Refinish faded CF hood

B16aRS · Post by **B16aRS** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:52 am

I bought a carbon fiber hood for my car and it is badly faded. Can someone tell me the steps of bringing the life back to the hood? I also need to know what to do about the corner...

02Type-S · Post by **02Type-S** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:24 am

pics would help, I don't know how bad it is.

ChrisD_EJ8 · Post by **ChrisD_EJ8** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:56 pm

Try wetsanding the hood. with a high grit sand paper such as 1500 or so..maybe start with 1000 grit then use 1500 grit. After wetsanding the entire hood, buff it with some rubbing compound and polishing compound to smooth the scratches. I would do a final polish on the hood with some 3m finess-it compound. It will remove any swirls you have from buffing, buff on a low speed also.

DC_T · Post by **DC_T** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:43 am

i tried this a while back: http://stlhondas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1169

it worked pretty good. right after i did it it looked awsome, but faded again pretty quickly. i've talked to people that had the same problem and they recommended sanding it down and having it re-cleared. i ended up selling the hood before i had that done. good luck. post up some results if you find somthing that works!

B16aRS · Post by **B16aRS** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:49 am

thanks for all the help guys. i will hopefuly get the hood from greyhound soon and i will try to polish and wax first. If it is beyond that i will wetsand and polish.
If anybody else has any ideas just let me know.

kra95civic · Post by **kra95civic** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:18 pm

now when u redo it dont push hard ether u will crack it and u will be fucked..if u need help...hit up ur family friend that paints shit.. also sanding it down then buffing and then clear will work the best....

bildo16 · Post by **bildo16** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:56 pm

take it to a body shop that has delt with carbon before. it sucks up clear and you will end up with hundreds of tiny pinholes that will need to be filled in.

MyfodoSi · Post by **MyfodoSi** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:13 pm

bildo16;119200 wrote:take it to a body shop that has delt with carbon before. it sucks up clear and you will end up with hundreds of tiny pinholes that will need to be filled in.

That's no joke. They're a bitch to fill in, too. That happened to my last cf hood, and it was a nightmare.

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:48 am

MyfodoSi;119202 wrote:That's no joke. They're a bitch to fill in, too. That happened to my last cf hood, and it was a nightmare.

Thats why you get them re-gel coated, and not just spray clear on them. Take it to a boat shop.

bildo16 · Post by **bildo16** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:53 am

btlfedgolf;119220 wrote:Thats why you get them re-gel coated, and not just spray clear on them. Take it to a boat shop.

the gel coat is what causes the hood to fade in the first place. the shop im kind of connected with recommends having all new pieces cleared before you put them on just so you dont have to deal with it in the future. if the gel coat is to badly clouded it may not be able to be sanded out.