hey guys ,

was involved in a recent accident ( will post extensive pics later to see how much u guys think there is in damage) and my vis carbon fiber hood wasnt damaged , but got chipped in 2-3 places on the edges about the size of half a dime or so. it bothers me and i would like to know if it is possible to repair or would i have to buy a new one? this may be the wrong forum but please help. thanks

 

anybody?

 

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Yes it can be repaired. Whether you'll like the way it looks after the repair is a different question. When you do go to repair it, make sure that the resin you use will harden clear (almost all of them say they do but still have a yellow tint, so test out a few). If nothing else you can repair it and paint it

 

ahh i c... do u know of any places that do quality work like no yellow showing ?

 

I had the same question. My hood has a crack in it from where my wastegate hit orginally. I was wondering if I could just sand out the crack and then reresin it? I would then need to reclear it correct?

 

It will look like *** in my opinion, I would repair it and paint it. Carbon Fiber hood not painted=fasion. Carbon fiber hood painted=function. Carbon fiber dont buy it for looks, paint it!!!


[Modified by b16matt, 10:13 AM 2/17/2003]

 

Then again, one might argue the true hardcore way is to leave it unpainted. Paint = extra wieght and extra expenses (expenses that could be put towards improving the car in more important ways.)

 

 

 

i like the other kind of hardcore......

 

Lol

Well, if you like the other kind of hardcore, better do it right. Get the hood repaired, completely painted, and place all those emission info stickers, etc. that are under the OEM hood, in the exact same spots on the CF hood. I guess that would be the other hardcore.

 

can we get back on topic anymore help would be good.

 

what exactly is chipped. Is it just a chip in the clear or is it an actual chip in the CF. Post pictures.....

 

Sorry, you are right...back to the top.

 

Carbon Fiber is very strong durable material, and if you cracked it, you did not get the real thing, you got a cf "look-a-like" hood, which is actually made out of fiberglass.

If you hit a car at 150mph T bone style, and if you had the real CF hood, your hood would just pop off and fly and stumble on teh ground and still remain in its orginal shape, just broke the mounts off.

 

the hood did not break on impact and i was surprised. it took a beating but the suv did swipe the hood at 40 mph and chipped it a bit. its not a scratch for sure. i dunno what to do.

 

Got a picture of the damage?

 

Mine had a small crack in it. I just sanded down a small section and put a decal over it . to decals to a 100$ CF hood

 

paint your ccf hood plus it would look cleaner

 

painted = sleeper look

 

double friggin wrong. Yes CF is extremely strong. It's also lightweight. But it is extremely brittle. If you think things are being built out of CF for their durability, well ....... no, just plain no. Regular fiberglass is more impact resistant as it is more flexible. If you t boned a car at 150 there would be little splinters of carbon everywhere(hell, there would be little splinters of everything everywhere). Wait, no..... if the mounts were really shitty it could pop off, but it would still be in a million pieces afterwards.

 

i agree and cleaner