I am thinking of getting a carbon fiber hood EXCLUSIVELY for the weight savings over the OEM metal hood. This means that I'd like to have it painted in my ITR's black color. Has anyone done this ?? Is there a negative side to painting the cf hood ??

 

Yoshi painted his CF hood PY. Gotta search under his old threads though.

 

Many people have done this. Just make sure the bodyshop knows what they are doing.

 

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We had to clear coat my buddys FI CF hood 11 times before it stopped absorbing the ****. Explain to the shop what CF is and that is somewhat absorbant, paint adheres to it differently than it would to a metal hood. Don't be shy guy! If they don't know that they will act like they do and turn their shoulder on you when they **** up your hood.

 

Why add more weight to a hood you are buying for weight reduction??

&lt;---would like a dry cf hood......no clear coat. Just resin and hardener to make it stiff, then squeezed out with the vacuum bag. None of this clearcoat ish.

 

yup, had mine painted.

yshi - who had it done b/c he didn't like the two tone, bumble bEE look

 

I'm not saying it's bad to paint it, because I actually like the way Yoshi's turned out. But the original owner wrote in caps "EXCLUSIVELY" for weight reduction. If that's the case, take it to the extreme and get the lightest hood possible that is sturdy.

 

i wonder how one of those ricer clear plexi hoods would look

 

Do they got a smoked clear hood? I'm all over it.

 

u could put some neons in the engine bay.. then everyone could see u flossin it... j/k..

to painted cf hoods.. i'm thinking of changing over but i dont like the color black.. massive amounts of rock chips.. and a backpack sized dent in my oem hood from some fool at school... grr..

wow, i didnt know yoshi's hood was painted.. i just thought the hoodpins were a fashion statement.. lol... doh... the paint job is just that great....

 

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haha, j00 thought I was a ricer!

 

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if you want weight reduction buy a cf hood, thin underhood skeleton and pin that sucker down.