new bodies and old bonnets

stace · Post by **stace** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:24 pm

I have seen alot of pics on this website of widebodies with no bonnet scoops and with bonnet scoops. Am I correct in thinking that all widebodies came without the scoops ala JB and JD and that the owners are sticking on the old JA bonnets coz they look so much better. I remember when I had my old Staz the bonnet scoop is what said it all about the car.

stace

Starion VR4 · Post by **Starion VR4** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:16 pm

Yep! Yr correct! :beer

Nosaki Faki · Post by **Nosaki Faki** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:18 pm

yep, spot on Stace.

airbats801 · Post by **airbats801** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:51 pm

yeah the widebody owners like me have hood envy. Too bad they sell for 500 bucks here -_-

stace · Post by **stace** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:30 pm

500 bucks!!!! wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy the whole car????

airbats801 · Post by **airbats801** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:31 pm

naw they are pretty rare here. We didnt get the starion until 1983, so we only had the bonnets for one year, and most people cracked their head from overheating, parked it, then the car gets crushed down the road.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:50 pm

stace wrote:500 bucks!!!! wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy the whole car????

Yes.

Website · Post by **WidebodyWoody** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:09 pm

HAHAHA I got a JA bonnet here and I got it for nothing :beer Thanks again Jay.

Still gotta get the damn thing sprayed though

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sat May 17, 2008 2:30 pm

JAS sold me a silver scooped bonnet to match my car for $20nzd.... was covered in crap and alsorts but came out a treat!
Not sure if I prefer it though

Luckily I still have the flat bonnet! :D

tri26t · Post by **tri26t** » Sat May 17, 2008 6:15 pm

My Jap spec came with JA bonnet, I hope this
was the original, because the widies (jap spec)
all have JA bonnets -DONT THEY ?????

LOL : maybe not hah ??????????.
Cheers:Phil.

groupAralliart · Post by **groupAralliart** » Sat May 17, 2008 6:37 pm

No - mine has flat bonnet?

JDSTAZ45 · Post by **JDSTAZ45** » Sat May 17, 2008 6:39 pm

tri26t wrote:My Jap spec came with JA bonnet, I hope this
was the original, because the widies (jap spec)
all have JA bonnets -DONT THEY ?????

Cheers:Phil.

Nope. They came with flat bonnets, as I have the GSR-VR Jap brochure!

I'm still sitting on the fence whether they are actually better aesthetically!!

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:04 pm

I'm moving towards the flat bonnet to be honest... Think i'm going to put mine back on.
The scooped bonnet is cool but the front looks to "busy" with the extra intake.... to much with all the intakes and what not at the front.

JD_Stazza_Brendan · Post by **JD_Stazza_Brendan** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:54 pm

I like both,, On the JD the flat bonnet suits the lines, nice and smooth.

On the JA it makes it unique.
Ive got both types now to swap on the JA.

groupAralliart · Post by **groupAralliart** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:19 pm

JD_Stazza_Brendan wrote:I like both,, On the JD the flat bonnet suits the lines, nice and smooth.

On the JA it makes it unique.
Ive got both types now to swap on the JA.

I have both as well and will run what I feel like and they are easy to swap over if there are two of you anyway. I wouldnt mind doing a custom one as well with bulge like earlier EVO

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