carbon fiber hood

[livefree]

i have question, i have a carbon fiber hood bought it from the junk yard the clear is pealign alittle and the junk yard drop a cadalic on the front end and put a some crack in it. any segestion what i should do with it i would like to re clear it but is there a certain way i have to do it

 

[staticbrainwash]

Wet sand. Be VERY careful. Or just take it to a shop and get it re-cleared. Is the crack in the CF or in the clear?

 

[DGajre777]

On a CF hood, you have the carbon fiber layer, the gel coat and then the clear coat. If your clear coat is spidery looking then you can get it re-cleared. If your get coat is cracked, you can sand it down before re-clearing it, but you may not be able to get the crack fixed by just clear coating over it depending on how deep the crack is. If your crack is in the carbon fiber itself, then the crack went through the clear coat and through the get coat and you can't fix it, unless you get the hood painted.

 

[FlatBlackTerror]

On a CF hood, you have the carbon fiber layer, the gel coat and then the clear coat. If your clear coat is spidery looking then you can get it re-cleared. If your get coat is cracked, you can sand it down before re-clearing it, but you may not be able to get the crack fixed by just clear coating over it depending on how deep the crack is. If your crack is in the carbon fiber itself, then the crack went through the clear coat and through the get coat and you can't fix it, unless you get the hood painted.

If you dont have much expirence id say take it to a body shop. If the gel coat is cracked its going to take along of sanding. If the whole hood is cracked then its likely that it cant be fixed.

 

[livefree]

i noticed there some crack on the carbon fiber on the other side its problay all the way through... wondering if there any special to reclear do i have to go all the way to the gell or past or gel

 

[staticbrainwash]

I'd go all the way to CF. Rid of the gel completely and re clear with nice new. That way even the gel won't color fade (because it's not there).

 

[spooln4fun]

If it is cracked all the way through can always try and think of a fancy paint scheme for that area like say doing stripes on the side or leaving the power bulge CF and painting the rest or something else if your looking to show you have a CF hood.

 

[DGajre777]

I'd go all the way to CF. Rid of the gel completely and re clear with nice new.

How would you get rid of the get coat without ruining the carbon fiber layer underneath it?

 

[staticbrainwash]

That always what i've been told to do. Obviously you can't get everything because of the texture of the weave, but even a painter in my town suggested i get off AS MUCH as possible.

So i retract my "everything" statement. I apologize.