New carbon fibre boot ideas.

While I'm waiting for the bonnets to be churned out my mind has turned to a lightweight matching boot.

When I was down there delivering the bonnet for moulding he kindly gave me a present of a fibreglass bootlid to play with.





The things that I am going to do are:

Add another louvre for extra cooling and design the underside to take 2 small radiator fans that will expel air from the engine compartment if the ambient temp switch comes in. These don't have to be ffitted (lighter) but will give the option for better cooling if desired.



or add extra louvres to the left and right of the existing ones. Not sure what I think of this option, but it may introduce rain into areas that might not like it, such as the ECU area.



Also smoothing out the 3rd brake light recess and the key hole.



An extended bootlid spoiler will be added, extending the lip, like this



I am also thinking of a different type of high level brake light.

The standard one



is difficult to remove and replace without breaking it, and there are no aftermarket ones for clear or smoked options.

Not sure it looks OK without one and that would probably brake the law (see what I did there )



So, I dabbled with a couple of ideas.

One is to slim the light down to a single row of LEDS behind a very thin reflector.



and the other is to just drill small holes and fit round,clear dark plastic plugs, behind which would be individual LEDS. You could even wire the outer smaller ones in to the indicators and use amber LEDs. Bear in mind that they will be almost invisible when the brake light is off, I just had to make them visible so you could see them.



Or, I could recut the recess and fit an aftermarket readymade unit like this one.

http://www.spoilerlights.com/servlet/the-181/9.75%22-Front-Mount-Spoiler/Detail

It has also been suggested to smooth ot the waist line. But I quite like it as it adds a bit of style and breaks the lines up a bit.

Before



and after



So, thats the options at the minute.

Anyone got any comments or suggestions?

Can you highlight the differences between the before and after pics at the end.

I can't spot them?:shrug:

Then again, I am using a netbook with a massive 9" screen!

It is the ridge that runs from one side of the bootlid to the other, going past where the brakelight should be.

Loving the idea of a clear brake light, but would keep all the original ridges.
adding extra cut out to the grill looks more balanced, but the ones to the left and right look out of place.
Wouldn't want to lose the keyhole (even with a boot popper) , could we move the key to under the MG Badge somehow.

In general i think the TF boot lid pretty good looking allready

What about a Trophy spolier with a brake light in it.

The key hole is going. Mine has had a reversing camera in it for the last couple of years, no need for a key. You can drill a hole and fit a keyswitch if needed.

As for the Trophy spoiler, I'll leave that to someone else as I am not the biggest fan of spoilers on the F/TF.

i like the look of the extended bootlid spoiler pretty cool

cjj wrote: The key hole is going. Mine has had a reversing camera in it for the last couple of years, no need for a key. You can drill a hole and fit a keyswitch if needed.

As for the Trophy spoiler, I'll leave that to someone else as I am not the biggest fan of spoilers on the F/TF.

With no key how do you sort out a flat battery?

Don't let the battery go flat.