I was wondering the best way to clean up/refresh a carbon fiber hood that has seen better days, I have tried rubbing compound, wax polish, all that good stuff and it just doesnt seem to do the job, I was thinking about wet sanding it with 2000 grit, and then repeating the steps I had already done, has anyone we sanded there CF hood before? or does anyone have any other ideas that may help me out? Thanks

 

have you tried buffing?

 

yeah my buddy did that, he bought his car with a carbon fiber hood that was all oxidized and stuff, we buffed as much as we could. but it was too deep. ended up sanded it down and re-clearing it. turned out good.

 

If my CF hood has a deep crack in it, is there any way to repair it?

If not, I'll just resort to sanding it and just painting it the same colour as the car.

 

when you re-sand it do you have to re clear coat it? or can you just buff it?

 

just don't sand down all the way through the clear. if it's from a quality brand there should be more then one coat of clear, so you can wetsand and buff. but if not, you might need to re clear.


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If not, I'll just resort to sanding it and just painting it the same colour as the car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i don't think there's a way to fix it except for spreading some plastic bondo and painting it the same color as your car.

 

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i don't think there's a way to fix it except for spreading some plastic bondo and painting it the same color as your car. </TD></TR></TABLE>

snaps.

Looks like I have no choice but for me to do that. Oh well, at least the hood is light.

 

haha weight reduction ftw

 

couldnt you just paint it like carbon fiber if the spot was small enough?

 

would the scheme of paint look weird if i paint the CF hood. Ive heard it has different proccess then when painting metal n plastic

 

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up for answer!