touges2000

Here's one painted. I did want to leave it carbon but the clear kept failing so I painted it. And I'm glad I did. It looks cleaner to me.

neveronlines2k

Its probably the fact that you are waxing it that is speeding up the fading. you can try a product called kizz clear and it should help (though you need to use it often since it looses its luster somewhat fast . Soap and water is all you should use on CF, the gel coat is not the same as a clear coat that is on your paint. most waxes and polishes are made for Clear coats and paint not gel coats on CF. If you have a shop clear coat it then waxing it may be good for it.

To the OP..... I would leave it until you decide you would rather paint it to match. If its a replica it will probably be easier to sell if you leave it unpainted (assuming at some point you want to sell it). If you paint it it will be harder to sell since the buyer would need to repaint and lots of people still buy CF for the look.

pepperinyoureye

Personally I would leave it and just clear coat the thing again,its your hood tho do what you want instead of asking other people what they like lol

iam7head

that's real carbon fiber vs carbon fiber overlay

iam7head

not really, you can stripe the bc/cc off the resin, not the funnest thing to do but it will come off.

modMonkey

Has anyone ever successfully done this?

Randizzle88

clear coat my freinds j's racing hood started to fade and get spots. then he re clear coat and its perfect

iam7head

i do body work as side job

IceMan08

so is that hood real CF or just CF over lay? because im thinking about getting this hood and every paint shop says they cant paint CF...

WashabiS2K

they need to sand down the clearcoat and then spray the primer over the weave... i think