Carbon Fiber hoods un-painted too ricey?

[bgwrm89GT]

You should have to give up your keys for even considering putting that ricy crap on a mustang! While your at add some neons and a grocery cart spoiler.

 

[JonJon]

it's ugly as crap unpainted
on black it might be ok

 

[reeber]

To be honest with you guys, I am getting the carbon fiber hood and not painting it. I have a 1996 GT that I am converting to a 281 Saleen. I think the combination of the hood and the body kit make the car look absolutely classy.. All class..

 

[reeber]

To be honest with you guys, I am getting the carbon fiber hood and not painting it. I have a 1996 GT that I am converting to a 281 Saleen. I think the combination of the hood and the body kit make the car look absolutely classy.. All class..

yeah.. the car is black.. that was my whole point. I can't believe I didn't put that..

 

[hognutz]

I dont' like the look. with the whole hood differnet it is too much contrast. I have never seen a car with the complete hood different than the rest of the car that I liked.

 

[Slider]

unpainted =

 

[yamie700]

Don't paint it!! Like others have said CF has been around long before the ricers, just because they have it does not make it bad. And if you are really going for less weight then why would you ADD weight with paint?? I think raw CF looks sweet and should be left alone.

 

[Snarf]

Don't paint it!! Like others have said CF has been around long before the ricers, just because they have it does not make it bad. And if you are really going for less weight then why would you ADD weight with paint?? I think raw CF looks sweet and should be left alone.

Amen brother!

 

[JonJon]

it looks like ass on anything but black, has nothing to do with ricers

 

[jas142]

Most people that call them ricey have just seen the pictures of them and never seen one in person. They look horrible in pictures, but in person that can be REAL nice if they're done right. IE: Red car with black rims and dark black tint to match, or a black car or dark car.

Carbon fiber is AMAZING looking in person up close.

 

[jtsblkstang]

to me black rims are freakin ugly

 

[JonJon]

Most people that call them ricey have just seen the pictures of them and never seen one in person. They look horrible in pictures, but in person that can be REAL nice if they're done right. IE: Red car with black rims and dark black tint to match, or a black car or dark car.

Carbon fiber is AMAZING looking in person up close.

i've seen cf in person on a few cars
it looks like in the pics
ugly

 

[Roger_4.6_96]

i've seen cf in person on a few cars
it looks like in the pics
ugly

Stop Hating

 

[JonJon]

Stop Hating

I can if I want?

 

[dkshadow]

I can if I want?

You a hater!





CF looks sweet IMO on dark colors. If I had the money Id buy this and leave it unpainted. http://www.importfan.com/product.asp?0=0&1=0&3=4583


It was priced cheaper before I dunno why it went up

 

[JonJon]

You a hater!





CF looks sweet IMO on dark colors. If I had the money Id buy this and leave it unpainted. http://www.importfan.com/product.asp?0=0&1=0&3=4583


It was priced cheaper before I dunno why it went up

on black it'd be ok

the price went up because no one was buying it

 

[new22003]

 

[el_kid_1]

Unpainted carbon fibre is definitely NOT rice. (look at the Saleen SR). Just because many ricer cars out there have them, doesn't make it a bad thing. If that were so, you could say turboes are rice, and body kits are rice, and tachs on the dash are rice. Carbon fibre has been used in the auto motive industry long before the ricers came around.

With that being said, paint the hood, but use a thin enough coat that you can still see a "ghost" carbon fibre pattern under the paint

 

[tarch]

To be honest I'm not totally excited about the carbon fiber look. The reality is this.

1. I HATE the fake hood scoop on the late model mustangs like mine.
2. Our hoods are very heavy, plus I can get heat extractor which might actually help the engine rather than hinder the aerodynamics of the car with the fake scoop.
3. I could paint it later, right?

our hoods are not as heavy as you make them out to be... they are almost as heavy as the CF ones

 

[GinoGT]

The only issue with a carbon fiber hood is doing such a basic two-tone look on the car (hood one color, everything else another......not something slick like flames).

On a black car, you're not going to get that kind of contrast. On everything else is when you have to think about it.

Painted or not, carbon fiber body parts = Sooooooo light. My friend has one on his RSX-S.....I swear it doesn't even feel like you're lifting anything.

Since I have a black car, I would consider going unpainted on a CF hood.

I wouldn't call it rice just because it's unpainted. Fake carbon fiber tape on somebody's hood, yes it's rice. Something that's fake and useless is rice. Cutting pounds off the front of your car sure as hell isn't useless.