I have a crack in my carbon fiber hood, what can i do to prevent it from getting worse? Here are some pics:






Modified by zach1288 at 6:15 PM 4/30/2007

 

damn dude that sucks i dont think you can really fix that i mean you could but you might hgave to paint it a full solid color instead of having the CF weave

 

Pretty much your only chance is to try stoping it now. You will have to sand the entire hood down and try to buff it back. But it looks like it has already gotten below the clear coat.

Sorry but there might be no saving it.

 

Will it just keep spreading!?

 

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Its hard to tell. But 9/10 it will...I know that one spot will get bad but I dont know if it will keep spreading or not.

 

I know with fiberglass you drill a little hole at both ends, cauing it to stop. Then just fill the hole in and color match it to your car.

 

Anyone else have ideas?

 

You might try filling the crack with clear nail polish (which is almost identical to clear coat) this MIGHT fill the crack enough to the point where it won't spread, however there are no garauntees. Once you paint over it with the nail polish you would have to wait for it to harden and then sand it down and polish it out. This would be a temporary fix and may or may not work. In the end though you are either going to have to sand the whole area down and re-spray the clear or just suck it up and buy another hood.
Sorry man that really blows.

 

I'd say maybe drill through the depth of the crack at both ends to keep it from spreading, then grind down along the crack itself. get some clear resin and fill the hold, when the resin's hard, sand the area so it's smooth then give it a polish then a shot of clear.

 

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Thats your only way to stop it from spreading.