I have VIS carbon fiber hood and the sun ahs not been good to it..... ....are there any tricks (waxes, polishes etc...) to get his thing looking good again?


Modified by 1990hondaHF at 11:41 PM 8/10/2005

 

i would just have someone wet-sand and reshoot it with clear. BUt 3M has several products that will bring back the shine. IF i find the topic here i will repost it for u

 

my old vis hood did the exact same thing. i dont think theres anyway you can fix it. ive tried everything possilbe except wet sand. it was gonna cost too much for that. all i can say is get you another hood for the price your gonna pay to get it wet sanded.

 

there's a thread about getting your CF hoods to normal.....using marine wax products by 3M

 

Here is the thread
https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=4

 

if all else fails, paint it. mine turned out really nice.

 

get it cleared. It may cost the same as a new hood but it will look better and do the same thing that one did. Clear makes carbon fiber look deep and sexy.

 

I just got my brand new vis hood on monday and damn im kinda wishing i didnt.Im going to go ahead and start using that 3m stuff maybe it will add extra protection and make my hood last

 

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https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=4</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

i had my carbon hood about 3 months already i wax my hood every week and my lip to....i throw like three layers of wax....i put nxt spray wax....and another meguair spray wax....and nxt liquid wax......you just need to take care of it and clean it.....sometimes i go a extra limit i wax the hood when i dont even wash my car....just take care it thats alll....

 

i tried the 3m thing (thread linked above), and it did a temporary trick, and didn't quite give the luster i had hoped for.

a few months later, i decided to just use some higher qualty products, and found the results i was looking for. pretty much, just have the hood professionally detailed, or buy a random orbital buffer and have at it:

use a good polish (i used poorboy's professional polish), and it should take most of the blemish out and restore a lot of the shine that's currently lacking.

 

Maybe we all need to write to VIS because all the hoods i see that are doing this are from that company. Mine did it to and i have wet sanded it and everything, but i never tried this stuff so i think i will. I guess the best advice i can give is wax that hook like 1's a month.

 

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good idea..get us an address and phone numbers so we can begin the assault

 

 

ive sent several emails to VIS they ignore them

 

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wow lol

 

http://forums.clubrsx.com/show...81547

7 month old garage kept hood with barely any miles on it.

in the south no where near a beach or factory

VIS blows

 

my vis carbon fiber duckbill blows *** the db is so ******* faded, i tryed everything.

vis

 

anyone want to sell their faded chipped/cracked no good hood to me for cheap?
i need one for a 99-00 civic