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Old 07-26-2010 | 03:50 PM
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carbon fiber trouble

OK guys before i take it down to the body shop in town i wanted to know if anyone knows anything i can do before i spend some cash i dont need to. I traded my bb hood for jenifers carbon fiber on she had a body shop sand it down a few times, so from what i hear i need to wet sand it down and then clear it or will it still leave the white haze, on it. i dont have any pics of it yet but if needed i can probably post some.
Old 07-26-2010 | 04:54 PM
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1. who is jenifer?
2. why did she have a body shop sand it down?
3. who did you "hear it from" that you needed to wetsand the hood?
4. what's wrong with the hood?
Old 07-26-2010 | 05:38 PM
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If its a complete hood you shouldn't be sanding it. Secondly you do not want to deal with sanding anything carbon fiber. It's just like sanding fiber glass and more trouble than you truly want to deal with. In fact its just carbon impregnated fiber glass if you want to get technical. Unless your trying to paint it for some god awful reason you shouldn't be sanding anything carbon fiber.
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Old 07-26-2010 | 07:29 PM
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If the hood has been clearcoated in the past and the clearcoat is fading. Then a new coat of clear might be needed.
Old 07-27-2010 | 03:13 PM
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jen is a tulsa member its a a TSC hood and the body shop told her it needed to be sanded down and re clear coated. Ivbeen told by a body shop it should be wet sanded and re cleared, so i googled it and was told to just use scratch X and then wax the hell out of it
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ill get some pics and hopefully get them loaded on here so everyone can see
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if the clear coat has started to go on it (as is VERY typical of almost all CF parts out there for our cars) then you should consider getting it re-cleared. It's the only real way of fixing the issue instead of trying to just mask it with polish.
Old 07-28-2010 | 12:17 AM
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Yes, you need to clear coat it. Anything else will only make it worse over time and destroy the ability to repair it.
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if your going to have it done, let someone else sand and coat it. A lot of carbon fiber hoods are fiberglass cores with just a couple sheets layered over. Let a body shop do it and save yourself some headache.
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thanks guys headin to the body shop this week then
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