Ghoulie Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 (edited) Right as you all know I have a lot of fake carbon, and I wasnt really planning on doing anymore. However as Im sure you have noticed my GT4 bonnet is a slightly different colour to the rest of the car and has a few stone chips which show white. Now the colour I can live with because the one wing, drivers door and bumper are all off different cars anyway and shes had a part respray at some point in her life due to front wing impact before I got her. The chips however are bugging me. Now I could get some touch up paint but that always looks pants. Respray Im not even going to consider as its expensive and will stick out a mile off. of I could carbon wrap it?? Question is would this be too much wrap, should I just live with it until I win the lottery and respray whole car?? your thoughts please? Edited September 22, 2012 by Ghoulscout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggy Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 It wouldn't be my cup of tea Dave.but it's your car at the end of the day.. I'm the guy that would respray a carbon bonnet the same colour as the car..(if i had one that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoulie Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 (edited) It wouldn't be my cup of tea Dave.but it's your car at the end of the day.. I'm the guy that would respray a carbon bonnet the same colour as the car..(if i had one that is) Actully I think I would as well.... or maybe splinter stripes but thats real carbon and soooooooooooo last year Edited September 22, 2012 by Ghoulscout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 solved for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princy Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I'd leave it and try and put enough money away to get the stuff together to spray it yourself, if you're staying with the same colour then get the paint mixed to match and do it a panel at a time and the roof and rear quarters as the last hit. It's not as expensive as you might think if you can hire a compressor and gun from anywhere solved for you Or this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggy Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I'd leave it and try and put enough money away to get the stuff together to spray it yourself, if you're staying with the same colour then get the paint mixed to match and do it a panel at a time and the roof and rear quarters as the last hit. It's not as expensive as you might think if you can hire a compressor and gun from anywhere Or this What he said ,good idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoulie Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Im actully thinking about looking into compressers at the moment anyway for Kittiis respray. Just didnt fancy spraying a metallic as its a lot harder than satin black. solved for you Thats Biggys car isnt it???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princy Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Do a bit of research before you start, any compressor job is way easier to get a good finish than spraying from cans and metallic isn't hard to do at all, the finish of your basecoat doesn't have to be perfect so long as you get your clearcoat somewhere near then you can wet sand and polish to get a perfect finish, just start with a smaller panel first to perfect your technique I'll be doing my 185 in a 3 stage pearl and that's a different ball game altogether, and I'm not looking forward to that one bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick_66 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 wrap it , you know u want to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersai101 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I would use some touch up paint first, its like £6-7 a pot. It will look better than just white dots. You might find your happy with it touched up. If not youve only lost £6-7 and you can look into other methods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottChester Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I'd say wrap it... However that's because I'm thinking of getting mine wrapped for the same reason so you'd be blazing a trail for me to follow :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thermoacc Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 (edited) I would rather the body colour on the bonnet. Find a decent body shop in your area and ask how much they will paint it for. Do all the prep and primer yourself. If still too expensive....Wrap it up! If you have the luxury of a garage, get into spraying a few panels! I bought a bonnet off a sierra and practiced spraying with celly first then progressed onto 2-pac then did a whole car. Done three cars since. Much satisfaction! Moved to a house with no garage last year ......not happy. Edited September 22, 2012 by thermoacc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaungt4 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Don't wrap it Dave don't look rite on our colour cars I payed £200 to have mine done and they got a good colour match in the end lol, Took them 3 goes so it's got a good thickness on it lol, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittii13 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 carbon wrap coz I get to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planc Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Do it! Richard's bonnet looked cool as so a whole Gen5 would be sweet. Would be a pain in the arse to do though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowchinaman Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 bonnet. Yeah why not. But defo not the wings. Other wise put some big arse greaphics over the car and you wouldnt notice the colour difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) i voted , get a life dont be a friggin cheap skate dave , get a real carbon bonnet oh look this is what real carbon looks like :rolleyes: and what it looks like on a grey auto us in the real carbon club have a saying 'real carbon is the new fake carbon' failing that touch it up and i found back to black liquid makes that fake shit look nice Edited September 25, 2012 by sonic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoulie Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) Thanks for that Sonic but if I was to get a real carbon bonnet then id also have to change my spoiler back to standard or get a carbon one, my indicators, front trim, my headlight cowels, my rear lights, then Id prob have to change all my interior so its not really an option. Oh and correct me if Im wrong but did you just acuse somebody else of being a cheap skate???? Thats the funniest thing I heard all day :lol: :lol: Sorry how much did you pay for your carbon bonnet again???? This is what fake carbon looks like edit this poll has made things more confussing should I wrap half of it??? :lol: Edited September 25, 2012 by Ghoulscout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 why you think i am converting gen 6 jdm folding mirrors to fit my 5 , the words rtp and carbon mirrors sound familiar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggy Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 why you think i am converting gen 6 jdm folding mirrors to fit my 5 , the words rtp and carbon mirrors sound familiar Nothing about you that's fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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