You could always try a shop and see if they can color match from your color code.

 

I'll probably do that thanks

Two words.. Black top! haha

haha That's what the boyfriend was saying also....

 

Two words.. Black top! haha

 

i think it would look great painted tidal wave blue but either way if you go with black Yeah i would do the roof black aswell

 

ya ill probably paint it black just to make it look a little better but when i get the $$ id like it all to be blue so i don't think ill paint the roof .....

any thoughts on the hood itself? i hated the look of it when i first got it, i wanted to trade for a stalk hood but now its kinda growing on me??

 

Its a pretty boss hood, I bet it will look good paint matched. I wonder how it would look if you had the lip taped around the front and sides of the extractor part, kind of two tone look. Ive seen it on some vehicles and it looks hot. Wouldnt work too well though if the cf is completely faded out :/

 

Its a pretty boss hood, I bet it will look good paint matched. I wonder how it would look if you had the lip taped around the front and sides of the extractor part, kind of two tone look. Ive seen it on some vehicles and it looks hot. Wouldn't work too well though if the cf is completely faded out :/

+1, the hood looks decent in shape, not too flashy but a little different.
I agree with the "2 tone" look. For grins, you can wet sand some areas with 600 grit or finer. Then hit the area with some clear to see how it will look.
I think it will be fine.

So, my vote is paint most of it to match the car with some "highlights" in CF showing covered in clear.

You will also want to find some heat shielding for the inside of the hood, it can help make the paint last longer.
I've used a mylar covered "bubble wrap" before.

I did similar to my CF Subaru hood. The OEM hood was steel & about 80lbs (no joke) so I bought a CF hood. The CF hood had a scoop like the OEM, so I had the opening masked out to simulate the OEM hood scoop insert. Then had the hood paint matched with the CF area clearcoated.
Looks like a CF overlay when it's not.
I like the "sleeper" look.

PS, my new hood weighs about 9lbs, big weight savings.

 

Here are some better pictures of the hood...

 

That hood need some good ol' TLC, I think black would be just fine.

 

check it out, You can buy tidal wave blue here, you will need to buy clear coat as well
http://www.automotivetouchup.com/choosecolor/buypaint.aspx

 

Perfect! Thanks

 

decided to plasi dip it for now (well can sprayed it anyway) turned out pretty good!

 

Looks real good.

 

I wetsanded, primered, and painted my carbon fiber hood black because it was faded pretty bad...looks brand new now

 

wow that turned out pretty good!

 

I will probably get a top coat on it eventually to make it glossy instead of the matt but im happy with it

 

Damn that looks good. pretty surprised it didn't turn out kinda stripey just using the plain white tip that comes with it.

 

I am too! i just went and got 3 cans of it at home depot and didnt do anything special just sprayed it right on

 

looks great!!

 

Great job! I need to bring in the guns and clean up my CF hood as well. Its yellow and sundamaged. -_-