Painting Carbon Fibre Bonnet??

[MC71]

Thinking about getting a Carbon Fibre bonnet for the Red Mistress and after some advice peeps.

I'd like to have the bonnet painted red to match the rest of the car but still be able to see the Carbon Fibre pattern beneath the red paint, is it possible to achieve this or is it just be a case of getting a tinted lacquer applied and get it as dark as possible to match.

Muchas gracias mis amigos!

[rich83]

Youd have to get a CF bonnet in bare weave... ie not lacquered... otherwise you wont see the weave.

[scopes]

Hey Martin

As far as i'm aware, that if the paint is put on the bonnet or any carbon fibre "lightly", it will leave the carbon weave effect  

If you do go for a carbon bonnet have a good think about getting the locking pin's fitted before painting, or at the same time... Carbon bonnets are very light, the last thing you want to happen is for it to fly off or bounce up for you to have a carbon fibre windscreen !
 

Mis amigo, you will not ever look back....

[Carbon Goodies]

There seems to be a bit of a fashion starting for blending painted areas and carbon together.

For instance you could get a carbon bonnet, paint the edges and then fade the paint to carbon in the centre.

[MC71]

Youd have to get a CF bonnet in bare weave... ie not lacquered... otherwise you wont see the weave.

Hadn't even considered that, thanks Rich. Proves what little I know!  

Hey Martin

As far as i'm aware, that if the paint is put on the bonnet or any carbon fibre "lightly", it will leave the carbon weave effect  

If you do go for a carbon bonnet have a good think about getting the locking pin's fitted before painting, or at the same time... Carbon bonnets are very light, the last thing you want to happen is for it to fly off or bounce up for you to have a carbon fibre windscreen !
 

Mis amigo, you will not ever look back....

Yeap, bonnet pins will be on the list too. Already found some plain black ones on eBay for around £40, seems reasonable, includes everything you need (not that i will be fitting them).

 

There seems to be a bit of a fashion starting for blending painted areas and carbon together.

For instance you could get a carbon bonnet, paint the edges and then fade the paint to carbon in the centre.

I'm too old for that, I'll leave that to the young uns. There's a lovely looking red Mk5 on OSIR's site with that effect (or similar) and does look the business TBF.

Goes to find it...........

Here we go, mmmmm quite like that, maybe I'm not too old......



 

[Carbon Goodies]

That's been done just as a straight line. It could look good blended from either side too.

Obviously I can advise on the carbon side. 

[th3_f15t]

What you're describing CG, sounds like porn. Please dig up a picture...

[Carbon Goodies]

What you're describing CG, sounds like porn. Please dig up a picture...

I'll have a look around and see what I can find mate. 

[DDM]

Thinking about getting a Carbon Fibre bonnet for the Red Mistress and after some advice peeps.

I'd like to have the bonnet painted red to match the rest of the car but still be able to see the Carbon Fibre pattern beneath the red paint, is it possible to achieve this or is it just be a case of getting a tinted lacquer applied and get it as dark as possible to match.

Muchas gracias mis amigos!

you could do it a different way, by adding a slight amount of the colour into your laquer, and just laquering the bonnet to the desired effect your after, i've done this on tinting lights ect, instead of one heavy coat tinting them in one go, just add a slight amount of black into my laquer and give as many coates as i want until there the right amount of tint.