Black bonnet....

[devonutopia]

My carbon bonnet's paintwork is starting to go off, especially around the grille, so I am contemplating either painting black, or just wrapping black. I am looking into the latter on saturday. Already have a black roof, but could a black bonnet and grille be too much? I was even thinking about doing it so it was black from the leading corners, across to the top edge of the grille, then a black grille....

Something like this, but will obviously be a black aimed to match my roof.

[softscoop]

Hmmm... MS Paint skillz

If you do it wrap, you can surely peel it off if it looks crap anyway?

I'd say go for it, it's not going to cost the earth

[mr rooney]

Jason do you always park on double yellows?? Lol!

You could try pasticoat spray paint that peels off if you don't like it which is a easy DIY job.

[hutchysrs50]

Could be abit over the top with blackness.

[grr666]

I'd do the whole bonnet or none of it personally.

Can't you strip it of paint and lacquer the carbon?

[mikejay]

I once thought about doin this but silver on my black one

[BossFox]

All black or it'll look odd. IMO.

[Fabia DMG]

whole black will look cool, if not leave as it is

[Jake vRS]

thought about clear lacquer? everybody loves a bit of carbon...

[wilsonian]

I think the idea of wrapping it might be best - or try and get a cheap second hand bonnet.

Edited 19 October, 2012 by wilsonian

[j.braderz]

i saw a race blue se once and the bump/ bulge in the middle of the bonnet was all black looks really effective the edges were still race blue

[devonutopia]

OK, all black I agree is going to look best, and is easiest too really, when it comes to wrapping.

Bonnet is already primed and painted/lacquered, so if I were going to wrap, I would probably sand it right down myself first. I'd rather not get down to the bare carbon though. I suspect its not going to look pretty anyway. Just down to primer I think.

[danny6189]

Where did you get the carbon bonnet?

[kiddy1]

Where did you get the carbon bonnet?

Pretty sure it's some super rare thing made in the Czech?

[TimVRS12]

Keep it silver IMO!

[Fabia DMG]

OK, all black I agree is going to look best, and is easiest too really, when it comes to wrapping.

Bonnet is already primed and painted/lacquered, so if I were going to wrap, I would probably sand it right down myself first. I'd rather not get down to the bare carbon though. I suspect its not going to look pretty anyway. Just down to primer I think.

looking forward to see job done Jason, good choice

[JLneonhug]

Pretty sure it's some super rare thing made in the Czech?

Saying that, there's a fair amount of CF makers now, probably can be had I would've thought between 400-600 in the uk.