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Originally Posted by slcook54
I'd be curious if you decide to expand on your thought process regarding the hood. Right now I'm leaning toward hacking the stock hood with track spec vents, but if there's a better option, I'm interested.
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BMW did a fine job with the hood on this car. Being aluminum, the stock hood is pretty darn light—around 22lbs. Most aftermarket options are not really much lighter. And some are finicky and don’t allow the hood shocks…..blah.
If you care about cost, buying the $360 hood vents and then either installing them yourself or having a shop do it is the most cost efficient option.
If you have an E92, you have more options for aftermarket hoods that have built in vents than me with the E90. But availability seems to be a problem these days. I have an email out to Motorsport24 to ask them about their hood.
The other bummer these days is that shipping costs are unfriendly. The bumper is $300 for shipping. A hood is almost $500 domestically. Who knows what horrors await you for international freight.
So, if you just want to get it done, get the Track Spec stuff, cut up the hood and be done with it. It’s a decent solution and it’s the most cost effective and probably the most immediate. If you have a bigger budget and can wait, and you like the carbon look, an aftermarket carbon hood can have built in vents which saves the cost of buying vents and potentially paying for the install, and it doesn’t need to be painted.
Hope that helps.