faded carbon fiber hood
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (1sikhatch)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1sikhatch »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">can i reclear my carbon fiber hood? the sun has made it look like ****</TD></TR></TABLE>
yes.
yes.
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (1sikhatch)
try RUBBING COMPOUND you can buy dat from pepboys..i had a faded cf hood before and tried rubbing compound and it made it shiny and clean 
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (5STAR3)
I had my hood re-cleared when my car was painted, and it made the hood look a whole lot better then when it had the manufacturers coating on it. It made the weave look deeper.
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (hondaZvic)
if it fades or it looks like ****, just get wet sand paper and sand it down and get two or three cans or rattle can clear coat, and spray it again, it will look so nice if you do it right. i did that to my duckbill turned out just like i bought it.
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (1sikhatch)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1sikhatch »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">can i reclear my carbon fiber hood? the sun has made it look like ****</TD></TR></TABLE>
u made it look like **** by not waxing it after u wash ur car
u made it look like **** by not waxing it after u wash ur car
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (DUFFM4N)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DUFFM4N »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">u made it look like **** by not waxing it after u wash ur car</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (steven seagal)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by steven seagal »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
waxing a hood dont do **** except make it look shiny. if the hood is **** and has shitty clear coat it will fade regardless. only way to make the hood not fade is buy a good quality hood like VIS that is grade aa with their color sanding or seibon with their color sanded hoods, and not a fake hood like from absdynamics or jdmcarboy. only way to make a hood look good is to shoot real automotive clear coat over it.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I have a cheap *** hood, and it looks way better than the VIS hoods I have seen with the original clear coat vs my body shop cleared CF hood.
waxing a hood dont do **** except make it look shiny. if the hood is **** and has shitty clear coat it will fade regardless. only way to make the hood not fade is buy a good quality hood like VIS that is grade aa with their color sanding or seibon with their color sanded hoods, and not a fake hood like from absdynamics or jdmcarboy. only way to make a hood look good is to shoot real automotive clear coat over it.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I have a cheap *** hood, and it looks way better than the VIS hoods I have seen with the original clear coat vs my body shop cleared CF hood.
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (1sikhatch)
Back from the dead 
I went to a local body shop and asked them how much they would charge me to reclear my hood and they said they couldnt cuz of the gelcoat 
can u still reclear it though????
I went to a local body shop and asked them how much they would charge me to reclear my hood and they said they couldnt cuz of the gelcoat can u still reclear it though????
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (theSYNDICATE)
okay you can reclear it, but has anybody ever tried to get acid rain out of CF? i do detail for mercedes benz, and i can get everything else out but acid rain on my brothers hood, ive searced and got fiberglass compound and everything, but no no avail it wont work., ive done it with my hand and with a high speed buffer.. is it fucked now??
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (richieTN)
when i went to that shop i took that 3m marine wax and he used a buffer and it didnt do anything it just left all these damn swirl marks all over my hood. he said well actually all the shop said "looks like its under the gelcoat ur gonna have to buy a new hood" and what pissed me off was that the guy that buffed it said "its really embarrasing to be driving with a hood like this" damn ***** 
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (YellowOne)
yeah same result with me, its almost impossible to get that **** out!! same results with me, but if i take the buffer with a polish pad and a polish compound it covers it up for the mean time... thats the only solution i have as of now.
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Re: faded carbon fiber hood (richieTN)
well i tried to take off the clear at my house using 800 grit sand paper and wetsanding the hood but it just left a mark like a dull mark. well i guess i should go check out other shops around town and see what they tell me. 
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CO_CReX »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mine was oxidized by the sun as well. I just wet sanded it down, then recleared it. good as new.</TD></TR></TABLE>
same here, better then ever now
same here, better then ever now
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same here, better then ever now</TD></TR></TABLE>
How much did they charge you to reclear your hood???
same here, better then ever now</TD></TR></TABLE>
How much did they charge you to reclear your hood???