee, like this hood I got!

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:22 am

Quote, originally posted by damronjr Â» want to spend my $$$ everywhere else, gee, like this hood I got! I know how that is lol, I am trying to save up my $13,000 for turboing and upgrading everything under the hood by the summer of '06. MWR quoted me that for that much they could get the car to probably 425+ hp

pissedoffgokart · Post by **pissedoffgokart** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:32 pm

Good Lord MAN!Quote, originally posted by SmokinÃ¢Â€Â™ Rubber Â»I for that much they could get the car to probably 425+ hp

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:08 pm

Yea minimum wage here is $5.15...rediculous...it's not easy either working at Farmer Jack's. I don't get any benifits besides the union (which gives lazy @$$ workers protection) and I don't get any discounts either!!!!!!! I'm lookin hard for w new job and believ eit or not, my manager at my current job is helping me (removed)...

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:55 pm

Quote, originally posted by pissedoffgokart Â»Good Lord MAN!Lol I know I can't waitAnd Merz maybe he's helping you find another job cause he wants to get rid of ya

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:53 pm

(removed) maybe but I don't think so. He wants to poromote me but he can't because the stupid @$$ union requires me to be 18 for the position!

Smokin' Rubber · Post by **Smokin' Rubber** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:38 am

I wonder if there is any news on the hood, like how the construction is coming, oh and if the other 3 people have paid yet.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:18 pm

From what I've read, Lancer and KingVibe have paid so Vibe2003 is the only one left unless he paid and didn't post on here.

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:20 pm

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow Â»From what I've read, Lancer and KingVibe have paid so Vibe2003 is the only one left unless he paid and didn't post on here.Still waiting to hear from havock on the status, pics, payment status', etc...