Anyone elses carbon fiber pieces do this?
They have not been on the car and sitting in my living room for a year or so and this is starting to form at the edges of a couple of the pieces. Never put any type of cleaning chemicals or anything on them.

 

Looks like the clear coat is just chipped at the edge...

 

that chip would probably be the least of the worries once that piece is actually on and under the car...it'll get way more tore up than that..

what you can do to prevent future chipping is to throw a couple layers of clear coat over the carbon

 

I had planned on doing 3-4 coats of clear. The chipping just seemed odd since nothing has touched them.

 

it was probably woven by immigrants in a basement and the clear coat... well.. that's just dried clear elmer's glue.

 

You could also have someone do some 3m clear film on there. That would take care of nasty chips and scratches. Clear coat can chip.

 

well. even if nothing's touched them, it also would depend on the resin mix they used and how they applied it to the fabric.. well. it also depends on where you keep it inside your house.. in the sun, or where temps fluctuate too.. that might affect the expansion/contraction of the cured resin...

or.. maybe your cat chewed on it. :P

 

no kitty, thats a bad kitty.

 

Was the CF part anywhere near pr0n, where someone might have had an accident?

 

Lol no animals got to it, its been in my closet in a box full of bubble wrap and packing peanuts.

 

What is it?

 

it's his TS diffuser. (or the vortex generator for it)