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Hey guys,

well i just received an SRT carbon fiber hood for a really good deal.

It has some scratches in the clear coat, and some other more major blemishes which look to go right down to the gel coat.

I thought at first I could sand it down and respray with clear, but some of the damage is so far down that it won't be so simple to fix.

SOooooooo i have an idea. What if i paint the hood like this...
This would cover all the blemishes perfectly.

ALso, i was thinking mabe instead of black, I could colour match it with my car instead. Heres a quick little doodle i did.


Heres the original hood with the blemishes circled

Or should i just flat black the imperfections then reclear?

ANyways, let me know what ya think.

I kinda like the painting idea, I see it everywhere on other cars, but not on a Neon yet.

Do you mean paint it black or colour match it to the car?

color

mine got a bunch of scraches on it like that too...i had mine recleared w/ like 6 or 7 coats of clear and it looks amazing. you can still see a few of the scratches, but its not like it was.

the painting it color matched to the car idea sounds kinda cool, i havent seen it done a neon either. but the black would be good as well.

mine's damaged too. I had it painted silver to match my car, leaving a mopar logo still carbon fiber. looks good, but the guy did a bad job colormatching.

^^pics?

I'm strearing towards the flat black look. Its pretty sexy.
Just Re-Clearing the hood wouldn't do it any justice, since some of the larger blemishes are in the gel coat, that can't be sanded out.

I tryed sanding a blemish out on a the one corner, and it doesn' t seem to be helping any.

sullygully wrote:I'm strearing towards the flat black look. Its pretty sexy.
Just Re-Clearing the hood wouldn't do it any justice, since some of the larger blemishes are in the gel coat, that can't be sanded out.

I tryed sanding a blemish out on a the one corner, and it doesn' t seem to be helping any.

paint it black and maybe to the edges too just like in the first picture you posted... i think that should look damn good while making it look like that's what is was meant to look like all along who knows, you might start the next ricer fad

I'm all about cooking up a new rice recipe I already preped the hood for paint. Tomorrow i'm going to layout the design, and have the flat black sprayed. Thursday it will be cleared and hopefully on the car by friday. I be sure to post pics when its done

sullygully wrote:

I like this idea.