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

[whytry]

Is your goal the look or the weight savings? If it's the savings, then paint it, if I recall you can paint it and still have the carbon fiber look, but it will not be as distinct, and not look ricey

[Scotch]

Originally Posted by DDY RCKT

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?

I like this idea- leave the exposed CF for stripes but paint the rest of it. If you had a matching CF decklid with the same treatment, it'd be bitchin'. But I'd never leave the upper surface exposed. I've always equated it to not being finished, like it was still in primer or something.

That, and it's pretty ricey too.

I might consider leaving the underhood surface exposed, though. That way, there's no question it's truly a 100 percent CF hood.

~SP~

[jbutlr]

The "rice" thing is what my main concern was. My main problem is matching the paint. It never comes out right. You can get it close but never right on. I love the idea of leaving the RS stripes exposed and paint the rest but I would run into a major issues with were the stripes start in the rear of the car, in front of the deck lid under the rear window. I would have to start the stripe on the deck lid and end it on the spoiler. Not real sure about just having the stripes on the hood.