I'm going to have the car resprayed soon but I am considering removing the insulation from the underside of the bonnet. Is this purely there for sound insulation or am I risking allowing more heat to possibly damage the new paint?

I would say it stops a lot of the heat from damaging the paint moretha just for deadening sound. IMHO

Took mine off and the respray was done a couple of months ago with no signs of heat damage.

Cheers, the other reason I want to remove it is to affix mirrors as and when I get the engine all shiny. :)

Lots of people have removed these, some for cosmetic reasons, others as it may help to keep the engine cooler, not heard of anyone having problems and I certainly have not had any problems.

I just thought that if you look at most cars bonnets that have not got the padding you can see that the paint is a slightly different shade to the rest of the car due to the heat off the engine discolouring it maybe i am wrong.

ive been informed its purely for cutting down the engine bay noise

i removed it on my old zed and i have to say the bonnet went from red to pink very quickly

i removed it on my old zed and i have to say the bonnet went from red to pink very quickly

That's exactly my concern especially as I will be spending £2K on paint. I was then wondering if the under bonnet mirror panels can be fastened to the insulation and still look good.

That's exactly my concern especially as I will be spending £2K on paint. I was then wondering if the under bonnet mirror panels can be fastened to the insulation and still look good.

 

Mine's been off for about 18 months with no visible problems. I really can't see how heat from underneath the bonnet can change the paint when the underside of the bonnet and engine bay is not affected. I'm fairly sure that it's mainly due to sun damage on the top side :cool:

 

Steve :)

Mine's been off for about 18 months with no visible problems. I really can't see how heat from underneath the bonnet can change the paint when the underside of the bonnet and engine bay is not affected. I'm fairly sure that it's mainly due to sun damage on the top side :cool:

 

Steve :)

 

Steve's right, i doubt it faded entirely due to removing the insulation but it probably contributed.

First mod (if you can call it a mod) I did to mine :D

mines been ok to

Yea did it on mine 2 years ago and its fine... dump valves sound better to!

Sling it and Bling it.If you want a set of mirror panels give me a bell on 0115 9199821 as I have a spare set.

Sling it and Bling it.If you want a set of mirror panels give me a bell on 0115 9199821 as I have a spare set.

 

 

how much do you want for them? are they used?