Hey Gwenge here.

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:00 am

is your car dohc

gwenge · Post by **gwenge** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:03 am

Yeah. [=

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:06 am

do ya still have your old bonnot ya could cut the bulge out and weldit on to yours

gwenge · Post by **gwenge** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:20 am

I hate the lifted bonnet trend... really annoys me!

Won't find many places locally selling them anymore

and scrappies don't have any. I'd rather buy a carbon bonnet than an OEM one.

I could cut the bulge out but if i'm honest i don't like them, one of set boring scoop? Prefer the vtec bonnets, they're a mild version of what i want. just add an extra half-inch on the height of the middle bit of the bonnet.... I don't think it will look to terrible but should suit what i'm doing to my car...

I'll upload a picture of my bumpers progress tomorrow, that might make things clearer......

For now, here's my old bumper Mk1

haha

Old picture of Bumper Mk2... New picture tomorrow

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:25 am

at the end of the day man its your car and its wat you want to do to it everyone taste is diferent so go for it

gwenge · Post by **gwenge** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:30 am

Of course.

Just though might get some joint opinions xD hahaha!
It's hard to explain what i want to acheive a. without pictures and b. not having it done and paint on my car. Always transforms everything.

I'll give it a go and get it painted and if it looks crap... not going to be the end of the world is it

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:31 am

to true

gwenge · Post by **gwenge** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:32 am

Haha!

momosega · Post by **momosega** » Tue May 25, 2010 4:02 pm

Nice ed7! The upper rear wing, it's an original chargespeed?

Post by **nominous** » Tue May 25, 2010 4:16 pm

How much clearance do you need for the engine to not hit the bonnet ??

Why not just lower the engine and gearbox?

gwenge · Post by **gwenge** » Tue May 25, 2010 6:43 pm

Thanks momosega. And yes it is an original chargespeed. Arrived from Japan last month [=

Well i need a vtec bonnet bassically so not much clearance at all (i'd just rather emphasise the middle section more, and i do not want to buy a vtec one Haha.)

So if i'm going to make mine the shape of a vtec one i thought why not add an extra half inch or so to make it abit more prominant. (like the CRX bonnet in the picture) That make sense?

I can't lower the engine etc, i already scrape on speed bumps, on the plastic shroud under the radiator and 2 parts of the exhaust.

I really want to fit a B18/B20/H22 but they all have longer blocks and i'm worried about doing oil pans or alot worse. So if i lower the engine to clear the hood, i won't be able to drive down any road with a speed bump.

One advantage of making the bonnet have a taller bulge is that i can space the block upwards and then even get a larger block in the first place.

I mainly want to do the bonnet like this for the looks. But before i put it on i need to cut it where i want it to be because of the clearance issues.

Sorry i rambled abit there and probs didn't make too much sense...

gwenge · Post by **gwenge** » Tue May 25, 2010 7:05 pm

Here's my bumper so far. Standard ED/EC etc bumper. Cut, added plastic lip, body filler, fibreglass etc etc... The hole shall be filled with subtle mesh.

Obviously it's nowhere near finished yet >< But this bumper with the bonnet should look ok?

EllisG93 · Post by **EllisG93** » Tue May 25, 2010 7:07 pm

dude, this shall, and will look awesome!

gwenge · Post by **gwenge** » Tue May 25, 2010 7:19 pm

Thank you (:

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Tue May 25, 2010 7:48 pm

lots and lots and lots of sanding for ya

but it will look good when its done i can

picture it ,nice job