Civic Hybrid

My CF hood is staring to really look a little shady. Startin to fade and get ruff to the touch. How would I go about saving it? I was thinkin about asking a paint/ body shop if they can just respray it with clear coat. Will that work?? Any other suggestions will be appreciated.

yessewey

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yeah i've seen a couple ppl do that and it turns out like new. or u could use that nu finish car wax i think it is and it works too, but only until it gets exposed to water then your back at where you started.

alphalanos

For best results youll need to sand off the clearcoat and re clear it. If they just spray over the existing clear coat it wont look as good.

Mingo

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That's what i did to my CF hood and it'll look like new again

Civic Hybrid

So sand it down and **** first, then go get it resprayed? Any tips on the sanding down part?? procedure? thks.

dannym88

yeah dude i have a vis carbon hood on mine and i just resprayed it with a ppg clear all the **** i needed cost me like 40bux i forget what it was a friend helped me out but we just sanded the old coat with like 800grit sand paper and used a water hose just to keep everything wet so just wet sand the **** out of it for a while like it took me a couple of hours of sanding cuz my **** was so messed up but yeah it worked

soclean1k_JDM

any pictures?
have the same issue

dannym88

yeah i never took the before pic but check out my thread on my hatch and you should see it kinda its clean from what it was before cant really see it too well tho but it's there https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2384763

94_Civic_Hatch

Regular clear or gel coat?

Will it still look good if you jus reclear it with regular clear?

dannym88

i dont really know go to your local paint dealer and just tell them your issue they should help you out that's what i did and just find somebody with a paint gun or take it to a shop if you really have to but that's my best advice i dont really know what i bought all i know was it was like a reducer or some crap and the other was the actual clear but i got ppg **** cuz that's like oem quality i didnt even have to do more than one coat and no wet sanding after the first cuz it came out so good