ok, i cant decide if i should go carbon bonnet or not on the impreza

i need a new bonnet, a replacement is gonna cost around 250 quidish plus collecting it, spraying it blah blah

a carbon one will cost around 500ish, when the bonnet is painted its gonna end up being around 350 to 400 anyway so what is the better option ?

 

make one yourself for less sure jay will tell all

 

Carbon bonnet without a doubt Ginge. look great, save a bit of weight

 

And wasnt your old bonnet a monstrosity with some excessivly large bulge on it???

 

no that was just the bonnet vent, that aint staying anyway and will be flogged to someone else, along with the mirrors

just the bonnet to decide on tbh, i worry about carbon bonnets though for theft ect, they also weigh more than a normal bonnet

anyone on here got one ?

 

btw it looks alot worse now

see cant even notice the scoop now pmsl

 

how the fuck did you manage that ginge I thought scoobys had good brakes

Do scoobys have superlight wieght alloy bonnets from factory then??? Ive never heard of carbon ones wieghing more unless your dumb and skin a normal bonnet with CF or do the CHAV cheat and use one layer CF and the rest fibreglass

 

go carbon bonnet!! i think they look pukka!!

 

 

they DO as the STI has a alloy bonnet as standard and most carbon bonnets are carbon skin and fibreglass underneath

i honestly cant decide what to do, the carbon is winning but with alloy you know what your getting also

 

it has the best brakes you would imagine, shame they dont work on ice and the car was sliding straightforward, nothing that anyone can do,, you are then a passenger

im hunting for the parts now, wanna get it all sorted and back up and running in a week

 

so excessive speed m'lord was the cause!!!

So ginge dont buy a gay chav carbon bonnet. buy a proper full carbon one, or make your own!! or commission that string vest wearing jay bloke to make one.

 

Get an all carbon one then, win/win!

Having had a couple of aluminium STi bonnets though, I still can't believe that they weigh less than a carbon/'glass one anyway

 

cant make one, dont think its fair to ask jay to do it,, besides i aint got a bonnet he can mould from anymore pmsl

who deffo makes a all carbon one ??

they DO weigh more than alloy though, i was suprised too but its been confirmed with impreza owners who done the swop

 

ask stu hes the boss on scoobynet

 

i know,i use scoobynet also !! just got no friends on there, not many on here either pmsl

 

ginge mate have a chat with hayden, not sure where he stands with his atm but if insurance writes it off he wants to buy it bck and break it

 

well theres the answer then........alloy......

 

spoke to hayden, hes still trying to deal with insurance at the moment so cant strip stuff off it yet

ive gone for a carbon bonnet as ive found a proper one for a good price, just need to find a van to pick the thing up now

 

Not a fan of unpainted carbon hoods. Makes your ride look like a school bus:

 

my mate has one on his type r scoobie and its looks greatimoa

hers a we pic

 

WHY WHY WHY didnt i fit a snow plough to the front of my impreza, i could has saved ALOT of money !!!!

 

that bumper looks way too CHAV though Makes it look like a poverty spec imprezza trying to be something its not

 

why does everyone say that its not my car its my matesthe front bumper is not on the car nowi only put the pic up for the bonnet to show rufly how it would look

 

would deffo colour match the vents fella , look shite in blue imho

and get a standard bumper ,

thay looks idel for a chav mobile ,

unless thats wheat hes after lol ,

beef

 

a carbon bonnet shouldn't weigh anymore than 6 kilo ! my cossie bonnet weighs 5.2 killo

 

jay fancy making me one then

would this be ok to take a mould from,,, or should i take the bonnet scoop off first ?

 

That's a nice looking car apart from the front bumper and rear spoiler

 

that bonnets fucked and the scoops fucked up

 

the scoop was like that before the crash jay

 

REALLY:shocked : oooopss!!

 

Ginge - make sure you get another bonnet with a modified scoop, or fit a front mount.

I remember reading one of your posts before where you said the car was driven for long periods at high speeds. The classic scoop does not flow air properly above 100 or so because of the design, so high speed runs could leave you with a useless engine.

 

which is WHY i need a new bonnet pmsl

actually joking aside i will prob need your special skills with a front splitter for it though and also are you any good a modifying fibreglass, i got a rear spoiler that the base section to make it fit is a littl too wide so needs "trimming"

alan the caris gonna recive a front mount now too, gonna get it all done at once whilst its in bits

ps: down side is im using my "porsche fund" to repair it

 

ive lost ur number ginge ! pm it me again

 

you mean you deleted it pmsl

ill PM you it

UPDATE: car is in the body shop and i collected the bumpers last night ( cheers Xrt-Si for trusting me with hes MINT saxo,,, i must admit i was worried about damaging the mirror finish paintwork dumping bumpers in it or maybe getting a stone chip on the bumper

 

Thats always parked up on the main road near asda, was on the back of a wagon all december and jan. Fuck me i've spent to much time in dundee

 

Do the carbon mate. I think it'll look smart as. Although imho you should paint the vents black rather than leave them body colour

 

carbon mate