This is the dumbest ? ever but eh. I have always wondered this. Why dont people ever paint their CF hood or parts? I mean sure it looks sexy by itself but you know some times a little paint job here and there will bring out the CF hood more. I mean are you not allowed to paint over a CF hood or is it even possible maybe its just me (and probably is) but i have yet to see some1 with a slight paint modification or custom paint graphics on any CF part of the car.

 

People paint their CF parts, but they usually don't. If it's a carbon body kit or something like that, they'll paint it, but usually they're only one or two parts to accent the car (such as a hood and trunk).

 

There's a gentleman on the forums here who has painted his CF bumper and left his lip exposed in CF.

By far I think that's the most creative thing that anyone has done in a while.

 

people dont paint their CF stuff b/c they want to show the CF parts...others wouldn't really know for certain if a CF part is painted since CF has a distinctive color/texture


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There are people who do paint their carbon fiber parts. There is someone in the forum that painted his carbon fiber hood. He didn't paint it entirely but he did paint it. Also, some people buy carbon fiber for the whole purpose of not having to paint it.

 

i painted my CF body kit b/c i didnt want it to just look like a black bumper... i think it looks 10x better now then if i left it all CF

 

there is a guy on the forum here that painted the sides of his carbon hood and left the center cf...i think i might be talking about the same guy as grubiaco...

 

i've seen people 'smoke' their CF in colors, like blue, red, green,etc i think thats cooler than painting it

 

cool my mind is at ease now

 

do u mean, Candy? they use a candy paint ( or kandy... ) to allow the carbon to achieve a color similar to the car ( red car = red candy over cf. ) i saw it on a '99 eclipse years ago, and its starting to get more and more popular.

 

moving to show and shine

 

^^or like the rx8 at the drift comp.

 

^ thats a good point.

 

Were you guys talking about me?



I thought it looked more agressive to have some of the hood painted, but as someone said earlier, painting an entire cf piece is kind of pointless because then no one knows it's cf! For racing and stuff who cares if you can see the cf, but for shows if you don't show it off, the judges won't know its there and you can lose points!