Carbon Fibre bonnets , anyone got one, any good?????

[lomoto]

I spoted this for sale at the JAE yesterday

 

 

 

 

 

any one had similar fitted ? also any issues with a carbon bonnet ,rattles etc..

[AndyC]

Didn't Vesitas have a carbon bonnet on his Z before he got rid of it? Might be worth PMing him mate

[Jacko]

Oh dear, wait till Val sees that......

 

He was quizzing the guy from Sumo about Carbon bonnets. And bought a Zed car porn mag (some modding catalogue from Japan) to look....

 

How much was it Tim at the show?

[Guest prescience]

Would there be any insurance issues in changing to CF bonnet - other than declaring it of course. Is any structural reliance placed on the bonnet during a frontal impact - since the way CF shatters might affect that if so.

[M13KYF]

won't the bubble wrap flap about abit in the wind.

 

Sorry I missed ya Tim. Did Val pay you for my 2 tubes of chrome lube.

[Jacko]

Would there be any insurance issues in changing to CF bonnet - other than declaring it of course. Is any structural reliance placed on the bonnet during a frontal impact - since the way CF shatters might affect that if so.

 

 

mmmmm thats a good interesting point.....

[lomoto]

Mark...it was a bargain £400 as it had a slight mark on it!! I think if I could have loaded it up there and then , I would be probably trying to fit it this morning

 

Dorian.... everything will affect the insurance if you tell em about it me I tell em bugger all

[lomoto]

won't the bubble wrap flap about abit in the wind.

 

Sorry I missed ya Tim. Did Val pay you for my 2 tubes of chrome lube.

 

Hi Mike yes shame we didnt meet up , yep Val picked up the Autosol (make sure its not squeezed at the ends )

[Guest prescience]

I tell mine everything Wheel type, exhaust, S/C components etc

 

You'd be fooked if you had an incident and the CF bonnet was involved and you'd not mentioned it IMO

 

[bTW mine comes in about £680/year]

[lomoto]

mine comes in at bugger all (traders policy ) only drawback if it gets totalled I only get bare minimum price , not too bad though as I gave bare minimum for it

[Liam's Z]

won't the bubble wrap flap about abit in the wind.

 

Sorry I missed ya Tim. Did Val pay you for my 2 tubes of chrome lube.

 

Hi Mike yes shame we didnt meet up , yep Val picked up the Autosol (make sure its not squeezed at the ends )

 

Knew I forgot something

[lomoto]

won't the bubble wrap flap about abit in the wind.

 

Sorry I missed ya Tim. Did Val pay you for my 2 tubes of chrome lube.

 

Hi Mike yes shame we didnt meet up , yep Val picked up the Autosol (make sure its not squeezed at the ends )

 

Knew I forgot something

 

You were too busy keeping an eye on your missus buying those PINK car mats

[AndyC]

Would there be any insurance issues in changing to CF bonnet - other than declaring it of course. Is any structural reliance placed on the bonnet during a frontal impact - since the way CF shatters might affect that if so.

 

I always thought the bonnet was purely to stop things pinging out at people - remember the ad years ago for oil (might have been castrol) where they used a (iirc) Cossie with a see through bonnet, I thought they didnt' actually want to use a bonnet at all but cos it was going on road it had to have something.

 

I would doubt that theres much if anything structural in the bonnet tbh.

[lomoto]

Would there be any insurance issues in changing to CF bonnet - other than declaring it of course. Is any structural reliance placed on the bonnet during a frontal impact - since the way CF shatters might affect that if so.

 

I always thought the bonnet was purely to stop things pinging out at people - remember the ad years ago for oil (might have been castrol) where they used a (iirc) Cossie with a see through bonnet, I thought they didnt' actually want to use a bonnet at all but cos it was going on road it had to have something.

 

I would doubt that theres much if anything structural in the bonnet tbh.

I think Dorian is probably correct , in the crash test they perform the original bonnet must act as a crumple zone issue, but as far as I am aware caron fibre would probably be stiffer than the original steel bonnet ! whether this is a good thing or not remains to be seen !!

[Jacko]

I tell mine everything Wheel type, exhaust, S/C components etc

 

You'd be fooked if you had an incident and the CF bonnet was involved and you'd not mentioned it IMO

 

[bTW mine comes in about £680/year]

 

Dorian,

 

Who do you use? Obviously with me starting to mod it now, I'm going to have to decide what I do here. Just wondering if I'm with someone and then say I've done this, as to whether they will stop it etc, or it jumps for certain things.

 

Which company you with? I'm wondering who are mod friendly?

[Guest prescience]

Dorian,

 

Who do you use? Obviously with me starting to mod it now, I'm going to have to decide what I do here. Just wondering if I'm with someone and then say I've done this, as to whether they will stop it etc, or it jumps for certain things.

 

Which company you with? I'm wondering who are mod friendly?

Im with Direct Line

[Jacko]

Dorian,

 

Who do you use? Obviously with me starting to mod it now, I'm going to have to decide what I do here. Just wondering if I'm with someone and then say I've done this, as to whether they will stop it etc, or it jumps for certain things.

 

Which company you with? I'm wondering who are mod friendly?

Im with Direct Line

 

So did you find that when for example you put a different set of wheels on or exhaust, that you premium kept going up and up each time you tell them something?

[Guest prescience]

Dorian,

 

Who do you use? Obviously with me starting to mod it now, I'm going to have to decide what I do here. Just wondering if I'm with someone and then say I've done this, as to whether they will stop it etc, or it jumps for certain things.

 

Which company you with? I'm wondering who are mod friendly?

Im with Direct Line

 

So did you find that when for example you put a different set of wheels on or exhaust, that you premium kept going up and up each time you tell them something?

I can't answer what I think you mean by that question because I didn't do mine piecemeal. You describe the mods you have to them, the Monkey says I'll have to check with an underwriter on this one and then a few mins later, he's back on the line with the quote.

[Removed]

Mike I have your Autosol....

 

 

that bonnet looks good!

 

issues on it can be:

 

removal of strut bar for fitment

not great fitment overall.

 

I'm actually veering away from a CF bonnet idea, and more towards a different bonnet but colourcoded long term stuff though anyway, no meny now that I got kev's suspension

[M13KYF]

Cheers Val. Will arrange a time to collect which is good for you

[vestitas]

Just picked up on this post.

 

I had the Seibon TSII CF Bonnet (which they unfortunately no longer produce). As Val says, the only issue I had was with fitment (had to remove the strut brace). Though that is the reason they stopped making it I believe so you shouldn'nt have any probs with any others.

 

Insurance wise it shouldn't make a difference if you already have other bodykit parts declared. I was with Norwich Union and they just put them all down under the term 'bodykit'. It did affect the premium at first but only because apparently it makes it more appealing to chavvy thieves. Every subsequent part just went under the same umbrella.

 

Joe