Do you need hood pins with this???

 

Sweet job! How much was the weight difference vs factory?

 

No just reinstalled the closing mechanism from the original hood

 

I'm not really sure but I can lift the carbon fibre on my own and the original one needed 2 people to move it around.

 

Installing is a PITA, I did an install myself on my R50 awhile back. The end result was well worth it!

Looks very aggressive with the gills, very nice!

 

Love that hood/bonnet. Makes your MINI look very angry (in a good way).

-Clint

 

Its a car drive it and do what you want if anyone thinks different tell them to buy it for what you think its worth and they can bubble wrap it in their garage. I have had so many cars I babied and it was so the next owner could actually enjoy them, not anymore , drive the damn thing and do what you want to it, I think it looks bitchin man great job and I would love to own one some day and tear into it as well to make it what I want not the factory.

 

 

Even with the "fitment" issues, this car looks very ice in reality! I can confirm...

 

The JDM with the vents looks bad-boy, I like it. ^ Now to come up with $1K ............

 

looks sick! the only thing is I can imagine paying $1k for the hood, its just the price of painting it that would kill me :/

 

Hey P8ntbollr How much did you pay to paint that aero kit?

I just got the CF hood without the gills for $500.00 on ebay. If I wasn't lazy I cold have picked it up too, instead it was another 150.00. Mine does not fit under the lights very well (too tight instead of too loose) but the gap at the fender is much better than stock, a much tighter more even gap. Stock it is close at the ends and large in the middle.

Anyway I was thinking of getting the Aero kit bumper from Outmotoring but I am dreading the painting cost.