Painted VIS vented cf hood? Yay or Nay?

theDreamer · 01-12-2015, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Merv

I like that,that looks pretty sharp!that gap between the hood and bumper though... Is that common with these hoods?

Yeah, but you can fiddle with the hood/bumper a little to try to close the gap more.
Also my bumper is old (bought my car in May 09 and have 87k DD miles), so it has taken some beatings over the years and has some little gaps. Even with my OEM hood one side was a little off.

NeverBoneStck · 01-09-2015, 01:35 PM

Paint it..

OldFart · 01-09-2015, 03:19 PM

Mine is getting painted but leaving the center portion inside the hoodlines cf.

ZeroZeta · 01-09-2015, 04:35 PM

Another vote for paint. I had some CF on my car and will likely get it painted. Much cleaner overall look unless you are going all out "because race car" theme.

James10694 · 01-09-2015, 06:14 PM

I was going to buy the same hood and paint everything but the vents in brilliant silver. I hate entire body panels that are exposed CF, it looks unpainted like you got in an accident and never painted the panels. It probably wouldnt be a good idea tho in vegas considering we have torrential downpours in the summer time.

Nick Servin · 01-09-2015, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by James10694

I was going to buy the same hood and paint everything but the vents in brilliant silver. I hate entire body panels that are exposed CF, it looks unpainted like you got in an accident and never painted the panels. It probably wouldnt be a good idea tho in vegas considering we have torrential downpours in the summer time.

Exactly man. An agressive oem look lime the new vipers is what im looking foward too.

01-09-2015, 01:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
NeverBoneStck A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Beaverton, Or Posts: 1,110 Drives: 2008 G37 S Rep Power: 19	Paint it.. Nick Servin likes this. __________________ Juiced! That is all you need to know !!

01-09-2015, 03:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
OldFart Track Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Carlisle, PA Age: 63 Posts: 682 Drives: 2011 Wannabe Nismo Rep Power: 962	Mine is getting painted but leaving the center portion inside the hoodlines cf. Nick Servin likes this.

01-09-2015, 04:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
ZeroZeta Track Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Austin TX Posts: 543 Drives: 2013 Z Rep Power: 14	Another vote for paint. I had some CF on my car and will likely get it painted. Much cleaner overall look unless you are going all out "because race car" theme. Nick Servin likes this.

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01-09-2015, 06:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
James10694 Track Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Las Vegas NV Posts: 918 Drives: 2010 370z Nismo Rep Power: 14	I was going to buy the same hood and paint everything but the vents in brilliant silver. I hate entire body panels that are exposed CF, it looks unpainted like you got in an accident and never painted the panels. It probably wouldnt be a good idea tho in vegas considering we have torrential downpours in the summer time.