What do you guys think about running a bare fiber hood?
 

I thinking about running a bare carbon fiber hood with hood pins and cowl on my 69. Just not sure if it will look out of place. Heres a pic of the car. What do you think?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/...5/IMG_2667.jpg

My only concern would be UV protection and yellowing over time. I think I read something about UV, it is murder on carbon fiber. It may not be an issue though with all of the space age components in the gel coats.

You may be able to find a clear that has UV protection capabilities? Shrug

I think it may look alright. However, some other colored cars might be better suited for it.
I think the real issue it is kinda bitin' rice and not sure you want to go there.

Concur, I don't think your car would look as good as it does with a bare CF hood. Perhaps if it was graphite, silver or a similar hue.

I agree, too rice.

If you run a completely bare CF hood, you're skirting rice territory. However, some production cars have gone tasteful of late. The 2004 Corvette Commemorative Edition has a CF hood, and they left a strip of exposed CF on either side of the white hood stripe. A lot of high end cars, the new ZR1, the BMW M's, etc. have exposed CF hoods, or other bits. If you were to do CF rally stripes, that could look amazing, for example.

Obviously there are clears out there that provide UV yellowing protection for CF. Maybe you can give Anvil a call, and ask them?

To me a bolt on CF panel with no paint or connection to the rest of the car looks outta place. I really like the CF panels that are 'expose' through the paint or graphic details so you know it's under there - and it should be tied into the rest of the car design with CF accents or something. Just a single panel like a trunk, door, or hood bolted on throws off the visual balance/flow of the car.

I would paint it red to match, but mask either the rally stripes or one big wide stripe and leave it CF. The nyou just need to worry about the trunk.:lol: That should be an easy fix.

If it was part of the design of the car, such as a 2 tone paint scheme, then i would say, yes, leave it alone. But since the rest of the car is painted well and looks nice, i say paint it to look like the rest of the car. Otherwise, like others pointed out, you run the risk of falling into the dreaded "rice" category. And i should know ;)