Carbon Fiber Hood

[dimedragin22s]

Got a customer with a carbon fiber hood and its been cleared before now some of the edges are peeling and the rest of the clear on it does't look all that good, crap in it and some dull spots. I was thinkg blocking it w/ 320 since its kind of wavey, then 320da, finish it in 400 and reclear? Any other ideas or has anyone cleared a carbon fiber hood? Someone around here sayed he used an adesion promter after he did graphics to help the clear stick.

[Sir Toad]

it's probably ruined....even if you get the delamming clear to featheredge out,you will still have a halo when you reclear it....and 320 blocking will not straighten 'waviness' and if you could block it and break through the resin it would be ruined anyway

don't even touch it...it's a no win situation unless you paint it,which is not an option if he wants the carbon fiber look

[MetalMafiaCustoms]

yeah id say its pretty gone.. i wouldnt even touch it unless your painting the whole thing

[dimedragin22s]

yea i figured its pretty much screwed and not even worth it

[andrewmp6]

Welcome to cheap carbon fiber parts.

[Maverick2664]

i dont have any experience with CF body parts, but i can say that just like joe said, you will probably see the halo in the old clear, the only way around that would be to sand the old clear completely off the entire sirface, but thats risky as you could possibly break through the gel coat

if i had to do it, it would only be for a friend and it would have a "no gaurentee" stipulation attached to it

[dimedragin22s]

yea when he brought it in to have the roof paint i looked at it again and it wasn't worth messing with, told him that only thing was to paint it, he said hell probally have it paint down the road then

[Xaos.]

carbon is not that more dificult than fiberglass, with the exception if you break threw the gel coat it will screw the fibers up. if you keep going down iwith a fine grit till its all smooth and respray a gel coat then clear it it may turn out ok I still would tint the clear if its on a black car or even tint it a little anyways. I had clear problems on my bmw from the factory i should of shipped it back but it took them 3 hoods to get one to me in one piece(fed ex retards tryied moving the box around by them selves and kept dropping them.) so I had to do a little work my self on my hood and bmw carbon is not cheep let me tell ya. but worth ever cent. dropped 30+lbs off my hood. if i was you id try ****ing with it and if it turns out like shit it was prob trashed any ways but you will have the experiance of working with it. most boating places can get the reson and hardner

[Daveman2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Xaos.

carbon is not that more dificult than fiberglass, with the exception if you break threw the gel coat it will screw the fibers up. if you keep going down iwith a fine grit till its all smooth and respray a gel coat then clear it it may turn out ok I still would tint the clear if its on a black car or even tint it a little anyways. I had clear problems on my bmw from the factory i should of shipped it back but it took them 3 hoods to get one to me in one piece(fed ex retards tryied moving the box around by them selves and kept dropping them.) so I had to do a little work my self on my hood and bmw carbon is not cheep let me tell ya. but worth ever cent. dropped 30+lbs off my hood. if i was you id try ****ing with it and if it turns out like shit it was prob trashed any ways but you will have the experiance of working with it. most boating places can get the reson and hardner

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[alarm_the_alarm]

Quote: Originally Posted by Daveman2

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LMAO. Agreed. Id paint the hood. shaving weight and it looks stock. Sleeper

[Xaos.]

if you tards read what i said it reflects what he said. except i would try ****ing with it because even if it has a halo it can be tinted or painted and its still a light weight hood! I got more carbon fiber on my m3 bmw than metal. and I made most of it my self so when it comes to carbon I do have a clue. Im not a body guy by nature but I do know enough. there is only one real way to learn body work and thats hands on if you dont try, you dont learn! there for id say go for it if the hoods shot then there is nothing to loose but a little time and material but the know how is priceless.

[dimedragin22s]

well i dont get paid for trying

[Maverick2664]

Quote: Originally Posted by dimedragin22s

well i dont get paid for trying

exactly, like i said earlier, if it was for a friend, i wouldnt have a problem messing with it in my free time, but if its a paying "by the book" job at the shop than i probably wouldnt touch it... if i did, it would strictly be a "i do this once and youre gonna be happy with it" sorta thing, no warranty

ive seen stuff like this come back to bite shops in the ass, you try to help someone out and you end up getting burned

[Xaos.]

oh ya as a shop deal RR is always the way to go you end up saving a but load of time and pull more profit. there in and out an warranty isnt a issue, with something like that its going to take you a while and the labor will exceed the cost of replacement 10 fold but if it was something that is out of production or custom then it may be worth dicking with but from a shop stand point ya buy a new one. but if it was something like you said for a friend our your self then maybe.

[88GMCs-15]

ya dont bother.. get him to buy a new one and you take the old one home and play with it. i agree with Xaos about the pissing around with it part.

[Sir Toad]

Quote: Originally Posted by Daveman2

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[Maverick2664]

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