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Yes - paint the hood and leave the vents exposed CF | 28 | 77.78% | |
No - leave the hood unpainted and just clear-coat it | 8 | 22.22% | |
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06-13-2017, 01:09 PM | #1 |
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Help me decide: Paint CF Hood or Leave Exposed?? [Poll]
Please read before voting! Otherwise you might not understand my reasoning.
After the accident I replaced my standard hood with a Seibon Carbon M3 style Power Dome hood. It's beautiful. BUT. I cannot decide if I want it to match the car's paint or not. So here's some pictures of it now and I'll explain how I'd paint it, if I go that route: 20170609_142554 by Matt Steele, on Flickr 135i by Matt Steele, on Flickr 20170421_125806 by Matt Steele, on Flickr\ Ok, so that's what it looks like at the moment - now I'll explain my current reasons for wanting to paint it:
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If I did decide to paint it, I'd paint the whole thing to match the car EXCEPT for the recessed area around the vents, visible here: MS7_0138 by Matt Steele, on Flickr This way there would still be some exposed CF and it would have that clean look. What's everyone's thoughts on this?? I'm totally stumped on what to do.
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Exposed CF on entire panels on most normal cars are usually tacky. On an e82, I believe painted panels are the way to go. If I ever come to the point of replacing hood, roof, and trunk, I'm going with painted CF panels
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06-13-2017, 01:29 PM | #3 |
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Yeah paint it. Just looks too ricey.
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Completely exposed looks good, but painted with just a bit exposed would look better.
I've thought of doing something similar with my own rear diffuser, much like I did on my E46 M3. |
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06-13-2017, 02:35 PM | #5 |
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I've already said what I think, but that second pic makes it look not so good. If it looks anything like that IRL, then I'd say paint it. In other pics I've seen I think it looks good with your Carbon Black paint. Kind of subtle, like you couldn't really tell for sure that it was different until you walked right up on it, and then you see the beautiful carbon fiber. Decisions, decisions. Go conservative... or not. You decide. Haha
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It's such a shame to paint over real cf.
In Australia it's a no brainer because a cf hood isn't street legal, so unless you want unnecessary police attention you need to hide it. That exact hood is on my shopping list, but I'm thinking of wrapping it rather than painting it so it can be restored to CF if sold. |
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I'd probably go with paint it because it'd look cleaner.
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That E46 makes me happy in all the right places.
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Yup, when I think of an M Car, I think of the E46 M3. Perfect balance or style and performance. Such a piece or artwork.
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Alright well judging by the landslide poll and the comments here, I think it's pretty clear what I need to do! I'm going to find a shop nearby and get to work on this. Thanks for all the input guys!
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I think it's a really positive sign about the members of this forum, and I'm not 100% sure it'd be reflected in a general population - we've obviously all got a preference for the 'sleeper' look, rather than the overt 'rice' look of a CF non-matching race-hood.
Also, to elaborate on my vote for paint it - I actually think it's the CF on Blue that we're all not used to seeing. If your car were alpine white or black, we'd be more used to seeing the CF hood in natural form. But the CF hood on a blue car reminds me of a WRX. Quote:
If you're buying the cheapest CF hood from China, I'd be worried about decapitation (but there aren't any for our cars). But for us, There are two major manufacturers for CF hoods that fit the 1er (SLeK and Seibon). I'd like to think that if they're manufacturing hoods for cars for race use, they would've designed them not to kill the driver in an accident. My reason being they'd be sued, or go out of business quickly after their products killed one or two of their customers. Surely, even if they don't meet Australian standards (more on this next), there's enough economic advantage for the manufacturer to make them safe. But the real reason they're illegal in Australia (note that road rules can differ between states, but these days they're actually pretty consistent) is because you need to have the CAR certified by an engineer after making major modifications, not the MODIFICATION. If SLeK or Seibon could send their product to an Australian Government Lab for testing and get an Australian certification so they could sell it to Australians for street use - they probably would. But getting a ADR certification still doesn't make it legal for people to use their hoods on the street. People would have to buy the hood, install it, then have their car looked over by a certifying engineer who certifies the whole car including any other modifications, installs a mod plate, and update their registration to show they have a 'modified' car. In Australia, modifying any panel forward of the firewall is considered a major modification. The justification is that doing so could affect pedestrian safety, crumple zones and occupant safety. (on a side note, adding a supercharger to a N/A vehicle is a major modification. Putting a Stage 3 turbo on a 1er and winding your boost up from 6psi to 30psi is only a minor modification) This means all aftermarket bumper bars, and potentially 1M conversions are illegal in Australia too, but you have to get caught. (though I'd say it's a grey area if you use all OEM parts) ... And since the honda civic, Nissan Skyline and Subaru WRX 'rice' crowd love their carbon fiber hoods - you're likely to get pulled over in Australia - which is a slap-on-the-wrist fine but more importantly, your whole car gets inspected for roadworthyness before you can drive it again. So if a CF hood is your only mod, no worries. But if you've got catless downpipes, aftermarket suspension or Meth - it's a going to be a royal PITA. |
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Hood is direct from Seibon Carbon. It's hard to say if I notice the weight difference when driving, my car isn't built for track use. I just tend to replace any parts that need replacing with performance components. Goal is a very balanced daily, and eventually track car once I get something else down the road. That said, the weight savings are significant. The stock hood is an absolute cow and took 3 people to remove safely. The Seibon hood I was able to install myself with one arm holding it up, and I'm not a big dude lol.
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