ok so i really badly need a new bonnet asap due to some bad dents and nationals is only weeks away, will a brava bonnet fit due to the colour of my car being easy to find in a brava but not bravo and is it a pain to replace?? thanks alot

yes, a Brava bonnet will fit! Open the bonnet, disconnect the washer jet hoses and there are a few bolts that need to be undone! You will need another person to hold and lift it off with you! And will need a bit of tinkering to get the new bonnet to line up!!

Bravo - brava and Marea bonnets are all the same.

To fit is dead easy.
1 Lift bonnet and disconnect the washer jet water pipe.

2 Where the hinge attaches to the underside of the bonnet there are 2x 13mm bolts (I think they are 13mm) on each hinge

3 have someone to help lift the bonnet off as when you undo the bolts there wont be much to support it, and you don't want to scratch the wing edges.

hope this helps

ha ha Klemster, great minds think alike


Jake, before removing the old bonnet, where the hinges are against the underside of the bonnet draw around the hinge on the underside of the bonnet with a marker pen or tipex. This will allow you to reallign the bonnet

bridges said:

Jake, before removing the old bonnet, where the hinges are against the underside of the bonnet draw around the hinge on the underside of the bonnet with a marker pen or tipex. This will allow you to reallign the bonnet

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good idea!!

thanks alot guys now iv got the difficult bit of finding one!!!

Whats your colour code Jake, if I see one in my local salvage yard then I will notify you.

bridges said:

Whats your colour code Jake, if I see one in my local salvage yard then I will notify you.

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brill but what do mean colour code??
i knows it lichen green if that helps, all of the salvage yards around me have them but it totally the wrong colour, a sprayers quoted me 130 without vat which i didnt think was too bad to be fair??

bit pricey. £100 inc vat would be a ball park figure.

Paint code is a code used by sprayers to identify the paint.
the code tells someone mixing the paint from scratch what is needed. As in if a mixer has the code they could mix the paint from it without seeing the car.

will be on the boot lid or boot lid surround area..

Colour code for Lichen Green is 359/A if thats any help...

well iv know bought a new bonnet for £30 quid its in the dark purpley colour, gonna have to get it sprayed i just couldnt find the lichen green anywhere, sprayer quoted me around £150 inc vat....does that sound about right, its the first thing iv ever had to get sprayed before?? thanks

i know the price of paint has gone up a lot over the last 2 years, but i would still say £150 is expensive. get a dozen quotes before you decide what a fair price is.

As jug says.

water-base paint is around £30 a litre. plus lacquer.
however 1ltr should be enough for your car.

brilliant cheers chaps ill get looking for a few different sprayers first then!!

whooooooooooooooops

meant to put £30 for half a litre. This should just do it though.
maybe your chap budgeted for an entire litre.

Jake.

Make sure you find a good sprayer. Spraying is a lot more difficult than people realise and the quality of paint and expertise of the sprayer will all be evident in the finish.

cheers bridges
luckily theres a good bodyshop in my local town so i should be ok!! (fingers crossed)