Should i paint my Carbon Fiber hood?

[DGajre777]

Here is what I think, you can choose to ignore it if you want:

1) Get rid of the chrome headlights and replace them with something black to go with the carbon fiber hood
2) Paint your rims dark or sell them and get darker/blacker rims to go with the carbon fiber
3) Get some springs for that car

If you want to paint your carbon fiber hood, sell it, get a stock hood, paint it in your car color and get some carbon fiber vinyls. The whole point of getting a CF hood is weight reduction.

If you want to keep the carbon fiber hood, do 1 and 2 above. Regardless of what you do, drop the car.

Good luck with whatever you choose

 

[PieEyedPiper]

paint it because 99% of cars with a cf hood look rediculous.
honestly..cf doesnt make you |337, and having a black hood just all out of place from an otherwise nicely finsihed car is kinda ghetto.

reminds me of people who drive around their cars with just rough grey primer for paint and bondo hanging off the bumper.

 

[KlowdDragon]

reminds me of people who drive around their cars with just rough grey primer for paint and bondo hanging off the bumper.

sorry..

, but i think you should leave the carbon fiber, it looks da shiznit, and obviously he is not going for full out race rip out the carpet to save 3 pounds, go anarexic to save 50, he has a body kit and show paint job

btw how i said the anarexic thing, dont you guys just think thats hilarious when you see a 300lb guy driving a civic and talkin about how he took out his spare tire to save weight i know somethin else you could do to save weight..

 

[krummel21]

How bout the pearl idea that sounds pretty sweet does anyone have pics of this by chance.

 

[put2gether]

Unless the pearl you choose is very close to your cars color it might not look right. It would suck to paint it, and then want to change it again. It seems like you don't care about looking ricey to some ppl since you already have a kit, and chrome rims. If I were you, I'd leave it alone. Why pay $ for a hood like that then hide it with paint? Especially since the outside is already far from stock. Don't get me wrong though... if you hate it when you look at it... change it until you like it. I think it looks fine the way it is.

 

[gs-t spidey]

How bout the pearl idea that sounds pretty sweet does anyone have pics of this by chance.

let me see if I can find a pic. I know I've seen one on here before.

 

[9D9 MITSU RS]

Here are some pics of my hood. The center section has some blue ice pearl. The side flames fade up. Carbon fiber shows through at the bottom. (U can't tell from the pic) It has to be in pretty decent light to tell. It's kandy cobalt blue.

 

[DGajre777]

Alright guys, I think I found something that makes both parties happy. A carbon fiber hood that is available in 7 colors. 2G 95-99 Colored hoods are $290 for regular black CF and $100 more for colored ones. Shipping is $150 for all hoods so you are looking at $540 for the hood. I personally think the ruby red carbon fiber hood will look better on your car than a regular black carbon fiber hood. Check it out http://www.importprecision.com/carbon_fiber_hoods/color_carbon_fiber_hood_color_cf.htm

 

[Zero Bar]

The plan for my hood that you might like is to paint the hood but omit the diamond star logo on the nose of the hood, and have it clear coated after. Looks stock except for the logo showing the cf underneath.

 

[gsx6214g63]

if you really needed to decide, if you have ur oem hood, u could throw that on, or you could photoshop a color matched hood on ur car. btw^^those colored cf hoods are awesome.

 

[RD_Blade]

I would paint it...in fact I will paint mine when it arrives. I have a couple dents in my stock hood. (some SUV-driving 'tard didn't know how to parallel park) Rather than add to bodywork, I'm taking the stock hood out of the equation. Supposedly, CF hoods keep the engine a bit cooler, anyway. Aren't cooler engines a good thing?

 

[DGajre777]

What's with the picture above??

 

[dmorris05]

Leave it unpainted I like the way it looks nice ass car...

 

[JiveMasterT]

color matching the CF hood is something new people are doing... it looks cool... i like it. the ruby red hood on that site would probably match yours pretty well so it might be worth looking into. you could sell your hood and only have like $300 to make up to get the other ruby colored hood.

i was fortunate i have a black car and the hood was totally scuffed up and it looked like someone keyed it. i got quoted about $300 to repaint it and color match and all that stuff... i got a cf hood shipped to my door for $295. i have a black car and the cf is barely noticeable but people always compliment it when they notice it.... i think the ruby red cf hood would be much the same way. you could also do the candy coat on your current hood as that would have much the same effect.

 

[projctWraith]

Don't paint it. Get vynils that you like. Paint them to match your car paint. Apply them to the hood. !