Wanted: Pics of R33's with 400R front bars and back bonnets

[LBR33]

Hi Guys

I after pics of R33's with 400R front bars and black bonnets. Im considering getting mine painted. What does everyone think.

Edit - Wine red r33's with black bonnets

[thommo]

don't do it! the only reason a car should have a different coloured bonnet is if it is carbon fibre, or if you are saving up for a respray after an accident! think about what else you could spend the couple of hundred dollars on - new ebc/cam gears+tune/sway bars etc. etc...

obviously this is just my opinion, but i honestly can't stand seeing a perfectly fine bonnet that has been sprayed black.

any one disagree???

[shif_tea]

whoa man thats like uber posing. It'll just look stupid imho, sometimes i don't even like carbon fibre ones being a different colour. Ultimate waste of money i think

[Nozila]

if i had a carbon fibre bonent id spray it the same colour as my car.

bout the pics, sorry cant help u there.

[flex]

heres a pic i found:

[NZM.031]

i knocked that one up this morning. dont paint your bonnet...just wait and save up for a c/f one or a paint a f/b one black. there maybe a time when you need/want your standard bonnet, and you'll have to get it resprayed maroon, or find another bonnet.

me and a mate painted our bonnets when we were younger, im no spray painter, it was ok, but by no means good, it looked ok from a distance. when it came time to sell the car though, i had to sell it with the black bonnet on it, coz i couldnt find another bonnet and couldnt afford to get it sprayed. you could tell straight away that it wasnt c/f, so people knew it was completly pointless except for looks.

dont muck with your original stuff, its not smart.

Nozila....how come you have a black wing then??

Cheers

Linton

[**JaR**]

heres a pic i found:

i like that bodykit ( veilside??? ), it looks tough, needs the rear bar and wing to complete it but.... personal opinion, carbon fibre or black bonnets on any car that isnt black or white, looks s***.

[browny]

Personal opinion. Any bonnet thats not the same colour as the rest of the car is posing, regardless of what the bonnet is made of.

[Freeman]

Hey can carbon fibre bonnets or boots be engineered?

[Nozila]

Nozila....how come you have a black wing then??

Cheers

Linton

the wing hasnt been painted yet thats why its black not b/c i painted it like that. Came like that from a group buy.

[browny]

Hey can carbon fibre bonnets or boots be engineered?

Gut feeling is that you would have an interesting time convincing an engineer that it would be safe in the event of an accident, however that only my opinion. You should ask an engineer. Theres a good one in Cardiff.

[LBR33]

Thanks for the input guys looks like it will get sprayed wine red then.

[Freeman]

Thanks Browny ive got the list of them on my pc il give him a call

[browny]

Can you post up what you find out please?

[slow13dude]

Only paint the bonnet black if you're painting all the other panels black as well.

[Freeman]

I rang the first Cardiff engineer on the list (theres two), a workshop called IHLE Werner Transport Industry consultants on 49565466. The receptionist answered the phone 'Good afternoon Turbotechnics this is..' Strange. Anyway the answer is yes bonnets can be engineered, forgot about boots tho sorry. Browny PM

[Freeman]

Sorry to jack your thread lbfalcon

[33SOM]

My bonnets black and i think it looks trick.

[browny]

Luke,

PM returned. In short there's someone else in Cardiff that I've found very helpful.

[osiris23]

i rekon carbon bonnets look trick... love em... AllBlitz was selling a heaps nice light blue 33 which had a black bonnet and looked hot as