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Varis Carbon Fiber Bonnet for 06 Facelifted Subarus


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Oops sorry, didn't read properly. You asked about air scoops and I answered about the vents.

 

Maybe a Rex owner can educate us on what is beyond the hole of the airscoop and how the design keeps water out of the engine...

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Neutral Newbie

actually ... i was thinking of the vent!!

[laugh][laugh] dunno the terms.. pai seh

 

the air scoop of WRX i 'studied' on my fren's before

that one have the intercooler at the air scoop end.

top mounted intercooler.

 

cos i wld think the VENTs (heehee) might be designed

in such a way that it's very min water can reach the engine

bay but air can be still ventilated.

hmmm

interesting [;)]

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Neutral Newbie

nice cra u have tehre let alone the carbon fibre.. i wld leave it on if i were u... maybe becoz urs a conti car so u decided to spray it. anyway nice stuff!

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I must say though, the vents are very effective in cooling down your engine. I notice that engine cools down much faster compared with before. Good for being stuck in traffic.

 

When you put your hands over them, it feels like you can cook an egg with the heat rising up...

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Neutral Newbie

i think so too

since hot air raises, and to have thoes vents

make a lot of sense. [thumbsup]

but the only not so good thing is that water will

get in too lor [thumbsdown]

and potential damages from water cld outweight the

benefits??

hmmmmmmm [dizzy]

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You're right.

 

In my case, I identified that my xenon ballast will kena water when I wash the car, so I fabricated shields to block the water.

 

For those who are interested, here's the process:

 

I noticed that I could see the xenon ballasts from vents. That's probably means water will get to it

 

BallastExposed.jpg

 

 

 

So, off I went to my mechanic to ask him to make some kinda shielding to prevent that. "Oi sai!" he said...

 

 

 

Measuring and designing the shields

 

Measuring.jpg

 

 

 

Cutting the aluminium sheet

 

Cutting.jpg

 

 

 

Test fitting

 

Test.jpg

 

 

 

Spraying the shields black to make it not so ugly

 

Spraying.jpg

 

 

 

Using double sided tape to stick the shields on for easy dismantling if needed

 

FittingShield.jpg

 

 

 

Shields are on! Notice the 2 bottom corners

 

Shielded.jpg

 

 

 

 

Xenon ballasts should be water-safe now....

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Neutral Newbie

'Very cool I'll be ordering the Rex version shortly but without those side air vents, I prefer just the plain scoop, deciding if i want to add in the cooling plate below the scoop.'

 

how much would tt cost? btw, where r u gg to do it? i might want to do it once i get my car.

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Neutral Newbie

wow ! that's a very nice colour !

 

didn't know we can spray paint onto carbon fibre bonnets,

 

thought it will be slightly wavy and stuff ..

 

very very nice !

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so sayang, you went to spray paint the CF bonnet. if you have wanted a lighter bonnet, it will be much cheaper to get a fibre glass one... quite a waste not being to see the CF (though the 2 grille are still CF)

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Thanks for the kind words Czchome.

 

I think you can spary paint onto almost anything lah, haha. Yes, it's very very difficult to get CF to appear smooth after painting. Thge preperation work is extremely tedious and your painter best have lots of experience with painting CF. That's very seldom the case as CF usually is left unpainted.

 

As experience as my painter is, he also said there is no way you can get CF to be as smooth as metal. He also said the quality of the CF bonnet is very important and that the cheaper bonnets simply cannot be made to look smooth when painted due to the rough finishing. For my bonnet, under certain light and certain angles, you can still see a bit of waviness. But compared with some painted bonnets I have seen, it's not too bad.

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Actually, if it's just for looks, don't even need to do that. Just buy universal vents from Garage R or something and ask a workshop to cut the holes and install can already.

 

Don't have fibreglass one for my car leh... Raw CF looks too fierce for my slow car lah...

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Yay got the Rex version today but without the 2 side air vents for my black ride looks good [thumbsup] got nice 3D effect all over my bonnet now. [inlove]

 

1 question tho if the UV layer of the CF bonnet gets scratched or something there's no way to restore it just paint right? We can't polish a CF bonnet?

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CONGRATS BRO!!

 

You must post picture lah! Faster faster faster!

 

No way to repair. So better be careful. I ask my installer and he said "can repair, use sticker to cover then repair already lor..."

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Neutral Newbie

how much did you get it for and where??

 

CF can be painted over, but i believe the process is much more tedious. coz they cant just paint it over just like that. the paint work will be wavvy because ofthe CF finish.

 

anyway congrats on ur new hood!! [thumbsup]

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