Shall we or Shant we

[Brothers VXR]

OK peeps weve been thinkin for a while now about spraying our carbon fibre bonnet silver to match the rest of the car. What would you guys do?

[sean_dhc1]

Keep it Carbon, if your going to spray it might as well get a steel one lads.
Carbon looks best as gives the car a mean look

[ANDY-G]

if ur going for the stealth look a would paint it but ur car is far from standard and the carbon looks really good.

[Deeky]

keep it carbon mate looks good!

[A_Venables]

As said previous, if your going to go back to silver, Id put a standard steel one back on, once youve sprayed the carbon, you couldnt really bring it back? Bet the carbon cost abit too?

[Skevington]

I think keeping it Carbon makes it stand out from the crowd! So don't change it

[ian_hutchinson]

i thought this with mine. maybe paint part of the bonnet leaving some carbon showing

[J6HN]

would leave as it is

[Smudge]

Keep the carbon

[Big_Chap]

I'd be tempted to paint the top silver and leave the underside as is for kudos with the carbon brigade

[Steve]

Maybe blend is a bit of silver with lacquer and recoat it to keep the weave showing, but more subtle?

I've seen a few jap cars with carbon that's been overpainted partially, with a design picked up to show the carbon off. It's a lot of work to pick out a design that suits the car and blends in though.

If it was me, I would be thinking of further carbon fibre, like front wings, doors and door cards, boot and maybe even bumpers to get more weight shaved off, so a colour change to blend the carbon with anthracite paintwork?

[Thumper]

Maybe blend is a bit of silver with lacquer and recoat it to keep the weave showing, but more subtle?

I've seen a few jap cars with carbon that's been overpainted partially, with a design picked up to show the carbon off. It's a lot of work to pick out a design that suits the car and blends in though.

If it was me, I would be thinking of further carbon fibre, like front wings, doors and door cards, boot and maybe even bumpers to get more weight shaved off, so a colour change to blend the carbon with anthracite paintwork?

That sound a good idea

[Brothers VXR]

Thanks chaps, we`ve decided to leave it carbon

Steve, great idea about adding further carbon bits, we`ve been looking into a carbon fibre GSi bumper. We`ve decided to leave it for now while we concentrate on the TC and engine/gearbox builds