Carbon-fibre bonnets, tacky?

[MK4 Slowride]

I've been thinking about one for my Scoob. Found one for £650, not sure though. A few mates reckon they're a bit tacky.

Feel free to post links to where I can buy them as I struggled to find a range to choose from. Car is a 53-plate.

[g3org3y]

Are planning to paint it or leave the weave exposed?

I can think of much better ways to spend £650 tbh.

[Cotty]

Depends on the car

[EDLT]

Even tackier than a bad-boy bonnet.

[Chrissellar]

I think it depends on the car and it's colour.

There's a White sti running about in aberdeen with one and its continued with a black roof and black spoiler. It's not to everyones taste my I personally like it.

[i remember]

I'd just about go with yes with a hint of no.

They DO look tacky when its like on some super bodykit special from halfords and have massive vents all over it.

They DONT look tacky, when the car is full carbon or when its painted.

[Mastodon2]

Proper "Fast and the Furious" modding. Kids in hoodies in shopping centres and bus stops everywhere will love your car, everyone else will think you're a berk.

[300bhp/ton]

MK4 Slowride said:

I've been thinking about one for my Scoob. Found one for £650, not sure though. A few mates reckon they're a bit tacky.

Feel free to post links to where I can buy them as I struggled to find a range to choose from. Car is a 53-plate.

Body coloured and painted if fine. Leaving black so it looks like it's a crash repair is just so crap looking (IMO ).

[wackojacko]

Depends on the car

-they look mean as hell and have a genuine weight saving for serious track/competition cars for instance Machinery competing in the Time Attack series etc

whereas they look s**t on a 1.1 saxo that's usually found in your local McDonalds car park.

[hesnotthemessiah]

Why don't you get a carbon fibre wrap for the bonnet for about £100 and spend the rest on a nice present for me for saving you a load of dosh?

[Chrissellar]

wackojacko said:

whereas they look s**t on a 1.1 saxo that's usually found in your local McDonalds car park.

So true it's not even funny!

[JimNotJon]

I believe it will be only carbon skinned and that your buying it for looks rather than performance. Unless it is painted fully or in such a way you can just make out the weave I think they look a bit tacky, if it is going to be the start to a mass weight saving project I wouldn't bother and spend the £650 on a noticeable performance upgrade.

[MK4 Slowride]

Cotty said:

Depends on the car

MK4 Slowride said:

...I've been thinking about one for my Scoob...

In case you missed it paul

Chrissellar said:

wackojacko said:

whereas they look s**t on a 1.1 saxo that's usually found in your local McDonalds car park.

So true it's not even funny!

They're often just painted black with some spray on hammerite

Bonnet wrap is £250 already thought of that and it's this that got me to look into real Carbon-fibre to see the difference. If a wrap is £250 might as well go to £650 for a proper one. It'll be interesting to see if the insurers will charge extra for this, they loaded my premium £180 with the other mods.

Edited by MK4 Slowride on Monday 17th January 22:25

[rb5230]

on certain cars in certain colours it looks amazing, but i would say 70% of the time it looks stupid.

I love carbon fibre on grey cars where it almost matches the paint.

[EDLT]

MK4 Slowride said:

They're often just painted black with some spray on hammerite

That used to be fashionable back when all this were fields.

[wackojacko]

rb5230 said:

I love carbon fibre on grey cars where it almost matches the paint.

E46 M3 CSL in 'Silber Grey' springs to
mind

[300bhp/ton]

EDLT said:

MK4 Slowride said:

They're often just painted black with some spray on hammerite

That used to be fashionable back when all this were fields.

but they looked good. Any sloppy front car design or where the bonnet forms part of the wings just looks naff.

[k-ink]

Only acceptable on a bare carbon Zonda - where every panel is carbon to match. Not acceptable on any tat hatchback, scooby, or even 911. No. No. No.

[rb5230]

k-ink said:

Only acceptable on a bare carbon Zonda - where every panel is carbon to match. Not acceptable on any tat hatchback, scooby, or even 911. No. No. No.

Are you saying just the bonnet is not acceptable or carbon fibre in general?

Either way you are wrong, it can look brilliant on plenty of cars not just fully carbon fibred Zondas.

[The Lukas]

Only if it saves noticeable weight