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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 05:32 PM
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Question about everyone's CF products

I recently received my first CF product, and there were little air pockets that have popped. I emailed the maker, and they replied saying that "the resin has some minor airpockets when it cures, this is unavoidable". Is this true for every vendor/maker of CF?
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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so now there are lil bubble looking spots on the CF? I have CF grill,eyelids,hood,trunk,wing and never had that happen. I just have cracks, yellowing and clear lifting from the hood (cloudiness). all usual things.

Got any pics of the issue?
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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no, not yet. i put it where it's suppose to go and you cannot notice any of the bubbles and cracks. so i'll probably just drop the whole ordeal.

i was curious on this matter not just for my part, but for future parts i'm going to get if there will always be imperfections.
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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with wet cf there are always possibilities of air bubbles, i guess its just the quality of their workmanship
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 06:17 PM
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now i'm scared to shell out $150 to get my dash wrapped in this stuff. it's from the same website, but they're the only one i know of who do it. !
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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no, not yet. i put it where it's suppose to go and you cannot notice any of the bubbles and cracks. so i'll probably just drop the whole ordeal.

i was curious on this matter not just for my part, but for future parts i'm going to get if there will always be imperfections.

its cracked too? was this piece something you had wrapped in cf?
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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So who did it? Fibercation.com
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 12:04 AM
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its cracked too? was this piece something you had wrapped in cf?

No, it was just a sheet of CF cut into a gauge bezel.
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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these idiots don't know what they are doing. when they send you the finished product, it shouldn't have any problems like that. you need to find another vendor
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 09:40 AM
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There was another guy on here way back who sent out his dash.. Was quoted a week or two.. ^ months later he got it back. After paying an arm and a leg he posted pics and looked like he gave it to his 3 year old kids to wrap.. It was so bad he ripped it all off his dash!!! "they were the only ones who would wrap a dash too" Hope its not the same company!! Cuz your gonna be mad at the results!
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 09:43 AM
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Go with Rexspeed and this type of issue won't come up.
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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Some of the holes looks like a 4 year old cut them out and the turn signal cut outs are too big.
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