My Carbon fibre bonnet

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My Carbon fibre bonnet

Postby JJ » Sun Oct 02, 2005 5:38 pm

Thought I'd share these with you. Just fitted Saturday and I think looks cool 8)
Someone on here has bought the other one of two from Ricerocket, so hey, you can see what its going to look like :D

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Postby CJ » Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:52 pm

Hmm, those pics don't load JJ, I thunk its something to do with the fact that you can't view ftos.net outside of the UK, while I've been able to load the site once or twice in the past, generally, I can't access the site.

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Postby Danny Kierans » Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:08 pm

Wood not be mad about it..It's good 4 light weight reason's but i wood still spary it then..But that's just me.
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Postby kevinod » Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:25 pm

Car looking well - is that a respray job? Paint is looking very fresh!
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Postby Dave » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:46 pm

yup it was me, it's winging it's way over this week, but unfortunately it won't be fitted straight away, i've a facelift bozz and dc skirts to put on first, that and a turbo!! :twisted:

looks tasty though!

Any close up pics of the bonnet?
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Postby Myfeckin FTO » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:47 am

Anything that reduces weight in an FTO is good in my books - the standard bonnet weights quite a bit - a carbon or even aluminium bonnet is a good mod - the best way to make your car faster is to cut the fat IMO. Carbon bonnet actually goes with the burgundy better than I thought it would.
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Postby JJ » Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:44 pm

Some of you seem able to see it CJ :?

No its not a re spray, imperial red always looks really good when polished up imho.

I'm really pleased with the way it looks ... it wasn't really bought for the weight loss, but mainly because its something different

Danny K: Did you say you would spray it :? :shock:
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Postby Myfeckin FTO » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:53 am

JJ wrote:Danny K: Did you say you would spray it :? :shock:


Its not unusual JJ - there are several high performance sports cars and many track cars that would have carbon fibre bonnet, wings, boot lid, roof etc in carbon fibre sprayed to match the paint job. Carbon Fibre for me would be about weight loss - as previously mentioned - there is a very small number of people that would even recognise a carbon bonnet for what it is - a light coat of paint makes a lot of sense on a road car. I guess its down to personal preference - but I would have a lot of respect for the guy that buys a carbon bonnet and then sprays it to match his paintwork. Me - I'd leave the carbon bonnet as it is - but it'd be for the wrong reasons :lol:
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Postby Dave » Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:35 pm

My bonnet arrived in one piece, haven't been home yet but now it's decision time, do i put it one or wait till early next month and fit it with the facelift bozz and dc skirts???????? :roll:

Granted it's a nice dilema to be in!! :wink:
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Postby Myfeckin FTO » Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:42 pm

Dave wrote:My bonnet arrived in one piece, haven't been home yet but now it's decision time, do i put it one or wait till early next month and fit it with the facelift bozz and dc skirts???????? :roll:

Granted it's a nice dilema to be in!! :wink:


I for one wouldn't be able to wait!

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Postby Dave » Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:43 pm

wait until the credit card bill comes in and ask me who's jammy!! :?
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Postby JJ » Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:43 pm

Dave wrote:My bonnet arrived in one piece, haven't been home yet but now it's decision time, do i put it one or wait till early next month and fit it with the facelift bozz and dc skirts???????? :roll:

Granted it's a nice dilema to be in!! :wink:


Stick it on ..... you know it makes sense!!!
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Postby Daz » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:36 pm

Dave wrote:My bonnet arrived in one piece, haven't been home yet but now it's decision time, do i put it one or wait till early next month and fit it with the facelift bozz and dc skirts???????? :roll:

Granted it's a nice dilema to be in!! :wink:


I'd wait and do all the mods at one tiem that way you'll see the complete transformation

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