I am going to get my CF hood painted very soon. But before starting to get quotes from painters, I wanted to get some opinions on how much painting this thing will cost. Also, what steps may I be able to take to cut down on the cost?

Any help/opinions would be greatly appreciated!

-C

 

as far as a price...i honestly dont really know, but what u could do to cut down on the cost is to prep the hood urself before sending it out for paint (i.e. wet sand and primer)

 

sounds good, can anyone else help? i need price estimates as well

 

should be around $100-150
but once you paint it you cant go back to the shiny CF nomore

 

Just get a fiberglass hood if you plan on painthing it. Waste of money for the carbon then

 

I already have the carbon. have had it for a while. it would be a waste to buy another hood. so i might as well paint the one ive got.

it has oxidized enough to either need to refinish or paint it, and im dropping the CF look. so I decided to paint it.

 

Heres a pic of my painted carbon fiber hood: I paid $250.00 to paint the hood and bumper both. I did the labor of course.

Before:



After:

 

wait, you paid $250 yet you did the labor yourself? that doesn't make sense. which part of the labor did you do yourself?

 

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Probably taking out the bonnet and bumper part?

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The hood and bumper doesn't really match the colour of the rest of the car..

 

ah, yea, taking off the hood isn't a problem. i was going to do that anyways

 

If I were you, I'd trade the hood for stock plus money. Unless you're really that concerned with the weight.

 

im concerned with the weight, and the underside of the hood looks pretty sweet. if that makes any sense at all.

also, I dont have stock colors on my car, so I'd have to paint an oem hood to adapt it to my color anyways

 

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also, I dont have stock colors on my car, so I'd have to paint an oem hood to adapt it to my color anyways</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's your car, do whatever makes you happy. I just thought I'd throw that out there.

 

oh i know, it was a good opinion

 

shouldnt be too much its just a hood.

 

i had mine painted over because the cf kept fading.

dont listen to what others are saying. oem hood is heavy, and obviously u got the lighter one for a reason. stick with it, paint it, put it on. it will look good either way.

that yellow integra looks really good. for someone to say the paint doesnt match is just dumb. look at the car in person, then decide. and either way, who the hell cares? is it a show car?

 

how much did it run you to get it painted, and what did you have to do to the hood to prep it?

 

did you see where it said that I painted the bumper AND the hood (thats where the $250 came in)?and its pheonix yellow. Lots of sanding, and priming. Thats what took the longest. I am fortunate enough to have a spray booth, and a nice gun. I also painted my friends bike plastics at the same time.

 

I'm going to be painting my hood too. CF is rice if it's not painted.
I'm going to wet sand my hood so it can look DRY, then when i spray. i'm going to thin the paint, the layer of paint will be ultra thin so the cf pathern will be seen through -if looking hard enough. Just like the Ferrari. f430
my cf hood is still very new.

My dad paints my car for free

 

That should turn out real nice. Leaps and bounds better than unpainted carbon fiber.

 

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My mom makes me cookies for free, you want one?

 

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i do, those sound pretty damn good about now.

 

I know, I could annihilate some cookies right now.