[tutankhamon]

Just ordered from Extreme. Small world too since that happened to also be where I ordered by CF M3 hood for my E46 last year. Speak with Gino, he's a really good guy. Also for painting it and/or fitment, just deal directly with Rich at Luxury Autobody in Etobicoke. You can mention that Christian sent you and he will do this very reasonably for you.

Rich can also pick it up from Extreme as they interact regularly so you won't have to deal with shipping it to the body shop or anything like that yourself.

Sorry to have hijacked anything, but us Canadian peeps need hookups!

[Maks///M2]

My 2 cents.

I am a collision repair technician. We use 75% after market parts which come probably from the same people that create these hoods.

The rule is this.
The aftermarket needs to be 33% or bigger different than the oem to not get "busted" so that means whether it's the width, length, thickness of metal.

Yes. For aftermarket you have to adjust things. Such as fenders, headlights, bumpers, etc... but the oem gives you enough clearance In their factory stamps to adjust for these things. Moving fenders is something I do everyday to make the hoods fit, Or headlights fit. All I'm saying is if you crashed the car and got an aftermarket hood put on from the body shop. This is all the stuff they would do to make it fit, because the insurance will prefer the aftermarket parts because of cost.
Now having someone hit my m2, I know that the aftermarket parts are limited.

All in all, What I'm trying to say is this.

Any car that gets wrecked and gets after market parts, things get moved around to make it fit.

*Disclaimer* where I work we DO NOT use shims. Or make holes bigger. If the figment is not acceptable in the pre drilled holes.. we order a second aftermarket. If same thing. That we go oem. And show proof to the insurance that the figment was not proper.


Hope this helps some of you guys out.

[Simon P.]

Originally Posted by chip_dip19

Do you know what they'll be selling them for?

Nope. But it's not like they can afford to be too greedy. A CF version of this hood can be purchased from RW Carbon for 2.4$K USD, and they ship up north.
I would expect this reseller to be in the 1.2$K CDN range, before shipping.

[Simon P.]

Originally Posted by tutankhamon

Just ordered from Extreme. Small world too since that happened to also be where I ordered by CF M3 hood for my E46 last year. Speak with Gino, he's a really good guy. Also for painting it and/or fitment, just deal directly with Rich at Luxury Autobody in Etobicoke. You can mention that Christian sent you and he will do this very reasonably for you.

Rich can also pick it up from Extreme as they interact regularly so you won't have to deal with shipping it to the body shop or anything like that yourself.

Sorry to have hijacked anything, but us Canadian peeps need hookups!

Is it in stock or did you pre-order it? I was told early June…
And care to share how much you paid?
Tx

[wavyyyy]

Originally Posted by Thic_F30

I ordered Matt's hood for him (m2ghost)

We work directly with Suvneer.

They are all made in the same place, nobody is trying to hide that. You'd be surprised how many products come from the exact same factory and use the exact same molds as those on AliExpress.

There isn't anything wrong with AliExpress, I recently bought a diffuser from there and it worked out great.

The only reason people get scared of ordering on Ali is because you do not have someone stateside to return the product too if it doesn't fit or you do not like it. There's also that communication barrier.

I hope that clears things up.

Thanks didn't mean to come off as talking shit. So what you're saying is with some ingenuity you can get this perfect? I have a body shop which I trust to do an amazing job.

[Fahidm2comp]

I have just test fitted an aluminium bonnet on my car yesterday and the fitment was awesome! There is a company offering this for 749.99 GBP + vat + shipping

Check out https://www.xenonz.co.uk/store/p1443/BMW-2-Series-2013-2019-F22-F23-F87-M2-aluminium-GTS-style-hood-bonnet.html

[HONGCHUMZI]

Compared to expensive products, the quality is not good. It has the quality of the price.

Decide on budget. It's your choice.

[Karmic Man]

Really like this aluminium GTS hood.

Hope someone will release a high quality version of it!!!

[maddoc]

Originally Posted by HONGCHUMZI

Compared to expensive products, the quality is not good. It has the quality of the price.

Decide on budget. It's your choice.

More details please...

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

Really like this aluminium GTS hood.

Hope someone will release a high quality version of it!!!

Alpha-N has their CF version which is $$$$$

[Karmic Man]

Originally Posted by maddoc

More details please...



Alpha-N has their CF version which is $$$$$

I want a high quality aluminium hood (much cheaper than carbon but still lots lighter than steel) that fits with no BS fender and bumper adjustment. Just plug and play.

Check out this thread about Alpha-N

https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1627525

[maddoc]

Karmic Man, yeah I'm aware of that thread, which has me hesitant on Alpha-N/Edison Composites, especially for the price (I think its like $5k after paint).

Love the design, but I'm anal, and this, https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...1&postcount=16, makes me question hood fitment.

I wish BMW had just went with the exact same design for the CS instead of making it more "extreme"

[eeyang92]

Originally Posted by maddoc

Karmic Man, yeah I'm aware of that thread, which has me hesitant on Alpha-N/Edison Composites, especially for the price (I think its like $5k after paint).

Love the design, but I'm anal, and this, https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...1&postcount=16, makes me question hood fitment.

I wish BMW had just went with the exact same design for the CS instead of making it more "extreme"

I agree... the CS hood is a downgrade aesthetically.

[maddoc]

eeyang92 100%!

[nioh_lbbm2]

Originally Posted by maddoc

Karmic Man, yeah I'm aware of that thread, which has me hesitant on Alpha-N/Edison Composites, especially for the price (I think its like $5k after paint).

Love the design, but I'm anal, and this, https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...1&postcount=16, makes me question hood fitment.

I wish BMW had just went with the exact same design for the CS instead of making it more "extreme"

Originally Posted by eeyang92

I agree... the CS hood is a downgrade aesthetically.

Originally Posted by maddoc

eeyang92 100%!

What's the difference between the OEM CS hood and these aftermarket GTS hoods? I can't spot any differences?

[///Monika]

We placed our order to Suvneer on Thursday and shipment is on it's way. Will take lots of photos fitted before it's off to paint, well - assuming it's in acceptable condition.

[SM2]

Originally Posted by ///Monika

We placed our order to Suvneer on Thursday and shipment is on it's way. Will take lots of photos fitted before it's off to paint, well - assuming it's in acceptable condition.

Please take some detailed shots!

[///Monika]

Absolutely. The plan is to first take a baseline measurement of the stock body panel gaps then fit the new hood and see if we can adjust it to those values. If all is well then we'll remove it and take it to a body shop.

Will update this thread once it arrives (shipped via R+L Carriers out of Pomona CA).

Originally Posted by SM2

Please take some detailed shots!

[eeyang92]

Originally Posted by nioh_lbbm2

What's the difference between the OEM CS hood and these aftermarket GTS hoods? I can't spot any differences?

Here is the BMW M2CS hood:



Here is an example the "GTS" style hoods:



I believe these GTS style hoods were derived from the M4 GTS:

[nioh_lbbm2]

Originally Posted by eeyang92

Here is the BMW M2CS hood:



Here is an example the "GTS" style hoods:



I believe these GTS style hoods were derived from the M4 GTS:

I must be blind or something because I don't see the difference between the actual CS and the aftermarket hood. They're so close

[mr_lab_rat]

Originally Posted by nioh_lbbm2

I must be blind or something because I don't see the difference between the actual CS and the aftermarket hood. They're so close

The raised middle part by the windshield is significantly larger (wider) on the CS and I strongly prefer that.

[///Monika]

Update: Delivery scheduled for this Friday. Pretty fast shipping. Will update this thread with pics (uninstalled) once we receive and unpack it ..

[Really_fat_ninja]

Originally Posted by ///Monika

Update: Delivery scheduled for this Friday. Pretty fast shipping. Will update this thread with pics (uninstalled) once we receive and unpack it ..

Exciting👍👍👍