Wagon Front Hood Measurements

mrwagovan · May 2006

For those of you interested in possibly making a carbon fiber hood, the wagon hood measurements are:

54 1/2' across the top
from the top to the front of the hood, 37'
and from the very front part of the hood which is the small edge area is 28 1/2'.

as we all know by now, none of the EF 88-91 hoods will fit onto our wagons and vice versa..we are alone in this.

it has to be custom made.

doitdub · May 2006

But these hoods are so small/light anyway...why go CF?

Haydz · May 2006

Every little bit of weight loss helps.. Most people just want carbon for bling though.

doitdub · May 2006

Yup - I can see if it calls for replacing, might as well 'upgrade'. But most of the CF made ones out there will be heavier than stock.

Haydz · May 2006

It wont have the same crumple effect, changing your cars crash characteristics. Its the same with any modified exterior part.

If i had the chance at getting a proper carbon fibre bonnet - skeleton and all, then i'd do it.

But at that point the car won't be on the road..

SiWagon · May 2006

:? Not true for the gen4 Wagons.I think It's in the order of 25-50lbs(30-60 kilos).It's NOT a trifle amount like on the EP Civic. :shock:

Haydz · May 2006

25 pounds = 11.3398093 kilograms

I weigh 60kg, the bonnet is nowhere near that... I'd say 5-10kg max, which would coincide with about 25~ pounds.

SiWagon · May 2006

Thx. :oops: I screwed up.

Haydz · May 2006

No worries.... metric huh?

doitdub · May 2006

doitdub wrote:

But these hoods are so small/light anyway...why go CF?

Just wanted to follow-up that I am used to my 87 hood. Much smaller than the 88-91 and wouldn't be worth getting a CF hood in my mind because the damn thing has got to weigh 20 lbs. The 88-91 though, I could see some weight savings there.

Wagon Front Hood Measurements

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