Celica GT4 (ST205) Carbon & Carbon/Kevlar Hoods.. Options

[truejigga]

Howdy Everyone,

As some of you already know, Im one of the lucky few to own a Celica ST205 here in the States, New York for that matter. Been trying to sell this car for a month now, even began by advertizing it here.

Anyways, you also noticed that I own and daily drive an Evo 5. Recently, over the past month or so, Ive organized a group buy on carbonfibre and carbon/kevlar hoods for the evos 5/6 on the MLR forum:

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?threadid=29806

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?threadid=31722

Now, if you have taken your time to read through or at least look at the pictures on the links above, you can see what type of quality craftmanship Im talking about here. Ive seen carbon hoods frmo companies like Varis and Monster-Sport from Japan, and these will destroy them in terms of quality, craftsmanship, production process, and you cant get them in kevlar or v-shape carbon style with a clear back. Most important, far cheaper then any Japanese hood, and shipping into the US will only cost about 100 to 130 bucks! I dont think anybody can beat that! Also, if I get alot of orders going to NY for example, I can ship it all to one location, and that will save even more on freight charges. Dont be shy if you live outside the US, I can get good competitive shipping rates anywhere in the world.

Here's the deal:

I would be the donor hood, meaning the company will make a mold out of my stock Celica GT4 hood. Im not in this to make a profit, only to get an awesome feakin hood at a decent price, and not have to go through Japan and get killed with shipping costs.

We need a minimum of 10 people down with this buy to make this happen. Basically its not cost effective to go through all that trouble of tooling/manufacturing w/o this amount of hoods being made. Basically the requirements are 50% deposit from 10 people to begin the fabrication, I will then send out my hood to Canada where it will be preped/molded/etc, and in 1.5 to 2 months, all hoods will be sent to everyone's house. These hoods are guaranteed to Leave you with a smile on your face.

Here's a list of prices:

532 USD for a plain carbonfibre with balck inside
552 USD for a plain carbonfibre with clear back (the inside looks like the outside)
625 USD for a carbon/kevlar hood (50% lighter than carbon, you specify color)
645 USD for a carbon/kevlar with clear back
625 USD for a carbon V-Shape style Material (see pic on the thread above)
645 USD for a carbon V-Shape with clear back

Also, spliters are available if you want to add it to your order (see pics):

105 USD for splitters either in Carbon or Carbon/Kevlar (specify color)

Colors are: Red, Blue, Yellow, and Orange

The most popular choice hood seems to be the carbonfibre with clear back, which costs $552 bucks. Divide this in half, and your deposit would be 276 bucks do now, and 276 + shipping due in about 1-2 months.

I think these would be a great addition to your show car for next year, or just for the looks on your 6gen Celicas. For those of you that dont know what a gt4 ST205 hood looks like, check out the picture of the one on my car below.

If you want one of these, just put your name down, and once we have 10 buyers, we can begin paying for them. Payments will be done via paypal directly to the company. The business is a certified paypal member, for those that dont know paypal, this guarantees your money wont get ripped-off basically when you pay. The advantage of using paypal is that you can use credit cards, e-checks, transfer money directly from your checking acct, or if you have a balance there just transfer right over.

Make sure to put your email address, which hood you would like (specify carbon, kevlar, color, v-shape, anything), wether you would like holes cut out for the washer jets, etc. I can talk to the manufacturer and have him incorporate a grille into the hood in case you guys dont want to order one from overseas. Or I can get someone to offer them at a discount for a group buy. Well, two choices on that part of the hood.

I will email everyone with payment information once I get 10 people. I will formulate a list, mail it to him, he will begin accepting payments, once we have about 8 or so I will ship my hood to him via DHL just like I did with my Evo hood. Simple!

Thanks for taking your time and reading through this post. I hope we can get 10 peeps down and get some nice and shiny carbon hoods for our lovely cars!