Carbon Fiber care
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Carbon Fiber care
Ive been searching threads about waxing and clay baring, How to and what to use...What should i do differently on my hood, is it safe to use turtle ice wax on it?
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typically i use to wash it and then use a quick detailer about 1-2 a week.. and wax atleast 1 a month worked well... untill my car sat at the shop for 5 months and all the cf went to hell..
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^Bing bing bing! If your hood is clear coated, treat it like you would with the entire car. But, if your cars stays in the sun all the time and no cover, then treat it even more so.
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I just moved to new house and now my 8 with CF will get sunlight from sun rise till around 11am.
Any car wax has UV protection?
Any car wax has UV protection?
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The best solution for anything carbon fiber is having 3m clearbra layered on top of it. It prevents the clear coat from fading from the sun and should the hood crack it will contain the cracks.
Prolonged exposure to sunlight will cause the gel coat to fade and yellow. At some point it will have to be sanded and either reapplied or painted.
The 3m material can be costy to have applied but it beats having to repaint the hood.
Prolonged exposure to sunlight will cause the gel coat to fade and yellow. At some point it will have to be sanded and either reapplied or painted.
The 3m material can be costy to have applied but it beats having to repaint the hood.
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I also recommend clear coating CF hoods, trunks, etc. The factory coating on CF parts doesnt stand up well to the elements. Even the name brand parts will take a beating after a while. Getting your CF clear coated is a good investment, as it will keep your CF looking alot better, no fade, and you can treat it like a normal body panel. Especially helps with rock chips.
I used to work at a custom/restoration shop and cleared the CF parts on any car we built. Its like preventative maintenance.
I used to work at a custom/restoration shop and cleared the CF parts on any car we built. Its like preventative maintenance.
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Quick question.
Will PlasticX work with minor swirl marks on CF clear coat?
or just wax CF like you wax your car.
Will PlasticX work with minor swirl marks on CF clear coat?
or just wax CF like you wax your car.
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If you are looking to try and do a quicky removal, then it's Sctrach-X you want. It's not perfect, but has some swirl removal capabilites. What you really want is to do a full PC job on it with proper products. Man I can't wait to break out my PC once winter is over.
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I bought this car back in December. And the guy who had it before did not take very good care of it. So. My question is that if my CF hood is fading is it just screwed? Or can it be saved? It looks brand new when wet. But when it drys it looks like crap.
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Well its a black car. And the CF looks good. But kinda hard to tell its a CF with the car being black. Would I be better off getting a diffrent style hood and painting it black. Or try and save this one?