Opinions: Nova Bonnet

[PiKe31]

Hi everyone,

Just been looking at changing the style and colour of the bonnet on my nova. I have looked into carbon fibre which is too expensive and hard to lay up so I have decided to paint the bonnet a darker colour in comparision to the rest of the car which is painted red. I have been speaking to a few users including Barwich and SimonP etc on one of my posts on Carbon Fibre Bonnets. They have given me a lot of advice about staying away from carbon fibre and painting the bonnet, thanks lads. I'm just not sure which colour to go for but I have done a few photoshop images which are as follows:

http://public.fotki.com/PiKe31/nova/nova_1.html

http://public.fotki.com/PiKe31/nova/nova_2.html

http://public.fotki.com/PiKe31/nova/...56_copy_5.html

http://public.fotki.com/PiKe31/nova/...ew_bonnet.html

Can you tell whether you like before or after and which style and colour I should go for.

Cheers,

Denis

[PiKe31]

Anyone, even if it is crap just let me know

[andrew_lumb]

stick with it as it is, because that looks good
imo carbon bonnets look ****, the only purpose they serve is to reduce the weight of the vehicle, so unless you can justify it by doing trackdays and 1/4 mile runs etc then steer clear!
listen to Simon, he has some very good advice when it comes to styling

[SimonP]

As Andrew says, carbon fibre bonnets do serve as purpose, to reduce weight. Left unpainted they look like unpainted patent bonnets from a distance. Seen quite a few cars with unpainted patent bonnets fitted to their cars trying to make it look like a CF version...it's just a bit pointless and messes up the car. Carbon fibre bonnets are good but need to be used in the correct context. As a weight reduction mod, they are a good idea and a cool thing to do for that reason. Just fitting one unpainted for the sake of it, just doesn't work IMHO.

Carbon fibre bonnet + Paint = nice.

[Soopahfly]

In a crash, a proper carbon bonnet won't crumple. It will snap off its hinges and straignt through your screen.

Also, IMO if you have a diffrent colour bonnet, it will look like you've had a crash and visited the scrappy.

[Aamir]

Why not try Carbon Fibre effect Self adhesive vinyl, then laquer the bonnet, i've seen it done & it looked pretty good.