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On my last car i had a VIS invader hood. I kept the car in sun daily but had the hood for a year and half with no defects on the clear, i kept it waxed. I sold the car and gave the hood to a buddy of mine. He had the hood for past 2 and half years and now its oxidized. The clear isnt peeling, it is still rather really smooth! but i picked the hood back up from him for free and going to put it onto my girlfriends car.
Any ideas on how to clean the hood up?
WET SAND extremely fine grit?
LOTS OF BUFFING?
Needs to be cleared again?
again the hood is still really smooth, no clear peeling, like i have seen others do.
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2007 MT BB with official mazdaspeed kit on 18'' ADR's polished lip,(modified) AP Midpipe, Synchro saver, AF short shifter, RR single exhaust, Race roots solid mounts, RR ignition, Throttle body bypass mod, Greddy air diversion panel, ACT 9lbs flywheel, Mazdaspeed Cold Air Intake, EVO-R eyelids, RB gauge pod with sport-comp2 gauges (oil tmp,oil pressure, water tmp) clear corners, strakes, Tein coilovers, AP sway bars/end links,GT spec 6point strut tower, ACCESSPORT
Last edited by Z0oMzo0m; 05-26-2010 at 08:42 PM.
Reason: title change, for new thread
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2004 TiGrey AT, AEM CAI, Greddy SP2 exhaust, S-Techs, Metra Kit Eclipse head unit, blacked out emblems and taillights, LED interior lighting, footwell lights, led fogs, bride seat, rotorpros drilled slotted rotors, ebc redstuff pads, greddy rear strut bar, evo-r front lip, mazda speed side skirts, mazda speed front strut bar, TCSportline CF hood, AP dr midpipe,
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Since this way taking to long, and wasnt even with a rattle can, i started all over and stripped it down and got some automotive paint since my dad has a spray gun and compressor.
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2007 MT BB with official mazdaspeed kit on 18'' ADR's polished lip,(modified) AP Midpipe, Synchro saver, AF short shifter, RR single exhaust, Race roots solid mounts, RR ignition, Throttle body bypass mod, Greddy air diversion panel, ACT 9lbs flywheel, Mazdaspeed Cold Air Intake, EVO-R eyelids, RB gauge pod with sport-comp2 gauges (oil tmp,oil pressure, water tmp) clear corners, strakes, Tein coilovers, AP sway bars/end links,GT spec 6point strut tower, ACCESSPORT
unless you want to do it again... get the hood cleared at some point. or even a 3M clear bra. After almost 2 years my seibon CF hood started to oxidize... I painted it the body color.
Subscribed!! There are lots of options here. I need to research and get back to you, but this project is perfect..... Weight savings, cooling options, attention from the ladies.... Good times.
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1966 Mustang GT silver frost with full exhaust, ignition, edelbrock intake with 650 Holly, 289 w/ 3 speed auto (for now)
2005 RX-8tu, blue with everything but nav. TEIN S-tech, home made intake, stock exhaust. 2001 MR22003 350Z2002 MR2
Well guys, been a little bit but here's the status with the hood. Since its first time ever doing this, it was a learning experience and time consuming, and have to be patient..
I spent some time sanding spraying, sanding spraying and sanding spraying...
Basically wet sanded hood down till it was haze free, when you wet sand the oxidation its usually a yellow milky color.
I used 600 grit wet/dry paper.
Once the hood was free of oxidation, you should see white milky streaks from sanding.
Here is what it looked like after i cleared it.
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2007 MT BB with official mazdaspeed kit on 18'' ADR's polished lip,(modified) AP Midpipe, Synchro saver, AF short shifter, RR single exhaust, Race roots solid mounts, RR ignition, Throttle body bypass mod, Greddy air diversion panel, ACT 9lbs flywheel, Mazdaspeed Cold Air Intake, EVO-R eyelids, RB gauge pod with sport-comp2 gauges (oil tmp,oil pressure, water tmp) clear corners, strakes, Tein coilovers, AP sway bars/end links,GT spec 6point strut tower, ACCESSPORT
I was able to start clearing again. This time i changed the guns, and used a finishing gun. Really took some time and still in process. Il post pictures of the after math. hopefully it will be done
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2007 MT BB with official mazdaspeed kit on 18'' ADR's polished lip,(modified) AP Midpipe, Synchro saver, AF short shifter, RR single exhaust, Race roots solid mounts, RR ignition, Throttle body bypass mod, Greddy air diversion panel, ACT 9lbs flywheel, Mazdaspeed Cold Air Intake, EVO-R eyelids, RB gauge pod with sport-comp2 gauges (oil tmp,oil pressure, water tmp) clear corners, strakes, Tein coilovers, AP sway bars/end links,GT spec 6point strut tower, ACCESSPORT
It got to hot outside and i should have stopped when i was ahead.
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