carbon bonnets

[williams]

dose anyone make a carbon bonnet for the nvoa?

if so, who?

[Stoo]

read my sig

[Mazz]

They are availible, but are few and far between...

I only know of mine and Elgan's

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7168/cimg2260smalleu0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/707/cimg2264smallaf3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[williams]

do you want to sell yours?
who made it for you?

[hybridturbo]

Magum motorsport do one but im not sure its much of a looker

[Stuart]

as you can see from the bottom piccy its got a laywer of chop strand matting (GRP) under the carbon layer..... menaing its probalby the same weight as a std bonnet.

Most of the carbon bonnets for novas (and thats not many) are made in the same way where peopel put a single layer of carbon down and then back it up with GRP as its cheaper/easier to work with. In short a waste of time for a performance gain, and if you are after the look then just pay someone to pray it to look like carbon (easy to the pros)

[BEN187NOVA]

tehy charge ?395 fot that bonnet it must be lighter than a normal one ?

[Stuart]

of course, thats it..... a bonnet that costs nearly ?400 MUST be lighter :wall:

a layer of carbon + a load of chop strand GRP isnt going to be notably lighter.

[hybridturbo]

Just get a fibreglass one and paint it the same colour as the car

[williams]

thats what i was going to do, but i keep getting ideas all the time.

[just vaux trev]

does look nice never seen one before:eek: :cool:

[BEN187NOVA]

any one know where fibreglass ones are for sale ?

or if there is a real full carbon bonnet for sale

[Nick J]

I do believe David dixon has one on his nova..... he can also have numerous carbon bits made up to order, Im sure hes on here unsure of his username though? Maybe try JOV as I know hes definatly on there, Nick.

[bieransri]

performance-trim.com/co.uk

give mike on there a call/email. can do any body panel in carbon and can do it either way, finreglass reinforced or not

[peester]

ive lifted mazz's carbon bonnet before, its deffo lighter than normal metal.. not as sure in comparison to fibre glass tho..

[Mazz]

I'd say its about the same a F/G one, but its definately lighter than a normal one...

[performance-trim]

We've just started to do carbon bonnets! And we make them properly, by resin infusion and vacuum bagging.

Please PM, email or call for more info :)

Mike.
Performance-trim.com
07717418174

[novait]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Nova-Corsa-A-Carbon-Fibre-Bonnet-Hood_W0QQitemZ320271307907QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item 320271307907&_trkparms=72%3A984%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 some thing like that...

[Lee]

Note to Mods.

Mike is talking to me about trading, so you can leave this thread for now :)