Mad PSI Type B Vented Hoods

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• Do I have to adjust my stock latch? Only the Gen 1 Type B vented hood requires requires the owner to adjust the stock latch. If you purchased your vented hood directly from us before July 17, 2003, then you have a Gen 1 vented hood.  The vented hood will have a  few millimeters gap near the front bumper if you do not adjust the stock latch. All vented hoods ordered after July 17, 2003 do not require the stock latch to be adjusted. • Do I need to remove the plastic piece that is on top of the radiator near the hood prop rod? Yes. The plastic piece obstructs the air flow to the vents in the vented hood. Thus, in order to allow the air from the radiator to flow through the vents in the vented hood, the plastic piece needs to be removed. • Is water going to get into the front trunk compartment? No.  The vented hood was specifically designed so that it can be functional without letting water leak into the front trunk compartment.  The vents on the vented hood end before the weather strip lining of the front trunk compartment.  When you remove the plastic piece on top of the radiator, all the water that goes through the vents in the vented hood will fall on the radiator.  We have never had a problem with even a drop of water getting into our front trunk compartment either after a rainstorm or a car wash.  In fact, we are so confident that our project car and various sponsored cars have their stereo amplifiers mounted in the front trunk compartment.  Not a good idea if water was ever to seep through. • This hood is going on my daily driver.  How will the wear and tear of daily driving, and the ultraviolet rays of the sun affect the hood? It is the responsibility of the owner to take all parts to a qualified body shop to properly prep and fit aero parts.  Products with a clear coat or primer should still be taken to a body shop for another layer.   Regular maintenance such as various protective waxes should help protect the hood as well.  This is especially true in areas such as Florida or Hawaii.    That being said, the hoods already come with a DuPont clear coat - the good stuff.  The hood also has a one year warranty on the clear coat from the manufacturer.   They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  The vented hood pictured below is a Mad PSI Type B version 1 vented hood in a USDM weave.  It was on a daily driver for almost two years and about twenty thousand miles!  The daily driver was located in Irvine, California (Orange County) where it sunny year round.  The only maintenance that was done was washing the hood with the car.  No clear coat or special wax was needed.     • What material will the vented hood be available in? Carbon fiber. • What is the difference between the carbon fiber vented hood and the "competition" carbon fiber vented hood? The regular carbon fiber vented hood is very light and is recommended for the street. For the hardcore Mr2 owner who wants the lightest hood possible, we also make a "super lightweight" competition carbon fiber vented hood. This competition hood will weighs around 7 pounds, but is also more delicate. To our knowledge, our competition hood is the lightest hood available for the MR2 despite it being a vented hood! Two pairs of our Sparco hood pins are required. • Are hood pins required? Yes, these vented hoods are extremely light, thus, hood pins are required for additional safety. We offer the Sparco Hood Pins, which are a pair of steel pin hooks with guided plug and click locking. They are very robust and reliable and available in three colors (silver, blue, and red).   • Does the hood come with a latch like the OEM hood? Yes. • Is the vented hood functional? Yes. When paired with a Border radiator relocation kit, the vented hood can offer a couple of functional benefits. For one, the fresh air that heats up after passing through the radiator will now exit through the vents in the hood providing an improvement in cooling. In addition, air that would regularly contribute to "front end lift" will also exit out of the vents in the hood, improving stability at higher speeds. This is especially beneficial on the Mr2 since it has a twitchy and sometimes "floaty" feel at higher speeds.                                   • How much work was put into the prototype vented hood that was used for the mold? In order to account for the variability between MR2s, a white 1993 turbo MR2 and a 1991 normally aspirated red MR2 were both used.  We made sure the prototype vented hood fit perfect on BOTH MR2s before we used it for our mold. This meant hours of labor for sanding and test fitting numerous hoods. 10 months of work went into make two different of molds from different manufacturers. We then picked the better of the two. After producing one mold that was used to make the Type B version 1 vented hood, we decided to update our mold to make the vented hood even better. We started the development of our Type B version 2 vented hood, which was redesigned from the skeleton up. Once again, more test fit sessions were done to ensure good fitment of our product. After July 17, 2003, all of our vented hoods being sold will be the version 2. No one said being a perfectionist was easy! Below are pictures of test fitting and sanding the vented hood. The yellow marks are areas that were sanded.                                                                                         • How are orders done? There are two methods of placing your order.  (1) Orders are done by clicking on “add to cart” at the link provided below. Our shopping cart allows you to make a payment via Paypal balance, credit card, or bank account.   or (2) Money order or cashier's check.  Click here for information regarding money order or cashier's check orders.   • I am interested in the carbon fiber front lip, the carbon fiber Type B vented hood, the carbon fiber engine lid, and the carbon fiber trunk, etc. Can I get some sort of "packaged deal" if I order all of them? Yes. Visit our weight reduction page for more information.

Step 1: Ordering

Item(s) Material Weight (pounds) Retail Group Buy Buy  Regular Type B Gen 4 Vented Hood Carbon Fiber 12 to 15 lbs. M O N E Y O R D E R $2150 $599 Available in 2009 S H O P P I N G C A R T $2240 $629 Available in 2009 Competition Type B Gen 1 Vented Hood Carbon Fiber 7 lbs. M O N E Y O R D E R $1560 $850 Sold Out.  No Longer Available. S H O P P I N G C A R T $1625 $885 Sold Out.  No Longer Available. 100% Carbon Fiber Type B Gen 1 Vented Hood Carbon Fiber ~ 12 lbs. M O N E Y O R D E R $1760 $999 Sold Out.  No Longer Available. S H O P P I N G C A R T $1833 $1039 Sold Out.  No Longer Available.

Step 2: Shipping

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Step 3: Client Information

1. Download the client information form by clicking on the PDF icon below. 2. Fill out the form. 3. Save the completed form. 4. Rename the form's filename to your full name followed by the date the order was placed in parenthesis, a hyphen, and "Client Information."  For example, if your name is John Doe and you placed your order on September 15, 2008, you would rename the file to "John Doe (09-15-08) - Client Information." 5. Email us the completed form.  The subject of the email should be the same as the name of the file attached.  For example, both the attached form's name and the email's subject line would be  "John Doe (09-15-08) - Client Information."