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It should just be like a normal carbon fibre bonnet... Like that whole weave patten...

Just pop your bonnet open and have a look under the bonnet to see, thats if you have a carbon fibre bonnet...

It should just be like a normal carbon fibre bonnet... Like that whole weave patten...

Just pop your bonnet open and have a look under the bonnet to see, thats if you have a carbon fibre bonnet...

Yeah I do. It looks ok but was concerned the finish on top would not be too nice as they were all meant to be painted.

I'm getting the entire car cleaned up to the most extent possible and the place suggests respray the bonnet saying

the paint looks too thin so it won't match the deep quality of a polish on the rest.. so if they want to strip it,

I was toying with the idea of just getting a clear coat on the carbon.. as the car is black anyway ..

Maybe the thin paint was kind of the point for v-spec 2.. kind of a feeble attempt at weight saving..

How paint appears in diferent light is greatly determined by if the base colours under the base coat is simular. An extreme example would be a door painted black and the panel next to it white. Then base coat in red and clear coat. In bright light the white door would appear more link an orance colour. What im saying is base preporation of the carbon bonnet was probably diferent to the rest of the car. It was probably even painted off the car by an entirely diferent part of nissan during assembly.

About the cut and polish back, I did that on my gtr about a month ago to remove the water marks. Some of the water marks were pretty deep and I had to wet rub with 1200 grit which is pretty hair raising as its a fine line as to if you go through or not. But the rest of the car I just blocked back with 2000 grit, and then used the PPG system 1 polish system.

If they are really paranoid about the bonnet and cutting back they could just use a clay block on it instead, and then hit it with the wool buff lightly folowed by the foam finishing pads.

The most important thing the guys doing the polish work will have to know is that they cant work the polisher over the bonnet at more that 1500-2000 rpm or so. This is because the heat from the buff does not get conducted away by the carbon panel underneath. Anything RPM more than that and they will burn through the paint.

I still havent photographed the car in bright light since polishing it and there are a few spots that I missed but all in all its worth doing as it restores the surface of the clear coat to prme condition again.

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Yeah I do. It looks ok but was concerned the finish on top would not be too nice as they were all meant to be painted.

I'm getting the entire car cleaned up to the most extent possible and the place suggests respray the bonnet saying

the paint looks too thin so it won't match the deep quality of a polish on the rest.. so if they want to strip it,

I was toying with the idea of just getting a clear coat on the carbon.. as the car is black anyway ..

Maybe the thin paint was kind of the point for v-spec 2.. kind of a feeble attempt at weight saving..

Yes, I have heard about that when they only put a thin layer of paint on just to save weight.

And as you know, painting the same colour onto plastic and carbon fibre to match the metal panels of the car, the colour is never quite right, just slightly off, but un-noticable from a 1st glance.

Getting a clear coat on the carbon would look nice and maybe have a think about the Dry Carbon look.

Kinda gives the bonnet a satin finish and looks tuff!

Yeah I do. It looks ok but was concerned the finish on top would not be too nice as they were all meant to be painted.

I'm getting the entire car cleaned up to the most extent possible and the place suggests respray the bonnet saying

the paint looks too thin so it won't match the deep quality of a polish on the rest.. so if they want to strip it,

I was toying with the idea of just getting a clear coat on the carbon.. as the car is black anyway ..

Maybe the thin paint was kind of the point for v-spec 2.. kind of a feeble attempt at weight saving..

A little off topic but is that Silica breath/breeze? If so do you have any more pics because that is the colour I am looking at doing my car in.

cheers,

Michael

A little off topic but is that Silica breath/breeze? If so do you have any more pics because that is the colour I am looking at doing my car in.

cheers,

Michael

mine is black.. which in the sun shows every tiny dust particle and smudge as if lit professionally & individually by studio experts

using tiny arc lights, to best show their true dusty nature.

did you mean the pics above posted by GTRNUR? in which case thats the millenium jade color because it's a nur.

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