Do all bugeye/newage have alloy bonnets?
25 August 2013, 10:59 PM
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Do all bugeye/newage have alloy bonnets?
Or is my uk300 special lol?
Noticed a little while ago its got an alloy bonnet and wondered if its std?
Noticed a little while ago its got an alloy bonnet and wondered if its std?
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26 August 2013, 10:33 AM
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All bugs (uk / jap / wagon / wrx / STi) have alloy bonnets.
I dented my bug WRX alloy bonnet on day 1 of ownership
dent man said the desigh is such that it's difficult to get out at the front where it curves over so I left it. eventually bought a carbon one 
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I dented my bug WRX alloy bonnet on day 1 of ownership
dent man said the desigh is such that it's difficult to get out at the front where it curves over so I left it. eventually bought a carbon one Shaun
26 August 2013, 10:52 AM
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Despite the shocking reception of the bugeye (and boy was Subaru quick to change it) they actually got a few things right......STi intercooler, 6 speed box etc. another plus was that all the models were slated to have an alloy bonnet.
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26 August 2013, 11:01 AM
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On a plus note, the classic steel bonnet I did was made of the same gauge steel used to make ships. Bugger that was tough
26 August 2013, 11:10 AM
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All i can say is the bug wrx bonnet was noticeably heavier and much harder to cut than the blob sti bonnet. If it is alloy then its of much thicker gauge than the sti. Infact, my own classic sti alloy bonnet was lighter and easier to cut than the bug wrx.
On a plus note, the classic steel bonnet I did was made of the same gauge steel used to make ships. Bugger that was tough
On a plus note, the classic steel bonnet I did was made of the same gauge steel used to make ships. Bugger that was tough
It's possibly had a pattern / copy bonnet fitted. Not unusual at that age of car.
26 August 2013, 11:48 AM
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i have both a wrx and sti sitting on the drive at the minute so i have done a check with a magnet and much to my surprise the magnet sticks to neither bonnet but does to every other panel.
the wrx bonnet did feel a lot heavier when i fitted bonnet lifters though.
so id say both are alloy.
the wrx bonnet did feel a lot heavier when i fitted bonnet lifters though.
so id say both are alloy.
04 February 2018, 08:14 AM
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Same as on my 2007 Hawk, definitely ally. I have a magnetic torch that won't stick to it. I lifted up a classic bonnet once, couldn't believe the weight difference.
04 February 2018, 06:18 PM
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Thread is 5 years old lol
But yes all WRX and STI newage models, blubeye, blobeye and hawkeye all have aluminium bonnets
But yes all WRX and STI newage models, blubeye, blobeye and hawkeye all have aluminium bonnets
Originally Posted by neil scooby wag
I have 54 plate wagon. That has an alloy bonnet. It’s way too light to be anything else.
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