Carbon Fibre Bonnet

[enigma]

Not everyones cup of tea, but a genuine carbon bonnet for £200 plus shipping?!

[zedy1]

wre from?

[enigma]

America obviously!

[Spirit]

Got the link Dave ?

[enigma]

My bad.....it is more like £300

LINK (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6755&item=2467943582)

[wirdy]

Such a shame it's in the US and the shipping costs would be horrendous....

Did I recall a thread about getting some 'front ends' containered to the UK?? were these from the US?

For ~£300 plus a share of the shipping, I'd go for one of these bonnets 'cos mine needs a respray anyway.

Just noticed '8ggalant' has put a CF bootlid on his Galant, from the same company, he could probably vouch for the quality of the product.

[Nick VR4]

You may also get caught on the VAT to pay as well unless its classed as a gift ;)

[wirdy]

You may also get caught on the VAT to pay as well unless its classed as a gift ;)

I guess so Nick, I've only been clobbered once for duty in over 20 purchases from the US.

I definitely don't get an overwhelming guilty feeling that I already pay far too little tax and that I really should go and declare an item that gets through 'the system' unscathed!!

£300 = ~£50 VAT , is it that simple?, I can't remember.

[SGHOM]

who needs expensive bonnets like that, when you can have a cheap vented one like mine ??
vents; £55
fitting; £200 [ not satisfied ]
filling, priming etc; £40
paint, 1/2 ltr base coat & laquer; £45
painting; £100
:$ :$ :$ :$ :greedy:

[wirdy]

who needs expensive bonnets like that, when you can have a cheap vented one like mine ??
vents; £55
fitting; £200 [ not satisfied ]
filling, priming etc; £40
paint, 1/2 ltr base coat & laquer; £45
painting; £100
:$ :$ :$ :$ :greedy:

Wasn't it worth it, to watch your son grafting away??

This thread has got me thinking now.......Hmmmm. is it possible to get a good paint finish on these CF bonnets??......just leaving the mitsi logo, Mitsy name and VR-4 name masked off in quite small lettering on the very front of the bonnet ( just so that you can see under the paint it is a carbon bonnet). A little more subtle than the 'in-yer-face' full carbon bonnet.

/ retires to reflect that the original justification for a new bonnet was to avoid respraying the current one!!

[SGHOM]

Chances are now, that I'll paint it myself. with an aerosol !!! dont laugh !! I've done it before, & made a damned fine job of it. In fact, I've painted a whole car with one !! :D

[wirdy]

......I'll paint it myself. with an aerosol !!! .....

I use household leftovers and B & Q value gloss for mine......... do you want me to do yours for you???....here's my last effort..... :-D :-D :-D

[/IMG]

[SGHOM]

:lolz:

[Big Ian]

In fact, I've painted a whole car with one !! :D

:headsc: big tin..............or.....................small car :wow:

[wirdy]

:lolz:

[i3ooyah]

hmmmm i got one of those arriving 4 my car :-D

[Rally205]

The way it's worked is as follows.

Cost of Item+cost of shipping+import duty ( usually between 5-8%) + VAT.

I have already looked into these bonnets and worked out that it would cost approx £555 all in. :undecided

[enigma]

That is not too bad a price if it is a top quality product! Bet a new one from Mitsubishi would be more than that! :sad3: