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 Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:19 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Worthing
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| Jay794 wrote: |
| Hardly got owned, plus to get a real carbon fibre bonnet would have cost £300+ and not to mention the insurance increase |
£250ish for an expensive second hand carbon bonnet, and it wouldn't of put the insurance up by much if anything.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:21 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Sheffield/Chesterfield/Dronfield
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Surely carbon fibre is only shiney when its been polished or glossed?
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:31 pm |
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Location: Chichester, Sussex
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| Jay794 wrote: |
| Surely carbon fibre is only shiney when its been polished or glossed? |
Carbon fibre is laquered like paint to give it gloss. Take a look at Mr and Mrs Howeys in their garage.
I've seen carbon bonnets go for as little as £110 in the past.
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Last edited by Ali_H on Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:35 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:33 pm |
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Location: Sheffield/Chesterfield/Dronfield
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Maybe mine isn't lacquered then. Because it's not shiney at all, or could it be because its only vinyl not real carbon fibre?
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:37 pm |
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Location: Chichester, Sussex
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Not sure if you can laquer vinyl but if you can it'd be well worth doing, it'd match the finish of the rest of the car.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:42 pm |
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| Ali_H wrote: |
| Not sure if you can laquer vinyl but if you can it'd be well worth doing,it'd match the finish of the rest of the car. |
Isn't the point of having a different coloured bonnet that it stands out from the rest of the car?
I will definitely give the place that did the vinyl a call and see what they say
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:47 pm |
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Location: Kings Lynn
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| My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:55 pm |
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Maybe its because not real carbon fibre that it's not shiney. It feels like carbon fibre though. Yours just looks black howey.
EDIT: Found this
www.carbonfiberfilm.co...oc-glossy/
Also I will get some up close pics of my bonnet tomorrow, close up it looks loads better than that pic
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:00 pm |
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Location: Kings Lynn
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| spike_202 wrote: |
| My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:20 pm |
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Hmm not Euro at all in my opinion but could look nice with a few subtle tweaks 
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:23 pm |
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| Mike wrote: |
| Hmm not Euro at all in my opinion but could look nice with a few subtle tweaks |
It's got a smoothed front end, I just need some BBS/Lenzo's and to lower it, hence why it's got a project page, it's a work in progress. I've just drawn on ideas I've seen from other Euro'd 206's like Dale's and Marks, that was in FastCar. But I don't have a job at the moment, so thats why it's only "Semi Euro"
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:13 pm |
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I was only voicing my opinion. I'm sure it'll look good once completed
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:25 pm |
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Joined: Feb 18, 2010
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Location: Worcester
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:26 pm |
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As soon as I get a job I'm gonna burn my first pay check on sum lenso's and some coilovers
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:27 pm |
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Location: Kings Lynn
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I love that badge!
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| spike_202 wrote: |
| My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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