Fixing Carbon Fiber Hood
03-02-2009, 08:37 PM
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Fixing Carbon Fiber Hood
You can't really tell from this picture much but my CF Hood is starting to yellow real bad. Can anyone give me a process to make my CF hood look like brand new rather than just buying a new hood? Thanks.
03-03-2009, 11:01 AM
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youre probably better of buying a new hood...it will take hours to sand all the way through the yellow and u may not get it perfect....ive tried to do it to some little spots on one hood already and hours later nothing...
03-03-2009, 03:12 PM
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hey yea its better on getting a new hood..my friend got a seibon ts hood..kinda yellowed like yours..he brought it to get it cleared again thinking that was the problem..but no help..wasted his money on clearing the hood..it still came out yellow!
03-03-2009, 06:18 PM
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how about painting the CF Hood. Is there anything bad that can happen? Thanks for the replies by the way guys. I appreciate it.
03-03-2009, 06:55 PM
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here is another options.you can tint the cf..not sure anywhere here in norcal does it..but i did my old car down south and they tinted the cf kandy blue ( i think it only works on kandy color ) car was built back in 2003
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03-03-2009, 07:44 PM
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Your body shop shouldn't have a problem painting the hood. There gonna prep it and prime it and everything so. If I were you I would just paint it and not waste my money on a new hood. But, if you like the carbon fiber look.. I would get a new one.
03-04-2009, 10:23 AM
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isn't there a way to prevent a CF hood getting yellow ?
i think a clear bra the one used to prevent chip rocks on ur front bumper is a good thing to do for ur CF exterior ,,
i think a clear bra the one used to prevent chip rocks on ur front bumper is a good thing to do for ur CF exterior ,,
03-04-2009, 12:21 PM
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,, OP buy a new Carbon hood and add UV protection as Done_Deal_DR said ..
03-04-2009, 05:44 PM
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If you want it absolutely perfect you should go with a new hood. if you dont mind a little flaw here and there then just use a DA to sand until you hit the carbon, and re-clear the heck out of it.
On a side note, I'm down by Fresno, if you do get a new hood I'll take the old one off your hands for a few cases of beer or something. I am a composite tech, and I love projects!
Also painting CF is no different than painting any other part. Our jets are 98% carbon skinned and they are painted.
On a side note, I'm down by Fresno, if you do get a new hood I'll take the old one off your hands for a few cases of beer or something. I am a composite tech, and I love projects!
Also painting CF is no different than painting any other part. Our jets are 98% carbon skinned and they are painted.
03-04-2009, 05:54 PM
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If you want it absolutely perfect you should go with a new hood. if you dont mind a little flaw here and there then just use a DA to sand until you hit the carbon, and re-clear the heck out of it.
On a side note, I'm down by Fresno, if you do get a new hood I'll take the old one off your hands for a few cases of beer or something. I am a composite tech, and I love projects!
Also painting CF is no different than painting any other part. Our jets are 98% carbon skinned and they are painted.
On a side note, I'm down by Fresno, if you do get a new hood I'll take the old one off your hands for a few cases of beer or something. I am a composite tech, and I love projects!
Also painting CF is no different than painting any other part. Our jets are 98% carbon skinned and they are painted.
03-04-2009, 08:02 PM
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What if there are some cracking on the CF Hood. Does that affect the hood after if I end up painting it? The hood isn't THAT yellow. It's just really exaggerated in the above picture. Here's a recent picture of my car. Haha. Thanks for all the replies guys.
03-04-2009, 08:11 PM
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Just a quick question i was curious about cuz i do have to do it. Will it not mess up the carbon fiber weeve if you sand it until it hits the carbon fiber. The front of my hood has cracked from shutting it but the body shop guy said that the cracks go deep and he might not be able to get rid of them cuz he can only sand so deep
[QUOTE=angryCOWofDOOM;7033653]What if there are some cracking on the CF Hood. Does that affect the hood after if I end up painting it? The hood isn't THAT yellow. It's just really exaggerated in the above picture. Here's a recent picture of my car. Haha. Thanks for all the replies guys.
The cracking may affect the hood if you paint it, think of it just like a fiberglass part that has spidercracks. You'll want to sand until you get thru the cracks then paint.
IMO if youre planning on painting the hood, I'll swap my CS for your CF hood....! (then you dont have to worry about cracking at all!
03-05-2009, 04:57 PM
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I went to my body shop today and they said they would charge me 300 to reclear it. If I reclear it, is there a chance it will yellow as fast as it did? I've had my CF hood since September 2008. I don't want to waste my money reclearing my hood and in 6 months again I would have to reclear it. Haha.
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