Painting carbon fiber hood.....

[aleks77]

hey guys, im thinkin of getting a ViS carbon fiber hood off ebay for my car, im also thinking of painting it my car color (silver), i was wondering if this is possible? and also how would it look? would it have the wavy lines? or just look like a stock hood? Thanks!

[Admiral]

hey ufos8mycow, i think this is a question for you

[stock93cam]

i saw a guy on speed vision with his cf hood painted he said they sprayed the paint in the air and let it fall on the hood...i dont know if he was serious or noot

[prnc_chrmng]

i remeber yukio (camrypunk) had his old hood painted...ask him

[Pineapple]

It'll look stock. No one know you got CF hood untill you open it.

[CamryMax]

What's the point of getting c/f hood if you gonna mess it up by painting it? C/f looks awesome, don't paint it

[CamryPunk]

Yeah I had my CF hood painted. Just make sure that the shop you're taking it to, knows what they're doing and that they spray clear coat over the whole hood again so you don't have a raised line. Good Luck.

[Pineapple]

Originally posted by CamryMax
What's the point of getting c/f hood if you gonna mess it up by painting it? C/f looks awesome, don't paint it

Light weight without the attraction

[Admiral93]

ROCK THE SLEEPER!

[CrawlingEye]

Originally posted by Admiral93
ROCK THE SLEEPER!

I'm not fond of the CF look, although the weight reduction is tempting.

[2wickedtoyz]

Originally posted by stock93cam
i saw a guy on speed vision with his cf hood painted he said they sprayed the paint in the air and let it fall on the hood...i dont know if he was serious or noot

yeah i saw that too.
i think he used a transparent color though. that's what i plan to do when i get the hood in oct but not until i get the whole car painted. transparent silver metalic leaf green that shit is going to look pimp.

as for a camry being a boat. drive a american sedan and you'll see a boat. my camry handles pretty well...and it's a wagon

and a sleeper is when you do things to a car that nobody knows about
ie: weight reduction(which changes hp to weight ratio), engine mods, tranny upgrades, suspension, and brakes.

[aleks77]

i never said i wanted to make it a sleeper, or that i wanted to hide my weight reduction mods, its just i need a new hood (accident), and for like $100 more i can have the carbon fiber one over the stock one......

[Fresco Bob]

and plus carbon fibre doesn't always look the best with some colors. i dont think it would look very good on a black car for example, even tho i dont think i have ever seen that. anyone got pics?

[Lord_Anarchy]

I've seen it done.. They mix the black body with a carbon hood.. It looks fine I guess.. no big deal...

It looks better when it's contrasted against another color.. Like CF on a White cam.. or.. other colors...

[CamryMax]

Originally posted by UfoZ8myCow
Its called being a sleeper.

You can modify the heck out of your camry, it'll still be a sleeper. People don't expect much from camries. If you got nice turbo beast under the hood, they would be veerrryyy surprised