shinybluecls

Taking my car in to paint my hood and I'm trying to decide between three options:

1) Just paint it so it looks like a normal hood

2) Have the shop spray a lighter coat of abp so that the cf weave still shows through the paint

3) Paint the sides of the hood regular and have a lighter coat in the middle.

I'm leaning more torwards just a normal paint job but I'm thinking #2 would be pretty cool.

htown

#1

aznxtallxboy

i agree with htown, go with #1. keep the stock look. makes the car look less appealing to steal. just my

1killercls

1

Nitz

#1 also

Blitz

I agree. #1. I'm still jealous though.

Osamu

if you kinda want to show that it's still CF but want something clean...... something like this wouldn't be bad, especially since ABP is darker and the CF spots wouldn't stick out quite as much:




(props to typeII from a-l.com)

shystee1

#1

cltypeSLOW

leave it CF and get a CF trunk to match

CleanCL

iTrader: (4)

get the CF trunk but paint them both normal.

Sun Diego CL-S

you might as well have started this thread with a poll if you are to have everyone decide for you.

i like that painting the hood ABP over the CF deal. but it's kinda risky cos you don't know if it'll turn out looking well.

TacoBellSauce

#2 man
you need to show off your investments
women dont get implants to hide them under sweaters, you shouldnt either

Standout

def #2

Time For Sleeep

I'm leavning towards 2 also mang .

But yeah; hard part is finding a decent place to do it without messing it up.

Titand19

2

GayLove

louis vuitton the whole car and interior

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

Average age of the first handful of people is too high. The people responding with the latter opinion of #2 is more around your age. (j/k 1killer)

I just took my friend to a body shop and he had a light layer of paint and clearcoat added to his CF hood and it was REALLY GOOD looking. I would do the same.

#2 man. No point having a CF hood if you're going to just cover it completely imo.

Titand19

take pics of it Brian, I'm considering getting a cf hood nd trunk

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

actually my friend that did that to his car actually has a graphite grey pearl IS300 similar to the anthracite that you drive.

CF trunk?? good luck keeping that thing from rattling w/ all the bass in you trunk -- the CF hood on the other hand..

03silvertypeS

i vote for #2, i've always liked the look of carbon fiber, but i really don't like the contrast of the black C/F with a completely different car. that's what i'd go for it i was gettin a carbon hood

rondog

iTrader: (1)

don't paint the hood completely, that would be a waste of carbon fiber, in that case just keep the stock hood. I would say do something creative but classy. Painting the sides sometimes looks cartoonish, and your car is clean, so maybe something along the lines as a simple off center stripe of carbofiber showing thru the OEM poainted hood would set it off nicel;y. Post a pic of your car with the hood showing clearly, and maybe another member or I can PS something nice.

VeeralS05

I say paint the sides of the hood and leave the CF color along the middle of the hood...

I've seen this done to many cars and it looks very good!!!

I was thinking of doing this if I got a CF hood, but I decided to save my money and use it for more performance parts (headers & exhaust).

shinybluecls

here you goo ron. any chance you could ps your kit on the car too =X Curious to see what it would look like after I put your kit on





thanks in advance

p.s. should i leave the middle wing of my grill black? Or paint it blue and put like a silver or black chrome A emblem on? OMG i'm so confused about what to do with my car....

VeeralS05

leave the color scheme you have w/ black and and blue its looks beautiful...

If you paint the sides of the CF hood blue to match, I'd say paint the outter part of your grille black so it will match better...

See if you can get someone to photoshop it for ya

Blitz

If you were to do a portion painted I would paint the outer portions of the crease, so that the unpainted carbon fiber parts formed a V right down to the grill. You could then paint the grill a gloss black, have it C/F'd or just leave it. I'm not sure what to do with the Acura symbol though. Get a mesh grill?

GayLove

i think a cf hood is ricey as hell, especially on the cl.

Time For Sleeep

Depends on how it's done in my opinion; luckily 2nd gen CL owners generally tend to have the good taste to do it right; i.e not driving around on an undropped 20" chrome rim'd car with carbon fiber hood. In that case; THAT's rice.

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

i think your comments are as dumb as hell, especially on the forum.

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

please don't get a home depot mesh grill - i've already seen pics of too many cars ruined because of them -- besides, you went through that stage already.

Silverbulit40

iTrader: (2)

# 2 gets my vote as well.

03JamesCLS

imo leave it how it is or go with number 2

im not into cf anything really but it does look good with the blue

Blitz

Not home depot style. RonJon style.

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

same home depot style to me.

never been a fan of any mesh grills posted on ACL; including RJs. you should've read the rest of my sentence -- he's already gone through that stage before. it's like crawling again after having learned how to walk. just doesn't make sense.

Blitz

I'll agree to disagree. Think the RJ style mesh grill is better than stock poo. It's like the Bentley style 300 grill vs. the 300 stock grill, IMO.

agranado

I think you're crazy.





I may be a bit biased though

I say just leave it the way it is man... You've got a c/f hood because you wanted to be different. The weight reduction aspect of it isnt enough to justify covering it in a layer of paint so no one can SEE the weave...

that beautiful weave...

GayLove

im just giving my opinion man, dont get mad, get pussy

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

opinions are like buttholes, everyone has one; yours just particularly stinks more than everyone elses. maybe if you stopped sucking farts out of ur ass and learned to use the search button you'd have majority of your questions answered. you bump worthless threads day in and day out that have been discussed to death.

shinybluecls

holy shit brian its early as hell

htown

Mesh grills are ugly as fuck. I have to agree with you on this one. Stupid USDM car, Mugen didn't want to make us a grill

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

haha - a full-time job calls for it. market opens, that means i'm awake too.

can't really blame them. they don't make grills for any USDM car. someone should retro fit a mugen grill tho. that'd be crazy...

i concur, EVERY mesh grill i've seen on this forum has been ugly as fuck.