CF Hood Damage.. Is it repairable?
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Yes you can fix it to look like new in most cases..
My friend's MR2 had a 5 year old border style carbon fiber hood, it had some really heavy oxidization haze. He wetsanded the hood and shot some laters of clear coat on it, when he was finished it looked like new. Also, if you're good with resin you can repair any cracks.
I had a supra carbon fiber on special order for a customer, when it arrived we noticed it had a broken corner, it was actually bent over pointing the wrong direction! The customer wanted the hood and didn't want to wait, so we took it to a body shop, $130 later when we got the hood back we couldn't tell which side originally had the damage
How to fix a carbon fiber hood
Here's an article that explains it in more detail.
My friend's MR2 had a 5 year old border style carbon fiber hood, it had some really heavy oxidization haze. He wetsanded the hood and shot some laters of clear coat on it, when he was finished it looked like new. Also, if you're good with resin you can repair any cracks.
I had a supra carbon fiber on special order for a customer, when it arrived we noticed it had a broken corner, it was actually bent over pointing the wrong direction! The customer wanted the hood and didn't want to wait, so we took it to a body shop, $130 later when we got the hood back we couldn't tell which side originally had the damage
How to fix a carbon fiber hood
Here's an article that explains it in more detail.
Last edited by carbonfiberhood; 11-13-2011 at 09:27 PM.
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Just paint it body color and leave CF accents around the vents. Simple , easy and looks so much better than a bare CF hood.
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there are certainly others deals to be had.
theres a nice ts style for sale in marketpalce now for 300 bucks, and i just copped a vis fusion hood w one big scratch for 120 dollars on ebay from a guy who has a 370 now.. 50 to ship greyhound.. ftw.
Covering it in matching flat black vinyl except for the vents of course.
theres a nice ts style for sale in marketpalce now for 300 bucks, and i just copped a vis fusion hood w one big scratch for 120 dollars on ebay from a guy who has a 370 now.. 50 to ship greyhound.. ftw.
Covering it in matching flat black vinyl except for the vents of course.
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