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performance-wise Grand Master

performance-wise

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I reckon they look the shit ricey or not!! Wouldnt the ones with vents help to serve a purpose??(ie- heat vent for engine bay) aswell as a slight weight reduction?? Anyone got any pics of a gunmetal 33 with a CF bonnett? Im gettin one soon and I wanna see what it might look like :P

What about carbon wings?? Are they an insurance issue?? Are they also deemed ricey or do they actually serve a purpose??

oor33sky_ Rising Star

oor33sky_

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Wanna save 5kg? dump the spare.. done..  cost = free..  

they are mainly rice, but they can look good, esp. on skylines..

Yep i tend 2 disagree too..

Have u felt the weight of a standard R33 bonnet as opposed 2 a cf one? a bit more than 5kg lol

Also i reckon they are more racey looking than rice..just my opinion

As i have a high mounted turbo as well..vents help heaps with cooling etc.

xr8eater Experienced

xr8eater

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It cracked when somone sat  on it:(

So am i right in saying that carbon boonets are manufactured just like fibreglass bonnets, i mat and resin...am i missing something or isnt the whole point of carbon fibre the weigh:strength advantages from a materials and construction aspect. Do you still get all the strenght properties if things arent vacuum formed and baked etc etc?

yes to make a carbon bonnet is the same as a fibreglass one

strength however has nothing to do with vacum forming just compisits and resin combination

hope that helps

Marlin Grand Master

Marlin

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I have a little first hand experience with what a carbon skinned fibreglass bonnet does in an impact. See, my mechanic decided to drive my car after a wheel alignment, even though he had strict instructions not to! Anyway, he didnt clip the bonnet down, and it flipped up and wrapped over the roof! Suprisingly little damage, but it "broke it's back" and splintered a little, so not worth repairing.

Luckily for me, the shop's insurance paid for a fresh one to be moulded from the original, and it was REAL fully bagged carbon! I think it weighed about 5kg all up, and was so strong it didn't need clips. The difference between this and those s##t replica ones from Sydney? is massive! I've seen plenty of those just de-laminate!

So, I don't actually think they're any more dangerous than a alloy/steel bonnet, but the mod plate guy I saw wouldn't "plate" the mod for me.

Not that the car had a cat/filters/or much legal anyway!

Roy Grand Master

Roy

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Well im a bit disappointed that they are just a fibreglass bonnet, but instead of using fibreglass mat, they use a carbon mat:(

For the price i just paid, the main reason i wanted it was for the vent, even though i didnt like all the shark gill bits and i think the vent is too far back to be most effecient, for the price and finish its a good deal.

Just have to get it painted silver so it doesnt look anything like some of the horrible wannabee drift cars i see on the road:(. Im an Escort Panelvan driver in disguise so dont want too much rice on my car:)

Anyone with experience with carbon fibre parts...i was of the understanding that they need to be vacuum formed with special resins and baked for curing if they are going to enjoy any real strength properties. Perhaps its time to read an article i have laying around again.

Anyway, if i come accross a alloy GTR bonnet at the right price, and i can find a good alloy welder, ill have a go at a custom vented GTR bonnet (Looks at Ronin:))

abcent Mentor

abcent

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got my bonnet from customcarbon. has 0% fibreglass, its 2 layers of carbon (wet) with a thin layer of foam between, its vented over turbo & radiator, and weighs between 6-7kg ( I can hold it with 2 fingers). cost me round the $1800 mark.

got a quote from just cars.....down the bottom it said "carbon bonnet not covered"

:cheers:

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