Exterior 1st Gen Most liked posts in thread: Heading to the Paint Shop (My pre-AMVIV Mods)

LOL. I've always thought an unpainted carbon fiber hood just looked like the kid worked at Burger King and couldn't afford to finish the mods after maxing out the first Capitol One card he got. It's usually accompanied by a white gelcoat front bumper, gray primer rear bumper, mismatched wheels and peeling tint.

 

I do find that the ability to balances one's car parts on one's head is essential :lol:
Can't wait to see what comes next!

 

So far that looks gorgeous! Nicely done.

 

You're painting the CF, or painting the car to match the CF?

 

:beer Good plans I am sure. :beer

What is the weight on the bonnet?

Don

 

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I have never understood why anyone would paint a CF part........isn't part of buying a CF part the looks?

 

it weighs well less than the metal stock one, so no... its for weight. And you paint it so it looks good lol

 

Also......
Clear coats are not the best UV blockers as compared to a solid pigmented coating like an opaque paint. So long term, expect some detrimental effects to occur (brittleness / stress cracking) of the non painted CF part as compared to the solid painted CF part..

 

I know about the weight savings, just didn't think it was worth it unless you could see it.....

 

Good plan.

My youngest son had a "Honda" with a CF hood, it pretty much self-destructed due to UV exposure in CO.

He keeps eying my 07, but that is not going to happen. :frown5: :incazzato:

 

To each their own

 

Congrats on the hood mel, post up pics when shes all painted up. post up if you run into any speed bumps on the install, ive done one or two of those :lol:

 

Now that is a sexy bonnet! It looks like you left accent sections of the CF, or are those something else? Yes please, more pictures, even with bug guts!

 

Cool... Was wondering if you were gonna reverse some stripes. I like the stealth aspect of that too... Nothing like surprising the crap out of a Mercedes or Mustang off a line somewhere. Nice job. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.