whoz got a painted DC5 carbon fibre hood....dunno how it looks, scared that it would turn out looking like galvonised iron

 

https://honda-tech.com/zeroforum?id=32

 

If you paint a carbon fiber panel it will come out looking like any other painted body panel.

 

What Reid said. If you plan to get a carbon fiber hood and paint it you can save some money by getting a fiberglass hood instead.

 

The problem is that most fibreglas bonnets I've seen for our cars are of shoddy construction and feature rediculous scoops/vents, etc.

Carbonfibre body panels should always be painted on a street-driven car. The paint helps to protect the resin from sun damage and stone chips.

 

The fiberglass hood I was referring to was an OEM style. 90% of the carbon fiber hoods on the market have a fiberglass skeleton. For a fiberglass hood you just use fiberglass instead of carbon fiber. The fiberglass hood doesn't come clear coated of course but it is primmered. If a reputible company makes a carbon fiber body panel then you don't need to worry about sun damage since they use a higher quailty resin and clear coat helps for stone chips. Although you should paint your panels unless you like your car to be mixed colors.

 

Cool.

I've never seen a nice fibreglas bonnet for our cars (didn't say there was no such thing though). It's good to know they're out there.