Vented Bonnet Water Inquiry

[gsb876]

Just received a new Carbon Bonnet, however no water drip trays,

So the question is, is it a bad idea to put it on  without the drip trays or is the engine ok if water leaks through As i dont want to put the bonnet on if the water will wreck stuff in the engine ?

Obviously i know if the car is in motion the water will be vapourised  but what happens when stood still and it rains ??

Gurj

[John Yorke]

Think you will find a lot of the vented bonnets on here dont have the drip trays, if you park your car mostly outside without a cover I would have thought that would be a bad thing mainly because of corrosion [sp?] and water in the electrics, as you say should not be an issue when on the move.
The other thing is if you like a bling engine bay your gonna need a lot of cleaning equipement :yes

[NixRX7]

best bet if your worried is to find someone with a sheet metal bender and get some made up out of alloy sheet, then you can polish them so you get a nice BLING effect when you open the bonnet


Nick

[gsb876]

Think you will find a lot of the vented bonnets on here dont have the drip trays, if you park your car mostly outside without a cover I would have thought that would be a bad thing mainly because of corrosion [sp?] and water in the electrics, as you say should not be an issue when on the move.
The other thing is if you like a bling engine bay your gonna need a lot of cleaning equipement :yes

Cheers John,

will have to look for someone to either make me one or not put the bonnet on just yet, will have a word with a few garages around here to see what we can come up with ?

[Warthog]

Have a word with Gary at Rotary Art above I have always found him to be a font of knowledge for finding things ie. drip tray that will fit. HTH. :wave

[Dan Norton]

I got a drip tray with my bonnet......i took it off straight away, because whats the point in having a vented bonnet with the vents blocked off!

Ive never had any problems gurj.

Also i dont think it would now with all my greddy hardpiping etc.

Dan!!

[Nath]

I had a vented bonnet on my old car and i had no problems , you will need allot of rain to get a steady flow of water, if you mesh the vent then you will find that any water that rolls down the vent the mesh turns it into like a hone combe effet as the water just attaches itself to the mesh if you understand me :wiggle

[gsb876]

Been busy today so its still not on just yet, next weekend me thinks  :wave

[ScuttleRX]

What bonnet have you gone for Gurj? Or you gonna make us wait till youve got it on

[Nath]

same as me i think

[probedb]

If it\'s the same as Nath I shouldn\'t think you\'d have any problems, it\'d be more the electrics to worry about but should be fine ?!

[gsb876]

Same as Nath\'s,

Been after this bonnet for a while as i think its the design that suits the rx best  

Wont be till next weekend so will put some pics up next week if i get round to fitting it :bandit

[Col]

looks really nice and totally agree with you that they look awesome on the RX, can not wait for the pictures.

[MattR]

Hi Gurj

Im still waiting to hear back from japan... but as the guys have said..i would have thought you would have any major issues...

If any one esle is interested in the same style of bonnet Gurj n Nath have got..i am lookignat bringing another batch of 5 in... so if you are interested and would liek to pre book one... please feel free to call me (01279823674 / 079211222352) or email me on Matthew@japscene.co.uk...sorry for the plug lol!!!

Need any more info Gurj..or want more info on that spoiler...have the buddyclub spec 1 avaialble in the uk mate...just give me a shout

Cheers

Matt

[JP825]

How much Matt?  And is it difficult to fit?