I need a new hood for Carmen, so I picked one up @ the junkyard. It's white, and Carmen's Sparkling Black Metallic, so I'm having a hood-sized decal printed with the image of carbon fibre on it. Maybe that'll tide me over until decent vented and/or CF hoods are available.

 

They are available.

 

LOL. I thought about buying the carbon fiber fabric and covering a stock hood with it. Couldn't find any fabric wide enough to do it without a seam. My body and paint guy said it would eventually delaminate.

 

lol thats gross ahahahah

 

need pics of that sexy beast ... trochoid ... you of all people are the last one i thought would do something like that ... shame on you old man ... lol

 

Manntis, I worry about you sometimes boy... seriously... I'm concerned

 

3M autowrap with a protective coating, so it shouldn't delaminate (or peel in a carwash for that matter)

 

It was one of those wild off the wall thoughts I had while I was doing the fiberglass and body work installing the widebody kit. In all honesty, if the entire car was covered with carbon fiber, it would look pretty tough. Would I really do it, only if someone paid me to do it for a show (rice) car.

 

I'm giving you 1000 forum dollars for this little rice project of yours then

 

I'm waiting for someone to actually airbrush a car completely to appear like a full CF body. Prolly already been done, just haven't seen pics, yet.......

 

That's the benefit of autowrap - you can print images onto it, then stick it onto the car and have it fit the curves. one of the local autocrossers has his entire Honda CRX covered in the stuff (except the windows, natch) as pretty much one huge decal

 

Sorry, forum bucks won't cut it for this one, but double that in PayPal dollars and I'll do your shell. lol. Now, wouldn't that be a suprise if I showed up with your car on a trailer looking like that.

 

*laughs hystarically..... stops.... breaths.... laughs again*

*clutches his chest, catching his breath again*

Oh God... Manntis, you sure are one crazy ****, I've gotta hand it to ya. I haven't laughed so hard since someone posted a pic of that carbon fibre turtle with the wing... But now that I think of it, maybe his shell was stock, and just had carbon-printed wrap on it! :o

Jon

 

haha That is pretty funny. Don't do it. Please... please don't do it.

 

Do It I Dare You!

If it works out good, I may do it for my project car too. Which has a horrible hood.

 

I once painted chicken tracks across the hood of my VW bug.

And put fangs in the grill of my dad's ford maverick.

He wasn't amused