Advice on Carbon Fibre bonnets for Classic.

[pm9575]

Hi,

Any recommendations for a good product, good fit, pro's & con's living with a carbon fibre bonnet?

I appreciate the more you spend... and so on, but is there a happy medium jobbie out there that you guys are aware

of or have tried? [:$]

Thanks in advance.

 

pm9575

[Fee]

Try darryll

He just got one fitted to his classic

[mazheriqbal_mohammed]

Hi mate

Got a carbon fibre style bonnet on my classic impreza. Firstly there are two types of carbon firbred bonets i have seen out there, there is the 'real' carbon fibre bonnets and the carbon style effect bonnet.

As you can imagine the rel carbon fibre one is more expensive than the carbon styled one and due to being carbon fibre is tough as nails, a mate reconed that you could even jump up and down on a real carbon bonnet and you wont see a scratch (would not like to be the one to put it into practise mind [] ). Furthermore these are the light-weight bonnets and so reduce overall weight and thus increase performance (provided you car aint weighted down with tons of ICE and bits and bobs already!)

The carbon style bonnet (which is the one i have) gives a nice illusion of carbon fibre but is by no means as durable or as light (however is slightly lighter than the oe bonnet). The bonnet i have has a nice layer of laquer over it so shines nicely when polished however the laquer layer is also susceptable to stone chips and thus leaves blemishes on the carbon bonnet that i am unsure can be taken out easily. In my opinion the chips are minor and are only observable under close scrutiny.

Furthermore carbon bonnets in my experience all seem to have some sort of minor imperfection in the size, on mine the part of the bonnet that sits on the grill is ever so slightly warped on the lefthand side however its not to noticeable so i am happy with it. Also i have seen some bonnets that are slightly not wide enough for the same fit as the oe bonnet, but in most occations it is not too noticeable.

My advice would be to try and get a closer look at some other scoobs (or even non scoobs) with carbon bonnets on and see if you would be happy with the fit as i ended up paying a few hundred for mine so i wanted to be sure it was gonna fit right properly for that type of cash. personally i have to say that i have never been happier with my car after i got the bonnet, it really transforms the look and turns those heads!! []

Hope that was some help to you mate!

Iqy

[pm9575]

Yup. This is this sort of advice I was after. I assume then that those being advertised for around £600

are the look-a-like type and not the real deal? Although again I assume the 'carbon style' such as yours 'Iqy'

are a laminated material? i.e.: not metal?

Ultimately, I'm after saving weight, and yes the look is part of the idea too, particularly with my OEM bonnet in need of

cosmetic touch-up anyway.

Keep the info coming and thanks.

[neilswrx]

got one of my 1995wrx

light as feck,needed bonnet pins in as started to lift at certain speeds

check that the bonnet has all scoops  as some will not come with the intercooler scoop i had to pay nearly  £200 on top £450  so yeah £600 ish is about the price

if ya want piks i,ll try an get some

ta

[pm9575]

Pictures...That would be good.

Where do you guys recommend to buy from? Tryin to avoid the ebay route if possible. [*-)]

[p1ggm]

My stuff is all MRO, heard siebon is the best available for the finish and overall quality

like above bonnet pins would be better for high speed as mine lifted a wee bit from time to time

[MY94]

Grant @ AWD has a carbon bonnet,give him a call and I'm sure he'd be able to advise.

http://www.awdmotorsport.co.uk/