Well today has been terrible so far..this morning while i was driving to school a rock the size or a marble flew at me out of know where and hit my carbon fiber hood.

i got out of my car and see this big chip going down to the carbon fiber weave..it broke through every clear cloat on the hood

i was wondering wat i have to do to fix this?

 

Wow that truly sucks sorry to hear. You can clearly see the look of heartbreak in your reflection on the hood. Im not sure if you can fix that. I know if cf is faded you can clear coat it to bring it back to life, but im not sure if itwould work if the weave is exposed like that. I know some will say you can but I have never re cleared exposed fibers, I have only re cleared faded gel coats. I had a hood fly up on my old eclipse and bust it to hell on the edges where it folded I bondoed it and sanded and painted over it. Maybe someone can post pics of how they had cleared over exposed cf and how it turned out or how they fixed it.

 

ya i hope i can fix it..people have said that i can put some gel inside and the sand it down and clear coat it but im not sure..but i would love if some one can share any tips or step by step on how to fix this.

-thanks

 

sand and clear.

 

Typically depends on whether the part was made with an epoxy resin, or a polyester type resin. While it may be difficult to match the color of the cured coat on that part, you can use a slow curing (60-120min pot) type universal epoxy to fill that in. Mix the resin up, pour some over the affected area, use a plastic body spreader to force the epoxy into the voids in the chip, and let it harden. Then sand smooth with some ~400-600 wetsand and work your way up to ~1500, then polish.

be sure to prep the surface to be epoxied by masking about ~1" all around the area, then presanding lightly with ~ 180 grit, then wipe clean and dry with some good wax/grease remover on a lint free cloth(do not pour it directly on the part) and buff dry. Then proceed with first paragraph steps.

I build structural carbon components for the kit cars at my shop and see alot of this type of damage. Being cosmetic, it can be fixed as I mentioned above.

Good luck!

 

thank you very much! ^^

 

well BoxeSix knocked it out the park ... not much else can be said lol

 

I'm just saying that it just might cost as much to fix it then buying a new one. Real sorry bro, hope everything goes well