cf clear peeling

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:19 am

so i had a shocker sticker on my hood, and when i peeled it off, it took alot of the clear with it. so ive got some clear coat missing now. im planning on reclearing the hood this spring, but until then, i want to clean it up, so would this idea work

tape off the corner of the hood where it is peeling, or just the little section that is peeling, wetsand it, and shoot it with a can of spray bomb clear... not going for perfection, just want to clean it up for now, til i get it resprayed this spring....

thoughts?

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:47 am

put another sticker back on it.

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:10 am

no more stickers.... less is more

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:19 am

as long as there is still clear on it, i wouldn't worry about it right now...just wait till you get it recleared....

lambostealth · Post by **lambostealth** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:40 am

Yeah, just wait, but as long as you are going to do it fairly soon.

Heres an idea, when you take it to a body shop to get it cleared, have them put a few drops of blue in the clear. My buddy did this in red on his Accord......PURE HOTNESS. Seriously, be different, uniqe, tint it blue. Trust me, it looks GREAT!

Now that I think about it, I think he had the clear mixed with a few drops of black, and a couple ounces of red, but it looks HOTTTTTTT!

If mine ever needed to be recleared for some reason, I would definately tint it slightly black.

Heres the best couple pics I could find of the outcome.

As you can see, it looks much better than just a red carbon/kevlar hood. Just a slight tint of red to match his paintjob.

In this pic, you can see that in direct sunlight, it looks black except where the sun does the "carbon fiber 3-D" thing....

I can't stress enough, it looks 100% better in person. Just seeing these pics again makes me want to go get it done right now, LOL.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:57 am

ooooo, i'm with lambo on this one... defentally.

That looks HOTT!!

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:07 pm

I like that! I was thinking of just having mine painted gloss black (because of the unexplained cracks and scratches

) but maybe ill just have them add some black to the clear and do it that way.

and also tink...i think it will be fine as long as you have a bit of clear left on the hood, otherwise id get something on there.

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:47 pm

definitely add in the blue

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:53 pm

theres a pic of it. i really wanna clean it up. and i have thought about tinting it blue when i recleared it, i just dont know yet...

and it wont be gettign done in a shop. my roomies bro is the one that painted his cavi, so he will be doign my hood, another part for me, and my roomies hood.

but my main question on this thread, is shoudl i wetsand and spray bomb clear that little section, cuz it really looks bad. like horrid bad.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:49 pm

AHHH!!!!
yea, i'd do something about that.
That's why you don't put stickers on your car. >_>

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:52 pm

lambostealth · Post by **lambostealth** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:53 pm

It will look better, but not perfect..........you should have learned a valuable lesson here......enough with the damn shocker crap.......it's outdated now. Stop trying to be trendy. It makes your car look.........ugly (see your hood).

Sorry for being so blunt man, but, I love your car, but you ruin it for me every time I see another stupid sticker somewhere.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:53 pm

bite me......

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:58 pm

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:25 pm

Damn... I had that too on mine but in the center of the hood...VIS hood.... oh well... I just had the body shop that has my car do a paint and the silver pearl on it instead... should look good once its done

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:33 pm

can you feel the cf underneath or is there any thin layer (however thin it maybe) of clear/ or gellcoat?

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:09 pm

Its god punishing you for putting stickers on lol J/P

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:31 pm

it feels liek it might have gel coat over it... cuz its not bumpy like the weave of the carbon.

my buddy works at a body shop and he says that if we start at like an 800 grit wet paper and go up to 1200 adn then 1500 and hit it with a buffer, then lay a coat of spray bomb clear it should hold up adn look a lot better than it does now, until i get it resprayed this spring, not lookign for perfection, i mean, its a damn rattle can, just looking for better than it is now.

and FYI, i never started the shocker thing to be trendy. i did it cuz i wanted to and thought it was pretty funny.