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eddiechaps 12-22-2004 06:51 PM

carbon fiber
 
can you wax carbon fiber like you wax the rest of your car?

danase 12-24-2004 11:28 AM


Originally Posted by eddieisaricer
can you wax carbon fiber like you wax the rest of your car?

Yeppers. They put a clearcoat over it so it can be treated like paint. Unless you got some super crappy CF part.

ArthurBrazil 12-24-2004 11:57 AM

hmmmm
ideas ideas

eddiechaps 12-24-2004 10:19 PM

but can i wash it like just any other part right? cause i didn't spry clearcoat on it before i put it on.

TeLLy 12-25-2004 02:08 AM

You wouldn't need to spray any additional clearcoat on a carbon fiber part unless it was shipped to you in craptastic condition. If it's glossy you're pretty safe to assume it's been clearcoated.

98oRange 01-01-2005 06:36 PM

CF has a special gelcoat. you can wash and wax it all you want.
it you goto walmart you can buy this stuff for cleaning fiberglass.
3M fiberglass cleaner.You find it in the boat section of the auto area. Its about $7-9 and works pretty good.

standalj 01-02-2005 12:03 PM

Can you paint a carbon fiber hood to color-match your car?

civic01vtec 01-02-2005 12:21 PM


Originally Posted by standalj
Can you paint a carbon fiber hood to color-match your car?


yup, mine is painted to match and it is absolutely perfect :_bow:

my bodyman said that there were tiny holes in the gelcoat and he had to go and individually fill them in or it would look like shit when he painted it.

abmerop18 01-02-2005 01:10 PM


Originally Posted by civic01vtec
yup, mine is painted to match and it is absolutely perfect :_bow:

my bodyman said that there were tiny holes in the gelcoat and he had to go and individually fill them in or it would look like shit when he painted it.

yeah, but you never wanted yours painted in the first place :rofl:

civic01vtec 01-02-2005 01:16 PM


Originally Posted by abmerop18
yeah, but you never wanted yours painted in the first place :rofl:


haha, yeah.......that was a miscommunication........but it matches perfect :tup:

abmerop18 01-02-2005 05:20 PM

can you see the CF through it? at one of our ohio meets over the summer, we happened to come across another black 7thgen that wasnt in the meet and he had a CF hood painted black, but they did a shitty job painting it because you could see the CF through the paint.

civic01vtec 01-02-2005 05:22 PM

no, the only time is if you are in the sunlight and if u catch it the right way, u can kinda see the weave pattern, but it looks great :tup:

abmerop18 01-02-2005 05:24 PM

did they prime it when they painted yours or no?


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