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Red Lion · 05-05-2010, 11:53 AM

The lightest carbon fiber hoods are dry carbon, where they use vacuum bagging to suck out the excess resin, and tend to weigh in the neighborhood of 7-10lbs. If you could do that it would be impressive weight loss!

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Red Lion EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 65 Serenity - '93 Nissan Sentra SE-R 90 day: 20.55 mpg (US) Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The lightest carbon fiber hoods are dry carbon, where they use vacuum bagging to suck out the excess resin, and tend to weigh in the neighborhood of 7-10lbs. If you could do that it would be impressive weight loss!