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Old 01-13-2007
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C/F Hood Not looking right help

okay as u can see from the picture below my carbon fiber hood in the sun from certain angles looks wierd im not sure what it is if anyone has any ideas to fix it please let me know
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looks like its fading. did you clean it with something?
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looks like its fading. did you clean it with something?
just regular armor all soup that i wash my car with
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hmm can you feel a difference in texture when you pass your hand over it?
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Originally Posted by XSRCivic
hmm can you feel a difference in texture when you pass your hand over it?
no not that i remeber hood is off now for the winter but the texture seems fine all the same just in the sun that part looks wierd and you can notice to the left of it looks like that too
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Just looks like fading, it happens. maybe its time to come up with a neat color scheme to cover it up now.
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Originally Posted by XSRCivic
Just looks like fading, it happens. maybe its time to come up with a neat color scheme to cover it up now.
really thats really gay like i only had it for spring, summer , and fall this is the first winter with it and i took it off cant i just get repainted with a clear coating or no. or is there anything i can do like special wax or something
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i would just re clear coat it
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Did you buy this used? What brand is it?
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Did you buy this used? What brand is it?
no it was bought new and im not sure cause i got it as a xmas gift last year my mom bought it for me and a performance shop i know i was lik $ 400. i never really looked but dont think i noticed any badges on the side of the hood
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Originally Posted by enjoitofer
i would just re clear coat it
you know roughly that would run me? ... and when they recoat it does that clean up any stratches that would be on the hood ?
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umm i live in hawaii so its about like $140 but thats with 3 coats not really sure on how much its goin to cost u over there
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Originally Posted by enjoitofer
umm i live in hawaii so its about like $140 but thats with 3 coats not really sure on how much its goin to cost u over there
okay thanks bro that helps ill see what my body shop guy tells me next time its in there.

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