[Z06] Carbon Fiber weaved hood PICS
07-21-2008, 08:23 PM
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I will vouch for that. Generally time consuming detail sanding is required prior to clearing.
07-14-2009, 10:27 AM
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the difference btween the pics of those exotics is that they are tastefully done and do not clash with the colors of the cars in the way red z does.
the red z makes the outline of the hood painfully obvious and screws up the lines of the car. it just looks like the hood needs to be painted.
whatever floats you boat but comparing those exotic cars and how they are done to the red z is apples to oranges
the red z makes the outline of the hood painfully obvious and screws up the lines of the car. it just looks like the hood needs to be painted.
whatever floats you boat but comparing those exotic cars and how they are done to the red z is apples to oranges
enough said
07-14-2009, 01:08 PM
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the difference btween the pics of those exotics is that they are tastefully done and do not clash with the colors of the cars in the way red z does.
the red z makes the outline of the hood painfully obvious and screws up the lines of the car. it just looks like the hood needs to be painted.
whatever floats you boat but comparing those exotic cars and how they are done to the red z is apples to oranges
the red z makes the outline of the hood painfully obvious and screws up the lines of the car. it just looks like the hood needs to be painted.
whatever floats you boat but comparing those exotic cars and how they are done to the red z is apples to oranges
07-14-2009, 05:28 PM
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In respect to diversity and personal taste(s) I don't find it rice but do find that its sense of composition (CF) is integrally conducive more so with a black, cyber grey, or a dark color scheme, and share 427Z's opinion about the continuity aspect of hood vs. roof top – different planes. Form and function does have merit as well as does placement/elevation relative to separation. Again, nothing intended but opinion merely rendered to aesthetic consideration however of personal perception and subjectivity.
The hood also appears to fit better than most, and I agree that pictures at times can discredit actual conditions. Just look at a forum member’s thread here and the reviews regarding his wide bodied Corvette. I suspect it may indeed look every bit better in reality than pictures make of it.
Incidentally, there’s nothing wrong with contrast if the elements of the form, less by insistence, lend themselves to such expression. Whether yea or nay, after all that’s said, it’s what pleases you that matters.
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07-14-2009, 05:37 PM
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I would get the carbon hood and paint it. You'll still see the carbon on the undersurface. Another option is paint it and leave the louvres in exposed carbon.
07-14-2009, 10:40 PM
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I think they would look better leaving the raised center and the louvers exposed CF, and paint the rest of the hood (almost like 1stZ's car). I'd take it down to the nose and just follow the natural lines of the hood. Get someone to airbrush the scoop area with CF...
I can agree that the entire hood "only" just doesn't do it for me...I would want it to follow some of the body lines...used as an "accent" it would look killer...kinda like a Cooksie edition with a CF hood stripe
I can agree that the entire hood "only" just doesn't do it for me...I would want it to follow some of the body lines...used as an "accent" it would look killer...kinda like a Cooksie edition with a CF hood stripe
Last edited by 1991Z07; 07-15-2009 at 12:44 PM.
