Carbon Fiber Bonet

[Kerr34]

hey guys just wondering if people have any idea on cost, installation, where i can get them from and your opinions on looks

[2LV8ETR]

hey guys just wondering if people have any idea on cost, installation, where i can get them from and your opinions on looks

Greets man.

My opinion only:

Buy one yourself and install it yourself - it's just a few bolts and some lining up to do.

As far as getting them, try doing an online search and you'll find many places that have them. If you don't have a retailer close, just get them to ship it to your doorstep.

The other thing is they do look good. But unless you garage your car when not in use, they fade. I've got one on my race car and after 2 years it's fading.

Hope this helps.

Later!

[Kerr34]

Greets man.

My opinion only:

Buy one yourself and install it yourself - it's just a few bolts and some lining up to do.

As far as getting them, try doing an online search and you'll find many places that have them. If you don't have a retailer close, just get them to ship it to your doorstep.

The other thing is they do look good. But unless you garage your car when not in use, they fade. I've got one on my race car and after 2 years it's fading.

Hope this helps.

Later!

just wondering about the fading how about if the car is permanently under a car cover (the ones that u put onto the car to stop wind rain etc. will that decrease the fading?

[2LV8ETR]

just wondering about the fading how about if the car is permanently under a car cover (the ones that u put onto the car to stop wind rain etc. will that decrease the fading?

Should do. It's only fading because the car is in direct sunlight all of the time.

[PSI Parts]

Check to see if the car cover is UV resistant, along with a UV resistant clear coat, which can easily be reapplied if you are unhappy with the fading.

We might have some Z tune style hoods left, doing a stock take this week

[hoony]

can you please pm me a price, and do you do CF Boots?

thanks Dale

[PSI Parts]

can you please pm me a price, and do you do CF Boots?

Yup sure do, have one bootlid left in stock. Shoot me an email with your shipping details for a quote [email protected]

[hoony]

doing it now, thanks champ

[Topaz]

email sent to you Dale.

[Hicks]

I know someone that makes them, but they're made of fibreglass.

[R DIRTY 3]

I know someone that makes them, but they're made of fibreglass.

A carbon bonnet made of fibreglass?

Awesomely unique lol

[2LV8ETR]

A carbon bonnet made of fibreglass?

Awesomely unique lol

Could be........ I've seen fibreglass bonnets with a single sheet of carbon fibre on top. Me bud's got one...............

[R DIRTY 3]

Could be........ I've seen fibreglass bonnets with a single sheet of carbon fibre on top. Me bud's got one...............

Then its a fiberglass bonnet, not a carbon fibre bonnet.

[2LV8ETR]

Then its a fiberglass bonnet, not a carbon fibre bonnet.

This is true - it's a carbon look bonnet.

[sidewayssam]

arnt they yellow stickerable?

a friend of mine got one on his r33 but then got stickered, then pits made him put factory one on coz of the strength or something

[Char]

yer their illegal, insurance wont cover them,

they can have just a little problem what with possibly come thru ur windscreen and take ur head off

to quote Evman from just commodores

"The reason they're illegal is because they change the crash rating of the car. Where a metal bonnet would bend and buckle, a carbon fibre bonnet wouldn't. For example, if you hit a pedestrian, a carbon fibre bonnet would be more likelly to cut into the person rather than bend. Here's some trivia - one of the reasons the cost blew out on the Monaro 427 was because of it's carbon bonnet. The problem was, in a frontal impact, the bonnet would be pushed through the windscreen, into the driver and passenger. Scary really. "

Edited February 28, 2009 by Char

[sidewayssam]

yeh tru tru

[br3ndan]

in wa is possible to get a permit for the bonnet.

As long as there isnt too many Vents and whatever crap on them.

How do i know this?

Ive seen a permit for a fibreglass bonnet with a sheet of carbon on top. Althought his one didnt have any vents on it.

[Char]

i've heard its illegal to have vents facing backwards (as in towards the car)

e.g scoops facing this way- <<<<car|

but if they face away from the car- >>>car| its alright, like bonnet scoops on wrx's etc

Edited February 28, 2009 by Char

[R DIRTY 3]

yer their illegal, insurance wont cover them,

they can have just a little problem what with possibly come thru ur windscreen and take ur head off

to quote Evman from just commodores

"The reason they're illegal is because they change the crash rating of the car. Where a metal bonnet would bend and buckle, a carbon fibre bonnet wouldn't. For example, if you hit a pedestrian, a carbon fibre bonnet would be more likelly to cut into the person rather than bend. Here's some trivia - one of the reasons the cost blew out on the Monaro 427 was because of it's carbon bonnet. The problem was, in a frontal impact, the bonnet would be pushed through the windscreen, into the driver and passenger. Scary really. "

I think youll mind thats actually a myth....but its the right theory