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Old Nov 30, 2003 | 03:44 PM
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ive heard people painted over carbon fiber wit a clearcoat with color in it. anyone know anything on this or anything on painted carbon fiber wit out looseing the look of it. now i know there is color carbon out there but im talking about clear coating wit a color. and does anyone have pics of this done.
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Old Nov 30, 2003 | 03:55 PM
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No such thing as colored carbon, I think.. its Kevlar.. anyhoot... use thin coats of paint/clearcoat if you wanna have "colored carbon"
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Old Nov 30, 2003 | 04:00 PM
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ya i meant the to say the kevlar in the carbonfiber weave. but ya thats what i heard to do is there anyone that has a pic of this done ?
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Old Nov 30, 2003 | 05:50 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DA9RsIntegra &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">No such thing as colored carbon, I think.. its Kevlar.. anyhoot... use thin coats of paint/clearcoat if you wanna have "colored carbon" </TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 09:46 AM
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so just thing coat of paint and clear, and thats all it takes?
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 10:06 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DA9RsIntegra &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">No such thing as colored carbon, I think.. its Kevlar.. anyhoot... use thin coats of paint/clearcoat if you wanna have "colored carbon" </TD></TR></TABLE>

ABS Dynamics makes CF in Red and Silver

and ive seen other companies make CF in yellow (kevlar), Blue, and Orange


one of my favorite cars, this thing is a HUGE sleeper...carbon fiber hood painted to match the stock color (Rio Red)



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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 10:48 AM
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My friends evo has carbon fenders and hood sprayed with a yellow pearl clear it looks ok... makes the carbon not stand out as much... but yes it can be done
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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try any candy paint. Candy paints are translucent if you use it sparingly.
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