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As a general policy, I don't like group buys. I've seen them go sideways too many times and I don't want to manage deposits and things of that nature. My standard shop policy for custom work is 50% down at the start. However, I generally don't like taking money until the final product is ready to sh...

Thank you for the interest. Unfortunately I do not have any plans at present to make a pre-facelift hood. The response to the post facelift hood has been positive in terms of forum support. However, to be blunt, to date the mold has produced a grand total of 4 hoods including my own personal one. Th...

Gentleman, more pictures of carbon fiber weight savings goodness :). http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj542/Northwind-Composites/IMG_0688.jpg http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj542/Northwind-Composites/IMG_0685.jpg http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj542/Northwind-Composites/IMG_0684.jpg

Josh, Unfortunately when I was there with the customer finishing the install I had to leave before we got to the final bond and RTV step so the only pictures I personally have are under green tarps and out of the rain :). However, he has promised some better pictures once he can get it washed and ou...

Gentleman, I know we're a predominately BC/BF crowd, however, I know several of us have a bit of a Subaru stable. Therefore, I wanted to take a quick moment and share some exciting Subaru news! As of last week we our new 4th gen wagon (BP) sunroof delete is online. This new delete gets rid of both t...

Gentleman, It's another year and I'm about to restructure/update the website a little. To that end, I'd love to have a few pictures of your installations to be able to share. If you have anything you'd be willing to send my way, please do :). As always, if there is anything I can do for, just let me...

LegacyT - Howdy, and yes these are still available. I do not keep inventory of these at this point but they are still for sale and are made on an as-ordered basis. Regarding the possibility of making them cheaper, sure. I can work up a quote for you. Labor doesn't change but I am happy to adjust the...

Howdy gentleman! I thought I'd put up a friendly bump and let everyone know the request for pictures is an outstanding request. I'd still love to be able to show off some more Legacy's on the website :). If you have pictures you want to share, my email is lee@northwindcomp.com . Please let me know i...

I do not have any deals with Aerocatch. And yes, they are expensive but they are also high quality. Ultimately, these hoods are designed and built for track use and mounting is left to the end user. I have posted what I use and recommend but I'm sure you could mount them with standard hood pins or o...

The update is very simple - I've been ready to take orders since Feb. What is posted here is what is available. There is also a page on my website for the hood that is a little more condensed than this thread - http://northwindcomposites.com/products/automotive/subaru-bcbf-legacy-hood/ I have not ta...

Gentleman, I'm working on updating the media gallery on my website and thought I'd see if anyone had any pictures of their sunroof installs they would like to share. I would be happy to also take any short comments and good picture of your car in action. This is the 'your part is awesome and here it...

**Update** Gentlman, the time for the price discount is rapidly closing. On 4/1/15 the price will increase to $250.00. I will happily honor the $160.00 for all orders placed prior to 4/1/15. I currently have a 1 week leadtime as well. Please let me know if there are any questions. Thank you, Lee

Howdy, Sorry for the late reply, I've been swamped finishing up my small curing oven these last couple of weeks. I do not have any pictures for the other style scoop mount. What I mean though is that I will make an insert that will go into the mold before any fabric. The insert will create a flat mo...

Fixed, I just get excited and always think carbon is cool so of course it would be number 1 .

Thank you .

Gentleman, I got the 'test' hood made the other week. The 2x2 twill black fiberglass has been discontinued from the manufacturer for a while and now I know why - it has the work-ability and drape properties of cardboard. Insert long line of expletives here, and then repeat. It was not fun fabric to ...

Thank you again for all the input guys, keep it coming! So far, this is my current option/proposal list - 1. I will work out a cost for the threaded inserts, installed. I am happy to leave this to you if you want to save money and do it on your own (it's really not hard if you're careful). 2. I will...

^^^ Thank you for the input, I do appreciate it. I have updated this thread with some additional pictures of the hinges. If there is enough interest I can look into the additional cost of having the hinge pieces fabricated and included. However, at this point I would prefer to leave the hinge fab wo...

Gentleman, a fellow kind BBS member turned me onto FedEx as a possible cheaper way to ship large items (thank you ). I will be looking into setting up an account with them. Therefore, feel free to check them out too for shipping quotes.

James - You have a PM. I got you covered .

Mike - I have been using USPS and UPS online shipping estimators for getting a rough idea on shipping. For this, I would say it's going to into a 5ft x 5ft x 1ft box and weigh around 20lbs all said and done. The box might end up being closer to 5.5ft x 5ft x 1ft as I'll want to make sure it's got pl...

James, Excellent questions. I can price out installing the threaded inserts and then it would leave you with fabricating a metal hinge piece to tie from the hood to the factory hinge. A picture here is going to be worth a thousand words. I will get pictures of my setup posted tomorrow. The current m...

Gentleman, I am officially starting a thread for the post face lift composite hoods. This is not the official “For Sale” thread but is rather a place for discussion of them, options that people really want – and are willing to pay for – and general status. This is the ‘how does, can I, will you,….’ ...

Glad to hear it made up north just fine and you're happy!

Let me know if I can do anything else for you.

Truthfully, it has been a little while since I had the assembly apart but I think both those options could work. My honest recommendation, buy one and let us know what works best :). *Official Announcement* The last of what I had already made has now been purchased. Therefore, if you would like one,...

Hwody, Option 1 replaces the glass, and by that I mean it does just that. The thickness of the carbon insert is approximately 0.160in thick, prior to clear coat, and therefore pretty closely matches the thickness of the glass. The physical size also matches the glass - or pretty close too, I'll incl...

Weight Update - I got Dan's part back from the painter today, see picture below. It came in weighing 38.6 ounces. His is trimmed for Option 1. For those wanting their's clear coated, I need to work with the painter on some test pieces. This one came out great but there are three small pinholes/depre...