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Paint or No Paint Carbon fiber hood

Originally Posted by Vertigo Personally, I don't think there's enough contrast with carbon fiber on black. I say paint it and keep the body the same color on a black

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Old 01-13-2012, 12:48 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Personally, I don't think there's enough contrast with carbon fiber on black.
I say paint it and keep the body the same color on a black car.
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paint but leave the vents carbon.. is that the VSII hood on the previous page???
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paint but leave the vents carbon.. is that the VSII hood on the previous page???
Yes.
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At most I would only paint a portion of it if you are dead set on painting it

Painting a CF hood to me kinda defeats the purpose of buying a CF hood especially on 'this car" since the stock hood is already so light from being aluminum
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I had my CF hood painted with the vents left carbon. The last vents (closest to the windshield) I had them fade in so there is no line separation of color/material.

Not the best lighting but you can kind of see.


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^ that looks pretty good actually.
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That does look good.. I might have my guy do that.. just paint the hood but leave the vent area carbon fiber.. thanks again guys for the help!
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Agreed that does look good with the vents. The centerlines look interesting how you left them CF as well... Almost like the fangs of a snake.
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