Hi guys,

 

Looking to buy a carbon fibre bonnet and was wondering what the difference was between seibon and vis carbon products. I already have the vis carbon fibre boot lid so ideally wanted the bonnet but the shipping time is too long.

 

Thanks

 

Sav

Think seibon is only oem style ( might be wrong) , vis have a few styles,

 

I have a vis on my zed, fits well for a carbon bonnet, though not perfect, I think it's fibreglass frame underneath.

 

Definitely suggest bonnet pins/ areocatchs as it flexes more then the oem one.

Thanks for the reply mate, my main concern was if there was a difference in the weave and colour as my vis has a brown tint and as for the style, im looking for an oem style anyway, standard flat carbon bonnet. Waiting time is maximum 15days on seibon and over 2months on vis.

Not actually seen a seibon one in person, but i've 3 different brands of carbon on my zed, vis, apr, and an unknown one all have nearly identical weave and are the same colour. Don't know for sure on seibon, but personally given they aren't cheap and there next to know chance of returning one, I wouldn't take the chance, id wait for the vis one to match your boot.

 

Where have you tried for vis one? Think conceptz list them might be worth a call.

Yeh i was thinking they may be similar but have a feeling it may be slightly different in colour. And the onLy place i can find on a uk website is vividracing, i dont really trust anything else and when importing the courier costs are way too much.

Have you contacted vividracing? As iirc they are actually a us company, they just have a few European websites active.

 

I remember when I was looking I couldn't find any UK suppliers of vis. Only UK bonnets were seibon.

 

I got lucky in the end, mine was second hand off a member on here.

 

Importing could be fun, but i've bought alot from both conceptz and z1 in the states, apart from a communication issue at one point. Have had no problems.

Edited August 14, 201411 yr by (adl) phoenix