Black bonnets?

Tee Hee Johnson · 3 Sep 2014 at 14:45

Simple question, why?

Are they cheaper? Perhaps the simple black paint.

Hard to colour match? Matching the wings and bumper difficult due to different materials?

Just curious!

grimm · 3 Sep 2014 at 14:47

I saw a white car with a red bonnet today on my way to work.

Clarkey · 3 Sep 2014 at 14:47

*****, simple.

Haggisman · 3 Sep 2014 at 14:49

Carbon fibre* innit bruv, shave off 5g, increase your BHP/ton, safe yo!

*Dramatisation, may not contain real carbon fibre

--Mike-- · 3 Sep 2014 at 14:49

Or on just about every VW Transporter.

p1RATE · 3 Sep 2014 at 14:49

Carbon fiber bonnet are often left unpainted looking black. A lot of people imitate this to have the 'cool' JDM race car look

The Running Man · 3 Sep 2014 at 14:53

Better than a car bra brah.

anthony566 · 3 Sep 2014 at 14:57

it should be 6 points on your licence for having one ...

Outcast · 3 Sep 2014 at 14:58

Bonnets (hoods) were originally "blacked" because it was supposed to reduce "bonnet glare" in the drivers eyes !

I'd have thought the bonnet would've needed to be chromed for that to be an issue but hey ho...woddoo I know !

Clarkey · 3 Sep 2014 at 15:02

I've never heard of that, nor have I ever experienced such 'bonnet glare'.

vanpeebles · 3 Sep 2014 at 15:04

It used to be matt black on 60s or 70s rally cars, usually ones with long bonnets to stop glare as said above

Probably something you get on older cars with long flat bonnets.

Relentless81 · 3 Sep 2014 at 15:05

My bonnet needs painting, if I keep my car I think I'll probably get it wrapped, why? Because race car

vanpeebles · 3 Sep 2014 at 15:06

Ha! I should have put because racecar

breadturbo · 3 Sep 2014 at 15:26

Maybe it's just not painted?
All Renault and Nissan body panels came from the factory black when unpainted.

jh30uk · 3 Sep 2014 at 15:37

breadturbo said:
Maybe it's just not painted?
All Renault and Nissan body panels came from the factory black when unpainted.

As do most panels just fitted come in matt black.

Dogbreath · 3 Sep 2014 at 17:16

Because one "dubber" did it, so the rest of the herd had to follow.

teenwolf · 3 Sep 2014 at 17:23

just looks like boy racer

"andy" · 3 Sep 2014 at 17:48

thinking totally outside of the box here...

but errrrm maybe the owner likes it

OhEsEcks · 3 Sep 2014 at 17:51

I have a black bonnet on my C-Max. But the rest of it is black too.

[TW]Fox · 3 Sep 2014 at 18:16

"andy" said:
thinking totally outside of the box here...

but errrrm maybe the owner likes it

Can you honestly not work out that he is perhaps asking why the owners like it?