what's the deal with black tops?

[badkuk]

iniisip ko nung una, sa tunay na blacktops is that the black paint/hood is meant to better withstand the higher temps that the installed engine would generate B)

hmm i guess mas halatang 'carbon fiber' ung hood pag black, instead of matching the body color...

[ghosthunter]

regarding black hoods...

in certain types of racing, some teams use painted flat black hoods because the sunlight would glare into the driver's eyes in certain angles.

others use unpainted carbon fiber hoods to reduce the weight...

And other owners just use black hoods just to have that "racing" look for their car.

[karlbo]

matt black spray painted hoods add 20 hp. Stickers add 5 hp each.

for ricey persons...


yes, it was supposed to be carbon fiber hoods but some of the ricers dont have much money to spend for carbon fiber.. thats why they just use their paint brush to paint it black nyahahaha JOLOGs na Ricey pa...

sorry po kung may mga tinamaan... ricey lang talaga..

[oldblue]

kala ko nagsawa lang sila sa body color hood nila hehehe

[caloyski5]

some flat black hoods are also made of fiberglass ;)

[BoEinG_747]

may nakita ako na ibang parts ng underbone MC
balot ng sticker na carbon fiber look,

baka iyon ibang hood ng Civic or Corolla ay binalutan lang ng sticker

[Josh0027]

Just a thought. Diba black absorbs more heat among all the colours? In some way nakakatulong ba ito sa pagmaintain ng heat sa engine bay?

[jkaizer]

Baka supposed to look like carbon fiber lang kaya sila naka-black engine hood. Looks are subjective, depende sa tumitingin. Well, ricey or not, yun ang gusto nila eh, so I guess we can't fault them at that. Peace!

[finchy18]

depende lng yan kung ORIG fiber glass na hood aba mahala yan. hehe.. pero kung paint lng eh wag nlang kaya

[oldblue]

if paint lang and while they're at it, paint na din nila yun bubong and back compartment.