Opinions please but I'm most probably gonna paint it maybe, I think?















thewird

 

Looks like Frankenstein if you leave it.

PAINT FTW

 

I haven't seen your car is a while. That looks really good and I don't mind the black hood. Colour matched would be great - but I do like the black hood.

 

No need to paint it man. It's already looks nice.

 

I believe that's the authentic RE-A hood you got eh...... I suggest you paint it~~~

 

Marco:

Paint the hood blue, tape up the CF louvers, then clear it. Still would have a little CF flair but would appear to be more "part of" the car then no paint.

Thats my vote

 

Paint it definatly maybe

 

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I was thinking leaving the sections underneath the hood that expose the unfinished carbon unpainted. Is that what you ment? You can see it better in this pic...



thewird

 

that's a pretty nasty wrinkle in front of the door. Planning on fixing that as well?

 

Yup, I've had carbon replacements for the doors and fenders since the spring ^_^.

thewird

 

I just love this authentic RE-A hood man~

 

The areas between the ribs/skeleton under the hood? The duller bare carbon areas? Sure. I was specifically reffering to these:



You are talking about leaving these as well yes?



I'm an MSpaint genius I know

 

Yah, I was talking about those. I think if I'm painting it, I'd do the whole top although thats an interesting idea.

thewird

 

Paint it!

Much more dramatic in silver, but...

 

Boy, you can really see the quality of that hood vs. so many others.
I'd go with Joe's idea.

 

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thewird

 

Fitment is very good, i'm impressed.....I say paint it

 

^^^^^^This!!!!!


You have a PM Marco....

J.

 

Not sure if you wanna try this, but I know this guy with an RSX had put like 5 coats of blue pearl and then a couple coats of clear. It keeps the CF texture, but makes it look blue. One of the awesomest hoods I've ever seen.

 

I was going to suggest exactly what Joe said. Paint it, but leave the louvers (seen from the outside) carbon to show it off. I never liked the idea of fully painting carbon, as far as looks are concerned in that case it could just be fiberglass, you know?

Looks great btw

 

My vote is to paint it.

 

Any sameple pics of how it would look with the carbon louvers?

thewird

 

if you have the pics of that, i'd love to see it personally, when i try to picture it, it sure looks awesome in my mind

 

I've sprayed my fair share of pearl and in my opinion, the hood would still stand out too much. For such a clean looking car, I think it would look better if the hood matched the car and didn't stand out so much.