Hey guys, my RK sport hood is fading terribly, its at the point to where i want to paint it black to match my car and call it a day..does anyone have any suggestions or know if this is a hassle or as easy as painting anything else

 

I live in Mt. Pleasant PA my one buddies day does really good body work and paint jobs. You can try to take it there if your willing to drive to MT. Pleasant. The body shop is called Mount Pleasant Collision.

 

Its just like painting any other body part, no different. You could actually just have it recleared and that will take care of your fading problem

 

it is just the clear coat faded? A good detailing could fix that. If the clear coat has good UV protection the CF should stay looking good for a long time

 

Get Another Cf Hood. Lol

 

thats too pricey haha and ive tried compound buffing and that didnt work

just wondering if anyone else tried this

 

hmm iim not sure where to get it but i know they make a rejuvinator for the resin. kinda like restore for your headlights only its for fiberglass carbon fiber resins. and you should just be able to clear coat it it right?

 

Just get it recleared trust me on this one

 

If you are talking about just re-doing the last few layers of clear, this is a fairly straightforward process. However, my brother paints his own funny car bodies, as well as a few of the NHRA comp eliminator cars that are out there.



I remember working on his funny car during painting. Due to the carbon reacting to the paint, he ended up using a 'sealant' rather than just a simple primer, or the carbon would react with the paint and create micro-bubbles. The prep for the color and the process in which the prep layers were applied were very different from sheetmetal painting, or even fiberglass painting. We had to sand the entire left side of the car down twice before figuring this out. You may want to discuss this with the guys behind the counter at the local paint supply shop. I don't remember the name of the product my brother uses, but I'm sure the guys behind the counter at an automotive paint supply can point you in the right direction. Painting carbon fiber with color is more difficult and has less room for error than painting sheetmetal or fiberglass, so be sure to take your time and do it right the first time.

Just a heads up on that....

MLRTYME
'08 Sport Coupe
www.wannaberacing.com

 

Good info however most carbon fiber hoods come with a gel coat from the factory and it is easy to paint over just like any other body panel. Some come with the gel coat and a clear coat or some mix the two during the coating process. His probably didnt not have a clear coat, it was probably just the gel coat.

 

see what i mean

 

yeah you can just get a clear coat/uv protection paint and spray that on there, that should take care of it.

 

mine started to in two areas, just buffed it out. I wax the dog **** out of it now and it stays perty

 

CHEATERS...LOL. We pulled the body out of the mold with a gel-coat, and it still killed us. It must be a different type of gel-coat for those types of applications. I try to stay knowledgeable on automotive items, but my painting knowledge is growing slowly. I do better with the physics, chemistry, engineering (read: geek) stuff. My brother is great with the paint.

Thanks for the info!

MLRTYME
'08 Sport Coupe
www.wannaberacing.com