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Old 05-07-2010, 06:24 PM   #5 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
Your run of the mill $600 CF hood for a Civic weighs 18lbs. So you probably save 6lbs versus aluminium. That's pretty unimpressive for $600.
6 lbs versus aluminium, but what versus steel? Never actually weighed a hood, but the Insight's aluminium hood feels like less than half the weight of a similar-sized steel one.
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