Hood repaint vs Seibon CF
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Hood repaint vs Seibon CF
Disclaimer: I'm a noob and I'm trying to learn.
I'm trying to weight the pros and cons of a new cf hood vs a hood repaint (chrome silver 2005 base).
Due to some great stupidity on my part, I burned through the paint on my hood . Anyways, no use crying over spilled milk so I was set on getting it repainted. However, I started looking at cf hoods and I really like the look of the seibon cf vt and ts hoods. Hood repaint will cost $470 after blending into fenders (and some fender repainting too) vs the $6-700 for the cf hood.
My question is, if I care for the cf like I car for the rest of my car (wash, pre-polish bonding, polish, wax) will it still start to yellow and oxidize? The Z is my daily driver so it's out in the elements rain or shine (garage at night).
I did some searching and found that some people clear coat the hood themselves? I'm terrible at painting, and now I'm very scared of sanding/buffing paint heavily at all so that's not really a good option.
Any other considerations with a cf hood? I've never dealt with cf before so I'm trying to learn. One of my friends said it is a bad idea since cf will crack and is very weak.
If the maintenance is going to be too high I don't really wan to deal with it since oem still looks good with the aerosync n-style I'll be ordering tomorrow.
I'm trying to weight the pros and cons of a new cf hood vs a hood repaint (chrome silver 2005 base).
Due to some great stupidity on my part, I burned through the paint on my hood . Anyways, no use crying over spilled milk so I was set on getting it repainted. However, I started looking at cf hoods and I really like the look of the seibon cf vt and ts hoods. Hood repaint will cost $470 after blending into fenders (and some fender repainting too) vs the $6-700 for the cf hood.
My question is, if I care for the cf like I car for the rest of my car (wash, pre-polish bonding, polish, wax) will it still start to yellow and oxidize? The Z is my daily driver so it's out in the elements rain or shine (garage at night).
I did some searching and found that some people clear coat the hood themselves? I'm terrible at painting, and now I'm very scared of sanding/buffing paint heavily at all so that's not really a good option.
Any other considerations with a cf hood? I've never dealt with cf before so I'm trying to learn. One of my friends said it is a bad idea since cf will crack and is very weak.
If the maintenance is going to be too high I don't really wan to deal with it since oem still looks good with the aerosync n-style I'll be ordering tomorrow.
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Thanks for the fast replies!
Any idea on seibon hoods? From what some people have had issues and others think they fit perfect. I saw a more recent thread about a guy who says his hood is yellowing faster than the other cf on his car, but I don't know if that's a one off problem or if all seibon hoods are that way.
Just personal preference or....?
Just personal preference or....?
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If you are looking into Seibon "VT" hood, I'll suggest you try the REAL thing and just go with the VeilSide Version 3 hood. Instead of having the knockoff, you can have the original design at a very competitive price. PM me if you want to go with the carbon hood, I'll help you out.
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Curious as to how you burnt through the hood?
I'm trying to weigh the pros/cons of the same question man... I hit a deer recently, luckily didn't come to my windshield (had just waxed lol... slid right off) but messed up my hood nicely.
Also, I'm considering "silver" carbon fiber. Check it out... There are a few out there search for "Titanium Carbon Fiber". It might look better on a silver Z unless you're doing the NISMO skirt kit/lip in carbon fiber as well. Just an option if you hadn't thought about it yet...
I'm trying to weigh the pros/cons of the same question man... I hit a deer recently, luckily didn't come to my windshield (had just waxed lol... slid right off) but messed up my hood nicely.
Also, I'm considering "silver" carbon fiber. Check it out... There are a few out there search for "Titanium Carbon Fiber". It might look better on a silver Z unless you're doing the NISMO skirt kit/lip in carbon fiber as well. Just an option if you hadn't thought about it yet...
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Even if you get a CF hood it will still need paint so you car doesnt look like the typical 2 tone ricer civic.
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If you are looking into Seibon "VT" hood, I'll suggest you try the REAL thing and just go with the VeilSide Version 3 hood. Instead of having the knockoff, you can have the original design at a very competitive price. PM me if you want to go with the carbon hood, I'll help you out.
Curious as to how you burnt through the hood?
I'm trying to weigh the pros/cons of the same question man... I hit a deer recently, luckily didn't come to my windshield (had just waxed lol... slid right off) but messed up my hood nicely.
Also, I'm considering "silver" carbon fiber. Check it out... There are a few out there search for "Titanium Carbon Fiber". It might look better on a silver Z unless you're doing the NISMO skirt kit/lip in carbon fiber as well. Just an option if you hadn't thought about it yet...
I'm trying to weigh the pros/cons of the same question man... I hit a deer recently, luckily didn't come to my windshield (had just waxed lol... slid right off) but messed up my hood nicely.
Also, I'm considering "silver" carbon fiber. Check it out... There are a few out there search for "Titanium Carbon Fiber". It might look better on a silver Z unless you're doing the NISMO skirt kit/lip in carbon fiber as well. Just an option if you hadn't thought about it yet...
I was attempting to touch up a rock ding. The whole process was smooth until I tried to buff the touch up paint and surrounding area to look seamless. Apparently my hood paint was super thin already. I buffed with a foam pad and some "medium" buffing solution by hand. After a few rubs, right around the touchup paint it wasn't silver anymore and I could see the primer. Looks like a bird took a crap on my car all the time now since the primer is whitish.
I'm getting the aerosync n-style bumper. I'm getting it painted to match the car too, so I don't need to worry about matching cf anywhere. I personally would rather paint the cf hood to match since I don't care for the cf look, just the style of the hood. Budgets being what they are, I can't have both the cf hood AND it painted.
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