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post May 24, 2008 - 3:59 PM
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I was thinking to buy the C-1 replica hood for my car but i dont want to leave it carbon fiber black i wanted to paint match it to my car but is there anything special i need to do because its carbon fiber?
 
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post May 25, 2008 - 7:44 PM
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ive been looking everywhere for this speical sandpaper and cant find it. ive also been searching for a good 30 mins on a how to paint carbon fiber and all i can find is how to paint somethign to look like carbon fiber. i dont see why it woudl be hard to wet sand it then primer and paint it if you go through the clear ull just hit the resin wihc will just help smooth it out since it usually has some imperfections and little dips in there any ways. if your really worried about making it lay flat use a high building primer to fill in those imperfections and sand that down re primer wet sand and paint and clear like normal. it can be made to look oem but its going to alot of work for a hood. your spending all this money on the hood why cover it up? i dunno it just doesnt make sense to me to spend our good hard earned money on something expenisve like carbonfiber and paint it lol. but good luck with the painting i hope the outcome looks awsome and your happy thats all the matters biggrin.gif
post May 25, 2008 - 7:53 PM
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QUOTE (punkuup5150 @ May 25, 2008 - 8:44 PM) *
ive been looking everywhere for this speical sandpaper and cant find it. ive also been searching for a good 30 mins on a how to paint carbon fiber and all i can find is how to paint somethign to look like carbon fiber. i dont see why it woudl be hard to wet sand it then primer and paint it if you go through the clear ull just hit the resin wihc will just help smooth it out since it usually has some imperfections and little dips in there any ways. if your really worried about making it lay flat use a high building primer to fill in those imperfections and sand that down re primer wet sand and paint and clear like normal. it can be made to look oem but its going to alot of work for a hood. your spending all this money on the hood why cover it up? i dunno it just doesnt make sense to me to spend our good hard earned money on something expenisve like carbonfiber and paint it lol. but good luck with the painting i hope the outcome looks awsome and your happy thats all the matters biggrin.gif


haha well tis not sandpaper thats carbon fiber specific. its just some different sand paper.

but im sure if you take it to a bodyshop they can do it no problem. I was acctually going to paint my hood as well but then once i saw the hood up close after opening it it just looked so great so i saved money and paint by keepin it CF. Red and CF look good together. but like punkuup said, what you like is what matters


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- bringindaheat573   Painting Carbon Fiber   May 24, 2008 - 3:59 PM
- - punkuup5150   i would think u would have to sand it down like an...   May 24, 2008 - 10:08 PM
- - playr158   done the same way as anything else   May 25, 2008 - 8:21 AM
|- - SeverX13   QUOTE (playr158 @ May 25, 2008 - 8:2...   May 25, 2008 - 4:19 PM
- - bringindaheat573   Thanks man i appreciate it   May 25, 2008 - 7:22 PM
- - punkuup5150   ive been looking everywhere for this speical sandp...   May 25, 2008 - 7:44 PM
|- - SeverX13   QUOTE (punkuup5150 @ May 25, 2008 - 8...   May 25, 2008 - 7:53 PM
- - playr158   there is no special paint or special sandpaper noo...   May 25, 2008 - 8:29 PM
|- - SeverX13   QUOTE (playr158 @ May 25, 2008 - 8:2...   May 25, 2008 - 9:11 PM
- - bringindaheat573   ok ok guys i appreciate the help we are all brothe...   May 25, 2008 - 9:24 PM
|- - SeverX13   QUOTE (bringindaheat573 @ May 25, 2008 ...   May 25, 2008 - 9:33 PM
- - playr158   QUOTE (SeverX13 @ May 25, 2008 - 10...   May 25, 2008 - 10:59 PM
- - punkuup5150   hahah at least in the end were all still friends ...   May 26, 2008 - 10:07 AM
- - playr158   QUOTE (punkuup5150 @ May 26, 2008 - 11...   May 27, 2008 - 7:09 AM
- - 808celica   use a scuff pad...........   May 27, 2008 - 12:28 PM
- - D-Man   Brent, Playr has that effect on people, don't ...   May 27, 2008 - 12:54 PM
|- - SeverX13   QUOTE (D-Man @ May 27, 2008 - 12...   May 27, 2008 - 12:59 PM
- - D-Man   x2   May 27, 2008 - 1:54 PM
- - Marbledpearlcelica   OK GUYS ONLY READ 1/2 WAY THREW BUT HERE IT GOES.....   Jun 7, 2008 - 11:49 PM


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