Painted VIS vented cf hood? Yay or Nay?
 

Deciding if I should purchase a VIS vented CF hood and paint it OEM Blade Silver. It kinda looks like the oem hoods on the the new Vipers IMO. I also want to get rid of all that power robbing heat soak.:shakes head:

Yes.

Too boxy.

Cant you order for an FRP and paint it?
I would say yes too.:tup:

:roflpuke2:

Thankz

Nah. Unfortunately they only make cf. Theres a cheaper extreme dimension look a like but it looks too flat and vertical. Kinda like the TRD 3000GT Supra hood

I like the painted look but w/ a little of the carbon exposed :)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...2520Edited.jpg

I love mine painted, I get compliments on it, which is nice.

This is on platinum graphite, but I vote painted.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-J...00/IMAGE_3.jpg

Paint it..

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

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.

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.

Nize!:iagree:

Nize!:iagree:

Zick!:iagree:

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

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

Yes unfortunetly, but its another space to let the heat out! :happydance:

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.