My car is in the body shop now and I'm very frustrated rather or not I should paint my hood. here are the options, leave it the way it is right now, Plain wave carbon fiber, man I love it the way it is , no wave distortion, perfect fit. Or, paint it and leave the small triangle area unpaint, but once I decide to paint it theres no going back.......so AHHHH what should I do, what will you do?

 

if you love it the way it is, leave it for now.

 

i agree leave it for now.

 

Leave it. why waste extra money? Did you ever sell those bumpers btw?

 

no those bumper is in my garage right now, insurance company have to see it to make sure I didn't scam them......

*but I got new bumpers*
lets just make it a secret make over for now, you'll see it in SSXI

 

Usually I don't like the unpainted carbon hoods on cars.
but, you went through the extra work and spent more for the carbon hood. I guess you might as well leave it alone.

 

i had the same dilemma as you but mine was starting to yellow so i had to get that taken care of. i wanted it painted but i still wanted to see the carbon weave so i had my body shop basically smoke it black. so when you stand back from it it looks black and blends in with the rest of my car but when you get up to it you can see the carbon fiber. to me it was the best of both worlds. i can take some better pics of it over the weekend if you want

 

OP: if you like it, leave it.

snipaz: pix plz.

 

i'm cleaning her up nice for a show this weekend so pix maybe friday or saturday

 

^^ zaino time?? THIS weekend??? you're coming to SevenStock?! I hear that's the only show this weekend.

just messin' with ya man. can't wait to see the pix

 

^Psh, BOTD is this weekend too But i dont think he's going to either..

 

oh yeah

if you keep it carbon, PLEASE clearcoat it.

 

i know i read it in the little warranty note.

 

okay good.

 

maybe just incorporate some of the base color into.. i like the idea of leaving the triangle carbon or maybe some detailing stripes.. have fun with it

 

this is what I am doing I'll leave it unpaint and clear coat it.
And I'll paint the old one and put it back on.
so maybe I'll have the FRP hood on weekdays and the Carbon hood on weekends

snipaz2420 I know what you saying. It'll look really good if you smoke your hood cuz your car is black but it'll look wired cuz my car is gray. But the wave looks really good huh. just by looking at it you know it won't be cheap. theres a scion TC with a seibon carbon fiber hood in the shop the other day and compare to his twill wave with hella distortions here and there mine looks so much better.

 

if anyone else wants a hood, PM me. I have a few in stock.