carbon fiber hood turning yellow
 

:confused: Well i have been noticing my hood has been changing and tinting yellow a little bit. I knew that would happen because it sits out in the sun all day long, but i am going to get a car cover for the future.
Today i installed carbon fiber mirror covers and i could see the difference was even worst. What can i do to get the hood back to non-yellow lol.

I thought these hoods were cleared so this would not happen? I have heard of this problem before but not sure of the fix. I thought prevention was better in this case but could be wrong.... hope it gets resolved!

Pics of before and after wold be nice too.....we love pics (good or bad)

Needs to just be resanded and recleared

They don't come cleared.
The resin turns yellow after a while, it doesn't have UV resistant.

If it was my hood, I'd wet sand it with 400 grit and put 3 coats of clear.
Done.

what a pain.......

Just do it right and paint it (I hate CF hoods).

Or maybe get a different hood....be brave....go different! Kiss!

yeah,that CF is whack!! :)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...ic/9buv3-2.jpg

It's something called a "gel-coat" right? At least that is what my seibon claimed. 1.5 years later and it looks as good as new (other than a few micro-cracks around the hood vents).

what is the difference between "gelcoat" and "clearcoat". I'm sure gelcoat is more durable, right?

I park in a garage both at home and work so it doesn't see much UV. My car looks like it did the day I bought it.

Yeah that CF is horrible...lol. If my hood hadn't melted when my house went up in flames I'd throw up a picture of a nice UNPAINTED CF hood just like willy. But whatever, to each their own...