It's getting pretty bad in the fla sun, although my wing is perfect (Zaino great, cheap cf hood bad), anyways what's a fair price to get hood gently sanded and reclearcoated?

 

shop around.....you could prolly get it recleared for around 250

 

Sand it yourself, then just have a shop spray clear.

Save you lots of money, cause the most cost is in the labor.

 

I went to a few shops, and no one will touch it. They say it's a defect in the hood, and it will never look good with clearcoat. I was told my only option was to try to prime and paint it, which none of the shops I went to would do, because they wouldn't garantee it, so they wouldn't do it.

Any Ideas. I got the hood because I liked the CF. I'd hate to paint it and it go bad. I was told to get a new one, but this one was a PITA to get looking right originally, and all I read are bad stories from all the aftermarket cf hoods.

 

Pics?

 

Too dark here now, will work on some tomorow if it's not raining.

 

Those must've been some lousy shops if they didn't want to clear coat your hood. I say keep shopping around. If worst comes to worst...you can always do it yourself.

 

I work For high end Collision im Body tech. but i did repairs 3 cf hood clearcoat problems. but If it really bad so have to Primes and basecoat then Clear coat..

 

Don't own an evo but car has a CF hood that was looking cloudy or not shiny; except when it was wet such as after washing the car. I tried cleaning it with some Meguires paint cleaner and then polishing and wax. It helped a little but not much. I took it to a body shop that sanded it and re-clear coated it and it looked just like new. I was in the same boat as you thinking I was going to have to get it painted but the sand/clear coat did the trick. I paid $200 total.

 

+1


i'm about to get mine done too, cracking around the vent. If you know how to sand then do it yourself like folks said but find a shop, there's gotta be at least one down there that has some skill to do it.

 

Those shops are full of crap. Just like the wing you can re-clear coat it. Now it's hard to tell without pics, but you have a problem if the clearcoat marks turned yellow. If it's white that means crappy clearcoat, if the CF yellow - it means CF is going bad (actually already went bad) If it's yellow, re-clearcoating it won't help

 

nevermind, see next post.

 

Here's some pics.

 

yea just reclear it

 

Damn it look bad as i expect.. It may look bad when reclear.. Clearcoat gone. and only is Fiberglass and resin.. Possible go Primer and paint then Clearcoat..

Evo have high Heat.. use Speical Clear coat that handle Alot Heats with out Peeling or Crackin. I think Poly Clear coat. im not sure. ill talk to my coworker at work