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I created this topic a long time ago with no real informative replies ... so I'm doing it again T_T;;

anyway ... does anybody know if it is possible to paint over CF? ... I want to get a hood and trunk painted. Do think think it would crack or chip easily? I have a hood that was in perfect condition and now it has a crack over where the header is (probably due to too much heater w/ the turbo)

 
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Yes you can paint it, alot of people on this site have painted the sides of their CF hood. Just search through the members rides and you will see alot of the hoods painted and talk to those people.

 
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^^ oh yeah

 
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Yeah you can definetly paint it.. for it chipping easy and etc.. Yeah of course.. because of the light material.. but i'm sure it could stand more then fiberglass..

you just have to make sure that you sand it down properly are you goingto do it yourself/

 
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^^ sand it down, eh? ... no, I'm not gonna do it myself ... probably have Honda paint it my factory color. I want it for the lightness, but I don't want to have like a black hood and trunk on a Beige car (my hood is already black and I'm not likin it).

If I buy a new one, I have to sand the clear coat off?

 
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Well I would not get it done by honda. Reason being is they will give you the most BS saying that your paint wont hold, that is it going to be pretty expensive, and trust me, they will rape you on the cost. I would take it to a custom body shop and have them do it.

 
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Yup, you can paint it.

Not a good pic but oh well...

 
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honda has a body shop? anyways...dont take it to them.

 
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yes honda has a body shop, every dealer has a body shop, some people only trust there car to the dealer and they want OEM parts if they ever have a collision, as other body shops usually use aftermarket parts that look like OEM parts, but the quality is shitty. Only bad thing is there extremely expensive.

 
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hmm ... well they're the only ones that I know of who can perfectly match honda colors. I don't want my hood to come out shoreline mist metallic when it's titanium metallic (even though the two colors look very very similar)

problem is that there aren't very many custom bodyshops that I can't think of (plenty of auto repair stuff, but nothing aftermarket) ...

so uh ... you need to sand down the clear coat? ;P

 
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ok, listen to me on this, i got mine painted and my bodyman is awesome and did a fantastic job

He said in the gelcoat, there were tiny pinholes. He had to go and individually fill them in or they would have show through the paint.

 
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Any body shop can get the same paint. They use color codes, and the will use hondas color codes. Then they just mix the paint and what not. Unless you are willing to pay honda's rediculous prices, then go ahead. imagine what they will charge you fo that.

 
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my friends painted cf hood.

 
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^^ wow awesome ... yeah ... I don't wanna have a black hood ... -__-;;

 
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Yeah you can get the carbon fiber painted and after that have two choices

1. I think they can sand the paint down again to get rid of the carbon weaving that shows through the paint. Then repaint it again so the body part looks like an OEM panel.


2. Leave it like it is and the carbon shows through the paint like on some of the Special Edition 04 or 05 (forgot which year) Corvette Z06 hoods.

 
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I say just get a CF hood and leave it unpainted. they look better that way IMO.

 
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i think u can paint the sides, but i dunno what'll happen if you paint the hole thing...if u have turbo...that'll make a lot of heat which might ruin ur paint thru CF...I dunno man..

 
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^^ well, I used to have a turbo ... and it cracked right where the turbo manifold was ... but I don't have one anymore, so it shouldn't really be a problem ... ;P

 
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^^ if so....then do it

 
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whats the use of having a carbon hood if you're going to paint it?

 
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^^ to use carbon fiber for what it was meant for and not as a show-aspect

 
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u could always have it candied so the fibers still show through. just my 2cents

 
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does the weight of the paint kill the advantage of putting the hood on to save weight?

 
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you can get carbon kevlar comes in diff. colors or to answer your orig. question yes you can paint cf.
i have cf hood painted for over a year, no problems and i have a turbo.....
you will be fine.

 
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you're joking right? I hope you are anyway. I'm sure you've held a chipped off piece of paint before and you'll find out that it doesn't weigh anything. You're not adding 20 pounds of paint anyway

mndthegap: I doubt they have carbon kevlar in my titanium metallic color anyway. I want a stock lookin hood and trunk ... ;P

 
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I agree with that. Why buy one if your going to paint the whole thing? Nobody honestly uses it for the weight. There isnt a big difference between the weight of the CF hood and the OEM hood. Maybe 10 lbs. or a bit more. Besides, a majority of people just buy it for looks, because it looks pimp as hell.

 
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paint it except a small accent like the honda symble< on the front edge of the hood.

 
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what'd u do with ur stockhood?? did u sell them when u got ur CF hood??

 
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I got in an accident and my stock hood got jacked up. used CF hood was cheaper than a new stock hood, so I got a cf hood ... except that it has hood pins in it.

Nevertheless, a fully painted CF hood is more sleeper-style than a stock hood ... and weighs less. I am going for an OEM sleeper look

 
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