Trip
New Member
Our racing events are starting late this year so took the liberty to change the look.
Old look
New look
I changed the colour mainly for two reasons.
1) the matt black colour was a heat magnet and with temperatures of 30Deg C. After an hr, you could not keep your hands longer than 3sec. Racing with a 3 layer racing suit, gloves, collar and helmet with windows shut closed was making it even worse.
2) You cannot polish or touch up matt colour as you will end up with patches of different shades.
Before anyone starts commenting about having the bonnet still in black and would increase heat soak bla bla bla. I have also painted the bonnet from matt black to a slightly shiny black colour (not gloss though). Also the car still needs a polish to get a smooth shiny white.
I have ordered some decals to go with the new look but i doubt they will arrive in time for the first race which is on the 1st May :roll:
Old look
New look
I changed the colour mainly for two reasons.
1) the matt black colour was a heat magnet and with temperatures of 30Deg C. After an hr, you could not keep your hands longer than 3sec. Racing with a 3 layer racing suit, gloves, collar and helmet with windows shut closed was making it even worse.
2) You cannot polish or touch up matt colour as you will end up with patches of different shades.
Before anyone starts commenting about having the bonnet still in black and would increase heat soak bla bla bla. I have also painted the bonnet from matt black to a slightly shiny black colour (not gloss though). Also the car still needs a polish to get a smooth shiny white.
I have ordered some decals to go with the new look but i doubt they will arrive in time for the first race which is on the 1st May :roll: