okay i have really really bad haze on my carbon hood where can i go to get it out? or if i could do it myself what would i need? thanks

 

wet sand it with 2000 grit, then buff it with a cutting compound and follow it with a polishing compound.

Get a hold of SKUR, he may have a better way of doing it.

 

hopefully its not the clear coat going. My friends has a carbon fiber hood on his IS300. Used to be real nice, but when I saw him a few weeks ago, it looked like carbon primer.

 

just tell everyone its dry carbon. :P
you can have someone sand it down a little and put on another few clear layers.

 

sounds like it doesn't have clear coat at all. might just be gel coated. you should get it cleared/re-cleared. you know where to go

 

yeah mines did the same thing..its the clearcoat fading. it looked all fvcked up. i think its possible to respray with a clearcoat.

 

Just sand and clear it again. I find it funny when everyone says it's the clear coat that's fading since none of these companies actually clear coat the hoods. They say they do but all it's only either polyester resin(for poor quality hoods to save cost) or epoxy resin (for better quality hoods) but either one you use it will still distort the color of the resin when exposed to UV rays from the sunlight. When they pull the hood from the mold that is the finished product. Just trim it and ship it. They wouldn't spend more money to pay for materials and manual labor to actually spray the carbon. Plus the hoods would have to be sprayed 2-3 times with sanding in between since carbon is porous and will have holes in the clear. Then you would be buying a hood for........let's say $1000? Nobody would buy it...

If it was the clear coat fading why doesn't everyone's paintjob fade after one year?

 

lol I also like that term they use "dry carbon" hahaha. It's when the item is made using a mold, wet lay up, backed with breather, felt to soak up excess resin, and vacuum sealed. It does make a stronger product but the carbon becomes compacted and flat. Not to mention that it has a whitish appearance to it. Basically in my opinion it looks like crap and since not everyone drives a formula one race car which needs the structural support and light weight aspects of "dry carbon" just go with the wet lay up and clear coat your parts as soon as you get them to keep that look you want.

Just my $.02

 

so would a couple of clear coats on top at a paintshop help? (as soon as you get a new hood)

 

ok just got my car back from the shop and the hood looks great ill post pics later

 

Yup. Just sand and clear.