bonnet attack

[Adie Moore]

As i\'m a tight git, i\'ve been wondering how to get a vented bonnet with out having a buy new one and was wondering how difficult it would be to butcher the one that\'s on the car now. My concerns are...1, can i do it. 2, can i make a good job. 3, will i knacker my paint. 4, what tool do i use, i was thinking a hacksaw attachment on a jigsaw as an mini angle grinder would generate too much heat. ref point 3.

Assuming i do this, will it actually work? As i was just planning on cutting 2 sections out and leaving a hole there, i know the proper vents will suck air out of the engine bay due to their shape, but will the through flow of air from the front of the car make any kind of difference.
 And as we live in such a fine weathered climate my concerns also turned to rain getting in the engine bay, how much is acceptable, if any.

Alternatively, if any one wants to swap a vented bonnet for a stock black one, that would make my life a hole lot easier.

Cheers adie

[CraigN]

if you do anything to your bonnet at the least it will require a respray

that is propper tight lol

you need to consider were the strength of a bonnet lies and only cut were the braces are not present.

there was a place people used in my chav days called cool louvres that used to press vents into bonnets wings etc.

http://www.coollouvres.co.uk/

[pete sparrow]

Hi Adie.
 How much are you willing to spend if anything?
 Jono at D-sign Studio had some vents custom made out of fibreglass and had them up for sale and they looked superb.
They run down both sides over the suspension towers.All you had to do was cut two rectangular shapes out of the bonnet,pretty straight forward.PM him he might still have a set for sale.
 The only way you won\'t damage your paint is if you use a water jet cut machine too cut your design,but thats alot of money!
 When i did my bonnets we cut out most of the centre supports and the strength of the bonnet is fine,just don\'t let some promo girl go n lie on it and you should fine..:rollin
 Your going to have to very careful if you decide to cut with a dremel and have very steady hands..

[d-king]

was gonna say just about exactly what he said ^^^^^^

[Adie Moore]

Cheers boys. Them pressed vents do look a bit chav but might be ok if done well, in the right shape and position. Havn\'t you upset the water jet guy pete?:Giggle

[pete sparrow]

Cheers boys. Them pressed vents do look a bit chav but might be ok if done well, in the right shape and position. Havn\'t you upset the water jet guy pete?:Giggle

I concidered the press vents for a milli second then woke up,they\'ll look pants mate.
PM Jono his vents were cool and well under £100 for thr pair.
Other way round the water jet boys p1ssed me off. Still haven\'t paid:Thumbs-up

[CraigN]

Hey pete they looked good on my fiesta turbo :Hammer

[pete sparrow]

Hey pete they looked good on my fiesta turbo :Hammer

I\'m sure they suited a fiesta very well,but can you honestly see them on a rex??

[Adie Moore]

OK, point taken. Don\'t know what i was thinking :2Confused

[carlos]

get antnick to post a pic up of his old fd, he done some nice work to his standard bonnet mite give u sum ideas

[Adie Moore]

cheers Carlos, i\'ll drop him a pm

[pete sparrow]

Actually another guy to ask would be Kev-Yorks,he did some custom venting on his cosmo bonnet. Did you see it at the dyno day? Apparently his lad at work did it for him and it turned out really well.

[Adie Moore]

yeah, thats what made me think about just chopping a section out. I think i\'ll have a word with a body shop mate and see what he might do it for, at least that way it should be a reasonable job and he can sort out any painting that might need doing at the time.

[pete sparrow]

In theory you wouldn\' need to cut through any of the supports,just cut the skin from the underneath around the edge of the struts,thus giving you your shapes. Cut mess to shape and bond onto the lip of the supports with slickaflex and there\'s your custom bonnet!!:King

[Adie Moore]

dude, you can add mind reading to your list of good points. i\'v already had the insulation off the under side and spotted a section that will give a lovley shape, and i\'v drawn in the dust what it will look like from the out side. sweet