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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 09:39 PM
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I bought a cabon fiber hood for my civic coupe used and the clear coat is a little beat up and it has a little crack on the clear coat. anybody know how this can be fixed? any help would be really appreciated thank you guys and girls very much
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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in on one!
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 02:59 AM
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Get some sandpaper and start sanding off the clearcoat. Then re-clear the hood.
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 08:14 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by toyomatt84 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get some sandpaper and start sanding off the clearcoat. Then re-clear the hood. </TD></TR></TABLE>
any steps on how to do that? how long would it take? thanks for the help
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 09:06 AM
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just sand it with 1000 then 2000 real nice make sure theirs not alot of lines everywhere then clear it
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by M7EG6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just sand it with 1000 then 2000 real nice make sure theirs not alot of lines everywhere then clear it</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 04:30 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by M7EG6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just sand it with 1000 then 2000 real nice make sure theirs not alot of lines everywhere then clear it</TD></TR></TABLE>
ANY PICTURES OR FORUMS OF THIS ON HERE? THANKS FOR THE HELP GUYS
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 11:41 PM
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 08:15 PM
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up for more info
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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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one of these days ill make a "how to " on reclearing your carbon fiber hood. next time i get one from a customer that needs to be recleared ill take pics and do a write up.
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 03:07 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IMPATIENT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">one of these days ill make a "how to " on reclearing your carbon fiber hood. next time i get one from a customer that needs to be recleared ill take pics and do a write up.</TD></TR></TABLE>
u should do that dude
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 05:58 PM
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bump me too hood is losing its clear coat
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