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main advantage that i can see is the ability to have vents for cooling, not that many of the cars that i see driving around that have carbon fibre bonnets actually require any more cooling than stock...

don't say weight is an advantage, as the weight difference between the carbon fibre bonnets that you can buy retail, and an aluminium bonnet, is next to none...

Its mainly for the 'look at me' wank factor

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I'm not sure about the 'retail' cf bonnets being no lighter than the stock aluminium item, surely they are lighter if not only by a little. Aren't the carbon fibre bonnets that you buy 'retail' just a layer of carbon fibre glued on to a fibreglass bonnet anyway? My brother had his cf bonnet fly up while driving (he's got 2 heavy catches to keep it in place now!) and the guy he took it to couldn't believe that you could get a sheet of cf that big (bonnet) for about $1000. True cf would be a weight advantage though wouldn't it?

I guess if you are looking at a cf bonnet to save weight, there's much cheaper alternatives to spending 1 grand. (good bye interior pannels and rear seats!)

"They taste like burning!"

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I think full c/f starts at around $4k.

The big issue with c/f bonnets is how they break in an accident, because they shatter instead of fold like metal they can end up coming through the windscreen and seriously injuring the driver and passenger.

But, they look sweet and are pretty cheap at 1k so why not?

You should always get pins with c/f or fibreglass bonnets incase they fracture around the bonnet catch.

Race and Rally sell them in Aus, but I'm pretty sure all the autobarn, super cheap etc etc etc do to. There is nothing to them, pins, catch and 3 rivets so quality is not really an issue.

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You will find that if you rivet the pins to the cf hood they will pull through very quickly as the cf is very "soft" when there is an open edge showing.

I have this problem and i'm going to be fibreglassing some nuts on the inside of the bonnet so i can screw some bolts into :D

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