Carbon Fiber hood salvation?

[uslspct]

Can this be salvaged? And if so, should I have it clear coated when I have the rest of the car painted to make it last this time?

[gloryaccordy]

That looks bad

Prob w/CF is, from what I understand, the epoxy is the clearcoat, so once the clear coat goes, the epoxy goes, and you can't fix it

Best bet just paint it red

[Alex13mod]

You can carbon fiber wrap it :-)

[Jarrett]

You can sell it to me. I want a carbon fiber hood to paint it. I want the weight savings but could care less for the looks.

[uslspct]

You can sell it to me. I want a carbon fiber hood to paint it. I want the weight savings but could care less for the looks.

I'll end up doing that if I can't buff this out.
I've read elsewhere of people who refinished theirs so let's hear some more thoughts from people who have direct experience with this. I'm pretty sure it's only skin deep and that skin can be refinished.

[RyanD]

You can sell it to me. I want a carbon fiber hood to paint it. I want the weight savings but could care less for the looks.

I'll end up doing that if I can't buff this out.
I've read elsewhere of people who refinished theirs so let's hear some more thoughts from people who have direct experience with this. I'm pretty sure it's only skin deep and that skin can be refinished.

i dont mean to be a dick fellas and correct me if im wrong but is that not a bannable comment? just sayin not looking to get anyone banned. just looking out for you guys

[Quashish]

just start wet sanding it with like 800 and see how it goes

[Jarrett]

i dont mean to be a dick fellas and correct me if im wrong but is that not a bannable comment? just sayin not looking to get anyone banned. just looking out for you guys

That's for the beginner section. That's the way I see it anyhow. Deev may see it differently. That doesn't mean that non-beginner sections should be flooded with "sell me that" comments but I just wanted to let him know that what he had wasn't trash.

[Warudakumi]

Save the hood

I just had my carbon fiber trunk and hood recleared when I repainted the car. After my paint start started going to shit I didn't really take pictures of my car. I should have taken more before and after pictures but for some strange reason it didn't cross my mind? Here is the only picture I have that shows how bad my carbon trunk was. Just imagine that same effect on my hood right in the middle where my hot engine cooks it.

As for the Gel Coat that was originally on it, It will get yellow or milky over time and get tiny cracks etc. from the sun separating it from the weaves. It will never be perfect but you can make it look 7/10 - 8/10 with just a wet sand and re-clear. I'm very happy with the outcome of my revival and to think this was a Maaco job! *GASP*

Notice on the last picture where my flushmount and H emblem used to be. See how it's a dark grey compared to the rest of the trunk? Honestly It doesn't look bad at all since the sun kinda "yellowed out" the whole trunk and hood evenly. It almost looks like the special colored Yellow Kelvar weave hoods u can get for Civics and Integras.

I'll take better sunlight photos so you can see once this rainy weather passes through later this week. All we have is cloudy rainy skies here in California at the moment.

The hood and trunk shines like a mirror once again. The white/red things in the last hood picture was taken in the garage. It is reflecting stuff overhead and nearby but as you can see the hood is as good as new and was in pretty bad shape like my trunk before! I'd say go for it man! If you buy a new hood/trunk it will age and go to shit regardless unless your car is a garage queen and you drive it only at night. Putting more clear on a brand new hood wouldn't do any good either but seal the cheap gel epoxy clear the carbon factory put on and it will just go to shit right underneath anyways. My friends VIS hood is a good example of this when he decided to shell out for a new hood.

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[Warudakumi]

Oh forgot to mention. How does your carbon fiber hood look when you wash your car? Does getting your hood wet make it look 100x better? Sometimes you can get any idea of how it may turn out if you wet the faded clear depending on how bad it is. But truth be told you still need to wet sand and even out the sun/heat damaged clear.

[Stoner51]

I just had my carbon fiber trunk and hood recleared when I repainted the car. After my paint start started going to shit I didn't really take pictures of my car. I should have taken more before and after pictures but for some strange reason it didn't cross my mind? Here is the only picture I have that shows how bad my carbon trunk was. Just imagine that same effect on my hood right in the middle where my hot engine cooks it.

As for the Gel Coat that was originally on it, It will get yellow or milky over time and get tiny cracks etc. from the sun separating it from the weaves. It will never be perfect but you can make it look 7/10 - 8/10 with just a wet sand and re-clear. I'm very happy with the outcome of my revival and to think this was a Maaco job! *GASP*

Notice on the last picture where my flushmount and H emblem used to be. See how it's a dark grey compared to the rest of the trunk? Honestly It doesn't look bad at all since the sun kinda "yellowed out" the whole trunk and hood evenly. It almost looks like the special colored Yellow Kelvar weave hoods u can get for Civics and Integras.

I'll take better sunlight photos so you can see once this rainy weather passes through later this week. All we have is cloudy rainy skies here in California at the moment.

The hood and trunk shines like a mirror once again. The white/red things in the last hood picture was taken in the garage. It is reflecting stuff overhead and nearby but as you can see the hood is as good as new and was in pretty bad shape like my trunk before! I'd say go for it man! If you buy a new hood/trunk it will age and go to shit regardless unless your car is a garage queen and you drive it only at night. Putting more clear on a brand new hood wouldn't do any good either but seal the cheap gel epoxy clear the carbon factory put on and it will just go to shit right underneath anyways. My friends VIS hood is a good example of this when he decided to shell out for a new hood.

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You flushmount whore.

Sorry I had to

I'm with Jarrett paint it to match. Sleeper look.

steve

[uslspct]

Oh forgot to mention. How does your carbon fiber hood look when you wash your car? Does getting your hood wet make it look 100x better? Sometimes you can get any idea of how it may turn out if you wet the faded clear depending on how bad it is. But truth be told you still need to wet sand and even out the sun/heat damaged clear.

Yes, when I wet it, it looks a lot better. So it looks like I can save this. Or rather I will pay someone else to do it. And refinish my wheels...

[uslspct]

You flushmount whore.

Sorry I had to

I'm with Jarrett paint it to match. Sleeper look.

steve

Originally I was going to do that. Less weight in the car is more important to me than looks. I didn't want to look like another Honda ricer.(Do people still use that term?)
But I've gotten used to it. I have black bumpers so it kinda goes with them. And when I finally do my engine build, and repaint the car, and refinish the wheels, at least I'll have some umph underneath the hood to back up the looks.

I don't care if he offered to buy it. I probably bought something from him before.

[deevergote]

Get carbon fiber wrap.
Or just paint it black so people can laugh at your "fake" carbon fiber hood.

[AAPOQ]

Here's the cf hood I'm trying to salvage. It needs a lot of work, so I'm just sanding the crap out of it. I might end up getting fancy with it and paint a design on it....


this little little section sanded took about 2 hours to smooth out