F**ked Fiber

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F**ked Fiber

By ChicagoMike
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:06 pm #12816 Well this is the Vis carbon fiber hood thats on the wifes EK. As you can see its a total mess! The hood itself is about 2 years old, and was waxed about every other month since its been on the car.

Basically this is what intense UV rays will do to C/F. The sun seems to always be out here in Arizona, and temps can go as high as 117*. The suns powerfull UV rays just pound on the finish all day long, and eventually does its damage.

Even though the hood only two years old, its looked like ass for about the past year. So now I'm gonna just have it clearcoated, nice and thick! When I wash the car, and the hoods wet, it looks brand new. Then as it dries, it looks like hell again. So I'm fully expecting that clearcoat will improve the situation.

I'll keep updating this thread with pics as the hood gets re-finished. :thumb:

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By asianrob
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:13 pm #12817 marine polish
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By ChicagoMike
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:31 pm #12818
eg8ferio wrote:marine polish


I dont think that polish will do what needs to be done. The gelcoat finish that the hood originally came with is basically gone. Its almost down to the C/F weave itself!! :shock: On the corner, up by the drivers side window, the weave is actually exposed a lil bit.
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By vtec_gloucester
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:37 pm #12819 wow, thats looks bad dude!

look forward to the pics of when its sorted :thumb:
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By LaMbErT*
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:42 pm #12824 yeah does look bad man! "Oh aint we lucky we never get sun here" :thumbdown:
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By ohDirka
- Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:05 am #21976 did you ever get this refinished?
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By ChicagoMike
- Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:14 pm #21983
D15kid wrote:did you ever get this refinished?


I've been slowly doing it myself with rattle cans. Its turning out pretty well, I've still got some wet sanding to do, and a few more coats of clear to go. :thumb:
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By ChicagoMike
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:39 am #22090
teal_dx wrote:Did you see JDM-Chick's CF DIY in the Exterior section? This hood can look good as new when it is all done :thumb:


Yeah, I've basically been doing the same thing. It still needs a ton of wet sanding, but I think its gonna look 100x better than what it did. :thumb:
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Re: F**ked Fiber

By Hereg6
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:11 pm #22140
AddictiveAllMotor wrote:
I wash the car, and the hoods wet, it looks brand new. Then as it dries, it looks like hell again.


My hood is the same way but my hood is 12 years old and it needs alot of help.
I'm just not to sure how to fix my hood
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Re: F**ked Fiber

By chnzgoofball
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:07 pm #22150
Hereg6 wrote:
AddictiveAllMotor wrote:
I wash the car, and the hoods wet, it looks brand new. Then as it dries, it looks like hell again.


My hood is the same way but my hood is 12 years old and it needs alot of help.
I'm just not to sure how to fix my hood


look at jdm-chicks diy :thumb:
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By Hereg6
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:59 pm #22161 sprying clear on my hood didn't work i've tryed that i also took my hood to fiber images who made the hood and they said clearing it wont work the fiber in the hood is messed up.I'm just going to paint my hood the color of my car
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By chnzgoofball
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:14 pm #22165
Hereg6 wrote:sprying clear on my hood didn't work i've tryed that i also took my hood to fiber images who made the hood and they said clearing it wont work the fiber in the hood is messed up.I'm just going to paint my hood the color of my car


yeah once the weaves on a cf hood gets messed up theres no saving it anymore... so yeah u got the right idea for just wanting to paint it... :thumb:
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By JDMazFuK
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:32 pm #25426 daMn ur hood looks like one of my buddys before we did the fix up on it..all we did was sanded it down nice enough and recleared it and not with a rattle can..we used PPG clear coat and it came out looking Original
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