is carbon fibre the lightest bonnet for mk2?

[Martin_172]

got a big ding in my bonnet from a large stone that got flicked up the other day but fancied a carbon bonnet (but want to get it painted on the outside and left carbon underneath - stealthy!) just wondering if they are the lightest bonnets i can get or does anyone do a aluminium or fibreglass one or something for the mk2's?

 

[Chris_786]

Bumpage for an old thread with no replys, I was wondering the same!

 

[mx1_champ]

some one on here does fiberglass.. not sure on the weights tho

 

[Jonny1*2]

fibre glass will be lighter mate. In fact most of the CF ones have fibre glass skin to them.

 

[Dave.]

The streamline pure carbon one is the lightest you can get, but v v expensive

 

[Chris_786]

I dont want VVVV expensive, it's going onto a clio not a lambo just want something lighter than the std bonnet, my bonnet is dented and has a billion stone chips in it so needs respraying anyway....

 

[chrispy.clio]

Just for reference my fibre glass/ carbon Fibre bonnet weighs 7kg.

My bonnet is a firbre glass shell and a carbon firbre skin. RRP is about £400 and the purly carbon firbre ones are over £1000

 

[Chris_786]

Just for reference my fibre glass/ carbon Fibre bonnet weighs 7kg.

My bonnet is a firbre glass shell and a carbon firbre skin. RRP is about £400 and the purly carbon firbre ones are over £1000

Where was yours from Mate?

 

[Dave.]

Chris's is prob a ktec one mate, made in china

 

[Curtis!]

Fibreglass/carbon one is Ktec's on there site for £400. With polyester resin as far as I'm aware :boring:

Streamline is the one ~£1200.

 

[Dave.]

The streamline one is lovely, v v nice

 

[bic]

Our replacement bonnet weighs under 3kg

 

[Chris_786]

If only I had £1200 to chuck at a bonnet eh?