painting carbon fiber hood... ideas...
 

I DID IT! i THINK have somewhat figured a direction to take my car. so i am looking into getting a carbon fiber hood, but dont want the whole hood carbon fiber as i feel that is to fast and furious-ish for me... i would however like to have a little body color and a little paint.. SOOOOO i was thinkin of this idea, painting the hood body color, but leaving the vents carbon fiber..:stirthepot:

I'm looking at a this hood:

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...b86ec646-l.jpg


somewhat the same concept as this::yum:

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...re38065-15.jpg

any thoughts, techniques, ideas, or concerns, just throw em this way!

not digging the scoops personally, but if youre gonna do it go big!

yes i did the same, except for that last vent at the top u wanna paint that completly and not fade it out like the pic u put check out pics from my car you can compare u might like it more.

That is freaking sweet! i love it now. did u go with vis or seibon?

Thank you very much i think leaving the first 2 vents in cf and paining the rest is the way to go, i was considering fading out the 3rd vent but it decided against it and im very happy the way it came out, and the hood is seibon TS :)

I like the way zuperman did his. :tup: The fade is nice for car shows and such but thats about it. Seibon just came out with a new single vent hood that I'm :icon08: over...

http://www.seiboncarbon.com/images/p...86637be71e.jpg

http://www.seiboncarbon.com/images/p...142d6c0275.jpg

http://www.seiboncarbon.com/images/p...1a24f030fb.jpg

:yum:

ya i can see joe blow at the body shop attempting a fade after i tell him about it and just messin it up in all kinds of ways

^agreed i like how zuperman did his. Came out nice!

I like that hood too. On the "to do" list for next year. I will leave all three vents carbon with a small 1/4" border. But mine is MB, so I can get away with it.

I keep going back & forth about painting the vents or not.
There is a PG 370z on here with the TS hood fully painted which I really like, will find pictures.

would it be better (more functional) to have the vents closer to the windshield? at least past half way aft of the hood to suction out the air?

Actually, having a larger hole in the front (similar to what Chris posted) would be the best.
That opening will pull hot air out from the radiator before it hits the engine helping cool the overall system.

Courtesy of Ztoon, I really like it fully painted.

http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...ders-hood.html

http://www.the370z.com/attachments/m...d-img_6677.jpg

I like the paint fade concept above. i just dont know how this would look with a silver car

Agreed. If I do get a hood, Im painting the whole thing. Ztoon did his right. In my opinion carbon showing is just too much. I guess if you have a show car then you want some "toe" coming through. Its either fully painted or not painted at all. I think only black and white cars can pull off the full carbon hood. I wouldn't, but it can look clean.

ahh, ok! thanks for the info, that makes sense. :tup:

I'm curious to see how that hood looks on the Z. It reminds me of the hood bulge on the 350's.

to be honest the single opening looks like something that belongs on an evo. not my cup o tea, but different strokes....

I left my first two vents carbon and faded the rear. Then I had the buldge lines tapped off, kind of in an upside down L shape on the passenger side, and upside down/flipped on the driver side (if that makes sense). I have some pics in the build thread/albums.

This is kind of the best one I can find the way it is done everything blends well, then when people get close they notice t is a CF hood. Everyone seems to enjoy it so far that have seen it.
http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/a...p/DSCN2435.jpg

thats the look im goin for. awesome ride btw!

I like this look. Where the vents are painted but only the small sides of the vents are left unpainted.. I've been looking for a vented hood and would paint one this way. Nice and clean but still shows some carbon so people know what is it.
http://www.z1auto.com/images/asmfrphoodz33.jpg