so i've seen tons of people doing the rusted hood thing, but what happens when it rains? does the rust drip and spread onto the fenders/bumpers/and everything else? does everything else get infected?

 

Rust only affects unprotected metals.
And most of these cars have just surface rusted hoods.
So it will run but it washes off easy.

 

oooh so as long as you have paint or clear on your fenders/bumper, you should be good huh?

 

Besides looking like a dick driving around with that bullshit I'd imagine it would just rinse off in the rain. Only thing I might worry about is if it's left on there it might stain the paint on the bumper or fenders, but I don't know

 

why would you want a rusted hood?

 

lol my hoods been dried up from the sun and faded and oxidizing for the longest time. its my beater so i don't want to spend the money to get it repainted oem color. what could i do with the hood besides painting it flat black or rusting it?

 

sticker it up!

 

or do something not gay...

 

how about sand all the paint off of it and then clear it-

so you will have a bare metal hood that doesnt rust

 

I have an old damaged hood that Ive had rusted out for about 3.5 years.
The rust has never run or dripped down onto the paint during rain or snow, so you have nothing to worry about.

 

I wanted to do a bare metal hood for a while but im too *****.

 

thats what i'm thinking,

it's the new IN thing

 

I still dont understand this "rusted hood" thing.

 

I'd sand it down and repaint it. :D

 

i've seen people spray clear over the rust, kinda gives it a marble look when it's all shiny

 

I would vinyl it in a woodgrain pattern

 

Lol @ people talking **** about rusted hoods like they're any different from carbon fiber hoods

 

Ive seen that done on an EM1 at Eibach. It had the hood and roof covered in woodgrain.

The roof looked dope.

 

any picss.?
jus kinda interested.

 

bump for some pics... know u got em!

 

I hope your not comparing a finished and decent looking hood to a rusted POS.

 

Function > Form

Lightweight vs. looking shiity :=/

 

One is an unprotected metal exposed to the elements and the other is a weave pattern covered in glaze, how are they not different smarty pants?

 

It's called personal preference. Just because you don't like the way rusted hoods look doesn't mean other people can't dig them.

Once again, personal preference. And are you really going to attempt to argue that people put carbon fiber hoods on for their lightweight qualities? You'll save a measly 30 lbs or so with a carbon fiber hood, and most of the people who get them like to hardpark around their hood, not take their car out to the track.

I wasn't talking about their qualities, per se. More or less, the fact that they're two different types of exterior changes that somebody can make to their car. Similar to how you could rock a real Mugen lip and I could be rocking an OEM Si lip.

It's not like everyone actually swaps to carbon fiber hoods for the weight savings, anyway. I like the way carbon fiber looks myself, and similar to a rusted hood, people rock them because they look good in their opinion. No need to clutter a thread dedicated to rusted hoods and people who dig them with irrelevant information about how you think it's dumb, looks ugly, played-out.

People do what they do because they like it, no need to hate.

 

I think he's referring to the fact that neither serves a real purpose. Sure a CF hood is maybe 10-15lbs lighter than stock, but a car with a CF hood will not perform any different than a car with a normal hood.
Now if the car is completely gutted, with lexan windows, and extreme measures have been taken to remove every last pound, then you can convince me that a CF hood has a purpose.
But lets be honest here, for 90% of the people on here rocking CF hoods, its merely a fashion statement. No different than someone who's rocking a rusted hood.
Well, I guess there is a difference of about $400-$500. lol