carbon fiber clear coat problem
05-07-2006, 06:31 PM
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carbon fiber clear coat problem
has anyone had any issues with there carbon fiber clear coat comming off and haveing a white bubble like residue or faded look to the parts, i was at a car show to day in englishtown and it seemed 20% of the carbon fiber parts had the clear comming off and a werid whitish film, 350z stock evos ect... all kinds of cars ?
05-07-2006, 06:34 PM
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fading is the problem of all CF part.
05-08-2006, 11:00 AM
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carbon usually does not have a clear coat on it actually
05-08-2006, 09:11 PM
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So lets say someone were to buy a wing from evo-r or Nissan that has the carbon fiber insert. Would it have to be clear coated?
05-08-2006, 09:18 PM
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So lets say someone were to buy a wing from evo-r or Nissan that has the carbon fiber insert. Would it have to be clear coated?
depend.
05-09-2006, 04:06 AM
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depend.
I ended up buying the Nismo wing but what is the scenario for both these products?
05-09-2006, 07:06 AM
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Evo-R you would have to ask them
Nissan one is not coated, though you can easily have a body shop do it
05-09-2006, 01:51 PM
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yeah i know alot of the performance shops around here tell you to do at least 3 to 8 coats of clear on your carbon fiber parts
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