Hey guys so I've made a terrible mistake of buying a used VIS Evo style hood last night.

It's not in terrible shape but it's nowhere close to nice either

Structurally it's good, there are no cracks that I can see. Minor chippin on the edges by the firewall.

The worst part is that it's been spray painted and in some areas the fiber weave can be seen/felt.

I may or may not put this on (still have my stock hood thank god) but I figure it'll be a fun side project.

I know it will take a **** ton of sanding and some bondo work before it's ready to be painted (or wrapped)

What I need help is getting the prepping materials. I dont think regular sand paper is sufficient, in some areas the spray paint is THICK

What kind of sanding block should i get? (grit?) where do I get these?

Is bondo work something I should attempt??

 

 

Sandpaper should be enough in my opinion. If you want to strip it completely then start with 80 grit or something. If I was you I would lever everything out with 120, then put a layer of rage, sand with 120-220-320, then primer filler. Sand that to 600, and then ur base/clear or single stage.

 

wtf is a layer of rage ?lol

yeah I guess i'll start with a really low grit sand block and see how it goes...

 

Flex nuts all over the hood = layer of rage



Um, other than that, I watched a video on youtube :

 

Appologizes,
RAGE is a type of bodyfiller made by Evercoat. It's much better than "bondo".

 

thanks m8

mine is in much worse condition though because of the layer(s) of spray paint the p.o did as well as various pitting and chips

 

thanks! I'll look into this

 

Carbon Fiber doesn't just have clear shot onto it, it has a resin/gel coat put on first. Usually, this is actually what starts to fade and turn yellow, not the clear coat. If you are trying to restore it to original carbon fiber, I would suggest taking it to a legit body shop and having them cut and buff it.

If you're going to paint it, just clean it, rough it up, and spray it.

 

Yeah I don't think the CF look can be revived . There are some sections where the weave can be felt so the gel coating is gone in those areas

 

If only the rest was like this

 

Just asked two painters


They said anywhere from 2-250 to fix and paint it EBP

That's not bad!


And now we think...........

 

Found OPs hood

 

Funny part is, that literally is a VIS hood lol