sup everybody.. over the past few months my carbon fiber hood started to develop white residue/oxidation on it..i've tried everything to take it off but it just doesn't work...the surface is not scratched so i dont know how this happened..anyone else have this problem and if so, what did you do to resolve it???...thanks everybody

 

Paint it and you wont have that problem anymore.

 

use some rubbing compound and buff it out

 

Hazing. Alot of cf hoods do that over time. Some take them to a body shop to have them sanded and reshot with clear, others just paint them to match the body.

 

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amen.. only problems other than fitment that i know of is that they look ******* stupid..

 

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Do alot of waxing...thats what I had to do to mine for it to look right again.

 

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What brand cf hood you got there?? I might try avoid buying them cuz of that problem!!

 

thanks everybody for your responses...i think im just gonna go ahead and match it with the body color cause i dont want to have to worry about this problem again in the future..so thanks everybody...oh and btw its a vis hood for whoever asked

 

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wise decision

 

I have the same problem with my vis hood. I thought they were uv protected or whatever. Anways I think it's just something that happens with time ( 2 years). I'm not sure what to do now, I don't know if I will paint it, I don't want to buy another hood.

 

Its a sign of poor quality hoods.
Many say you can prevent it with constant waxing or what-not.
It's carbon fiber smearing below the clear coat surfaces.
Sorry, but theres little that you can do.
VIS are nice hoods, good fitment and decent price. But its a fact that their quality ain't great.
As of this moment Im having a good time with my new hood; JDMshit.com

 

wet sand and reclear....

 

Some older CF hoods don't react well to waxing. When VIS first started making them, they would cloud up. You should polish the hell out of it then have it resprayed with a clear coat/UV protection. Or just get another one. VIS has good one's now. Mine has been perfect for a year and a half now.