Wow, a pre-painted bonnet for mine, very tempting.

 

:naughty: ha ha ha. Never thought of that.

 

Does look great, just not sure whether the standard TF bumper detracts from it.

 

I'm very interested Clive, have you got any ideas on timescales etc once you have an agreed number?

 

I would have to check with the supplier, but as far as I know he is ready to go when I get the bonnet to him.

The bonnet was originally designed for the normal TF bumper Rob, and it should fit the F as well as they are the same bonnet.

I will try to mock something up.

 

Here is a rough mockup (very rough) but it gives some idea of what it looks like with the standard bumper.

You do realise Rob that Anne now thinks it looks better with the standard bumper. Dohhh.

 

P&P would be around the £30 - £40 mark. However, I would be driving down in my van to pick mine up, so anyone on the way back up then I could drop it off.

 

Thanks, and good job, on the photoshop :broon:

 

A noble gesture cjj I would like one but can't afford it. Just wanted to say good effort and stuff.

 

Can i have a plain one - no vents? I want my car to look OEM!

Edit - forget it actually CJJ it will all just get too confusing, thanks but im out! Good effort once again tho, can i nominate you for the title - lord mayor of .org?

 

Can i have a plain one - no vents? I want my car to look OEM!

I can see if he could skin the frame with a standard skin but it would still be around the same price as most of the work is on developing the fibreglass frame to take the standard fittings. He usually makes them with no fittings etc and they are held on by the racing pins.

 

Added a picture of an F mockup on the first post.

 

Looks rather tasty on Sams F............ nice :broon:


I don't want one simply because i'm a pauper at the moment for some reason

 

Could they do a fibre glass boot??
I asked about getting one in carbon fibre but didn't want to spend £5000 on one!!!!

 

I like it, but only together with the new bumper. It looks great on CJJ's car, less on the "photoshoped" TF with the MGR bumper. For the F....I would change the vents design, they are too sharp for the F, IMO. Good job, Clive.

 

The bumpers are available from different sources.

I actually think the F looks good with the bonnet.

 

Could you tell me more about the place for a spare wheel.
Does a spare wheel fit under the bonnet.

I don't want to lose the spare wheel (too many times on international roads during weekends)

 

You could fit the bonnet for looks only, without ducting the radiator. This is how mine is at the minute and it still has the full size alloy as the spare.

When I duct the radiator I might look into seeing if I can fit a spacesaver, or I might just use the gunk.

 

I still need to thank you for your effort CJJ. It has been years since people are talking about bonnet vents à la TF200HPD. You made several important steps, serving the MG scene with your mod. :URGOD:

You could fit the bonnet for looks only, without ducting the radiator.

1) What about rain/water getting in.
2) I have seen a TF last weekend with bonnet vents and a spare wheel in place. He had quite a large hole in the panel between radiator and spare wheel. He even had ome holes above the radiator (in the slampanel). Unfortunatly I haven't got under bonnet pics (yet).

 

Obviously the water does get in, but the water gets in anyway. It is a myth that the underbonnet area is waterproof. The water gets in through lots of places and there is a drain at the bottom of the spare wheel well.

It hasn't caused me any problems in the last year.

 

Interesting front bumper..........

 

I think you have done a great job and it looks lovely..

 

This is interesting. Can you provide a guide on ducting the radiator?

If you can get it under £200 then I am interested - watching the pennies at the mo.

 

This is interesting. Can you provide a guide on ducting the radiator?

I'll put you down for one.

I will be making a ducting kit in the not too distant future after I have one of the new onnets to work with. As long as it is of good standard then I will make that available for a fibreglass mould to be made so it should be a simple hack and bolt on affair.

The ducting is a fairly simple task, even if you do it yourself.

If you can pick up from the North East then I can bring it up and store it for you, so saving any P&P, unless my best route up becomes the M5 up to Carlisle. The actual cost of the bonnet will not go above £215, but may come down. It is the catch 22 situation, we need numbers to bring it down, but unless we get the numbers then it won't come down.

We need another 4 buyers before the mould is paid for, we have 3 at the moment (including me). Once it is paid for, every buyer above that brings the price down. If it doesn't break even, then we could have exclusive bonnets.

I would love to be able to just pay for the mould myself and just sell them at cost, but I can't. I am not charging for the £200+ that it has cost me to have the prototype made, that was my choice and was fun. I do need the support of the community to make this bonnet an item available to the whole community, as I can't bear all the costs myself.

So, to the 2 of you that have confirmed so far, thank you for the support.

Whereabouts in the North West are you northend?

 

The ducting for the MG TF 200HPD -

CJJ - the bonnet looks great, and fantastic that you've found someone to manufacture for you. Perhaps it may be worth handing over the design to someone like B&G to continue marketing it in the longer term? I am sure that there will be plenty of people seeing this in years to come and asking "where can I get that?"

 

The ducting for the MG TF 200HPD -


CJJ - the bonnet looks great, and fantastic that you've found someone to manufacture for you. Perhaps it may be worth handing over the design to someone like B&G to continue marketing it in the longer term? I am sure that there will be plenty of people seeing this in years to come and asking "where can I get that?"

Actually, if CJJ has paid for the moulds and these things take off, then he should do it himself. Get a few made and try ebay. Talk to a few suppliers to see if they will either stock them or let people order through them. I can see a nice little business opportunity there! What deal was struck, are the moulds owned by CJJ or the producer?

Stuff it - I'll have one regardless of price, so long as £215 is the maximum for now. How much would one cost in Carbon Fibre - out of interest? I put C/F roof, boot and bonnet on my sprint Mini and they saved loads of weight and were not prohibtively expensive (although they were readily available).

 

Agreed - if CJJ owns the moulds he can do what ever he likes with them. Whether he wants the hastle of being a trader I don't know - but established companies could take that burden in their stride. And of course CJJ could then earn some form of commission

Over to you CJJ!

Regarding carbon - that'd be nice. I suspect mini parts are much cheaper owing to volumes - but I too would potentially be interested in carbon roof/bonnet/boot/doors... assuming that I don't need to take out a mortgage to afford them!!!

 

Not sure if the bloke works in carbon, if he did it would probably push the bonnet up to £500+.

If I can recoup the money for the mould (or near enough) then I am happy for the guy to keep it and run off whatever he wants for people. If I don't recoup the costs then I will probably keep the mould for accident repair purposes and consider this a limited edition run. This means that anyone with one of these bonnets could have another made in the event of an accident. Not a nice thing to think of, but worth noting that the backup and availability of parts should be available should the worst happen.

 

The bonnets look pretty good CJJ but its a shame you can't have one made up like the HPD one

Photoshop of Purple Haze:

 

I don't like the HPD one. It is a very "functional" rectangle with slats. Looks very prototype to me, which is why I thought I would do one with a bit of design to it