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hay all just want to know how many of u would buy a vented bonnet for your stagea

they are transport approved in queensland make from firbeglass and will help they stagea get ride of a lot of heat

from under the bonnet price i will let u know soon going to the bodykit place today to give them a move on making mine

i will post a pic asap thanks guys and girls :blink:

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hmm .. interesting! I wouldnt get one personally just because the stagea is stock as a rock at the moment and more than likely going to stay that way.. and I have never had an overheating problem yet( granted its in the middle of winter )

but back to my point.. it will be interesting to see how these bonnets match the lines of the car ( I noticed on our S2 there is an area near where the bonnet is hinged that it meets with the lines on the rest of the car - sheesh.. reading that again makes NO sense.. least I know what I mean :blink:

oh and I am pretty sure they are defectable in W.A but dont quote me on it.

hmm i would suggest to do a Carbon Fiber ones no point in doing fiberglass. Venting it doesnt matter as long as it looks good. Probably with a ari scoop for the air intake? I would be interested in a CF ONLY.

A matter of interest as well. Probably have your guy to qoute us on the pricing for Fiberglass, wet Carbon Fiber and a dry carbon on a design that we agree om. I can upload the picture for that shows the air scoop if need.

Dale - I agree on the rearward facing vent comment.. but I was thinking more the material ( carbon fibre /. fibergass ) aspect that might be defectable.

Only if the vents face rearward. (engine / coolant system failure could project fluids etc onto the screen apparently)

I don't think so, I may be wrong (I am pretty sure that happened once) but due to the A9X Torana, and even the new turbo diesel puegot has fibreglass bonnet vents so they do comply with adr's I just think that you would have to be careful not to cut any braces or anything to install them.

I think its a great idea myself and I was looking at the same thing myself, anything that removes under bonnet heat can only be a good thing IMO

hay guys went and seen the bodykit guy today he will be starting in a few weeks. carbon fibre is illegal. with these bonnets u will get

a written letter that u can show the cops and u will not get fined for it they will all have id numbers on them and transport will be notified that u have an arftermarket vented bonnet when

u buy them.

will get a pic asap thanks guys

CF bonnet is illegal? hmm i dont know. Cos theres alot of people using CF bonnet and vented too. Im only interested in CF for a seiries 1.

Unfortunately, Yudi, the fact that there are quite a few people using them doesn't make them any more legal...

I would love one, but don't (and probably won't) have the funds to dedicate to this any time soon. Need to do a few other more important things to the car for now, then I'll focus on some minor cosmetic stuff.

the carbon bonnets are "illegal" as they do not provide any crumple zone support in victoria at least so i would assume that fibreglass would be the same?

just my 2 cents

I think there is some confusion in this thread over the fact that ( from what I understand) these bonnets are going to be almost entirely CF or Fiberglass. Its not a steel bonnet with a fiberglass/CF scoop or vent.

Yea I was under the same impression as oxford1327 in regards to the crumple zone etc.

I think its best that each purchaser check with their local authorities about the legalities of it

the carbon bonnets are "illegal" as they do not provide any crumple zone support in victoria at least so i would assume that fibreglass would be the same?

just my 2 cents

CF bonnet is illegal? hmm i dont know. Cos theres alot of people using CF bonnet and vented too. Im only interested in CF for a seiries 1.

If you smack a pedestrian with one you'll litter their body with Carbon shards and they don't show up on X-Rays.

Or so i'm told.

Edited by Xmetal

hi all

these bonnets are transport approved in queensland they are all made of fiberglass and i will speak to they today about how it works in other states will post a pic today

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