Carbon fiber or not?
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Carbon fiber or not?
I'm looking into getting a carbon fiber hood for my 92 hatchback but I see alot of people selling their cf hoods? Is there something I'm missing? Are thy not worth it or what? My hood now is dented and bent a little, I'm just curious why a lot of people sell em?
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Re: Carbon fiber or not?
Not. The clearcoat oxidizes or flakes off. Some cheaper one turn yellow. Fitment is an issue as well. I'll never do CF on the exterior of any car I own again.
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That being said, I'll also never put any CF parts on my cars again.
My old EM1 with CF hood, lip, foglight covers, and trunk too.
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As long as it's a major brand of hood as 2lem1 said. My VIS have held up well for the last 4 years, and is only just now starting to show some wear around the edges. The main body of the cf is still in great shape. I don't wax mine though, I just keep it as clean as possible as regularly as possible, and keep it out of the sun as much as I can.
I'd do it again considering how much the stock hood and trunk on the del Sol weigh.
I'd do it again considering how much the stock hood and trunk on the del Sol weigh.
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I forgot to mention I live in the Phoenix area, so the carbon fiber would take a severe beating out here, today isn't bad, only 101°
But more than likely I'll just get an oem replacement for the one I have now, thanks for the input guys!!
But more than likely I'll just get an oem replacement for the one I have now, thanks for the input guys!!
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Damn 101 I'm going to phoenix tomorrow.... But i have a carbon fiber top on my sol and it turned yellow and thefiber is starting to show... As said its not pretty for outside but also mine came with the top when I bought it so idk how old it is
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As with anything, there are two types of driving. Either daily driving, or track use.
For daily driving, CF is purely bling factor. It's harder to maintain than painted sheet metal, and more expensive to repair if, say, a heavy rock hits it. Painted sheet metal dents, paint chips, CF breaks. I personally thing CF has fallen into the label of "rice", which people are trying to get out of, thus what you've seen of people selling their CF pieces.
For track use, CF is lighter. It can make your car lighter, giving you shorter lap times, but better tires will do more for times than CF will. It's one of those "ok, I've done absolutely everything else allowed in my class, how else can I go faster?" kinds of things.
Personally, I love CF, but I prefer it to be painted. I'll be putting as many CF pieces on my car as I can, but I'll be spending money maxing out the motor first.
For daily driving, CF is purely bling factor. It's harder to maintain than painted sheet metal, and more expensive to repair if, say, a heavy rock hits it. Painted sheet metal dents, paint chips, CF breaks. I personally thing CF has fallen into the label of "rice", which people are trying to get out of, thus what you've seen of people selling their CF pieces.
For track use, CF is lighter. It can make your car lighter, giving you shorter lap times, but better tires will do more for times than CF will. It's one of those "ok, I've done absolutely everything else allowed in my class, how else can I go faster?" kinds of things.
Personally, I love CF, but I prefer it to be painted. I'll be putting as many CF pieces on my car as I can, but I'll be spending money maxing out the motor first.
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i live in vegas and i had my cf ViS hood for about 5 years but i always used wax and spray wax (on entire car) and when i sold it last year still looked as good as new, can't say the same for a friend of mine who bought a no name cf hood from a local shop within a few months it started turning a yellow/gold-ish shade and the fitment was'nt so good
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