Painting Carbon Fiber Hoods
02-01-2007, 01:18 AM
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RE: Painting Carbon Fiber Hoods
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Yes you can. Just like fiberglass, sand,prime...then it's good to go.....
why would you wanna paint it tho? are you paint it partial and leave some of the carbon expose?
Yes you can. Just like fiberglass, sand,prime...then it's good to go.....
why would you wanna paint it tho? are you paint it partial and leave some of the carbon expose?
02-01-2007, 01:39 AM
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RE: Painting Carbon Fiber Hoods
ok this has been my plan for YEARS....on mustangs i dont like the bare CF...it is OK on imports though (NOT ricers...IMPORTS!)....and i don't like the way the 1/2 painted 1/2 bare style looks in those pics either
VIS CF Cobra R cowl hood...twin 40th anniversary style stripes starting at the front of the grill and extending back...however...the stripes i will paint 85% opaque black...and everything else i will paint 85% matching laser red...so from far away it will look like a regular cowl hood with twin black stripes...but up close and personal you will be able to tell it is CF...kinda like "ghosted stripes"
then on the roof black stripes continuing back
then VIS OEM CF trunklid with the same treatment as the hood...with the stripes ending on the top edge of the trunklid (where the 3rd brakelight is) and they will be nice and rounded off on the corners of the stripes...everything else on the top flat surface of the trunklid 85% opaque laser red
to finish up...the center section between the tailights...it will be painted 85% black so the CF fiber shows through again...in my head it will look SICK...but it will cost a PRETTY PENNY to have all that masking/prepping/paintwork done on the already expensive CF
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now this can be done even with black...however i would change it a little
depending on the style of hood you have...i would do the CF hood and trunk and paint a 100% opaque 1" line all the way around the edge of the hood and trunklid...then for the rest...paint it 85% opaque so again up close you can still barely see the CF...that would be SICK IMO...i know this is hard to picture too...but if you really think about it it would look AWESOME!
VIS CF Cobra R cowl hood...twin 40th anniversary style stripes starting at the front of the grill and extending back...however...the stripes i will paint 85% opaque black...and everything else i will paint 85% matching laser red...so from far away it will look like a regular cowl hood with twin black stripes...but up close and personal you will be able to tell it is CF...kinda like "ghosted stripes"
then on the roof black stripes continuing back
then VIS OEM CF trunklid with the same treatment as the hood...with the stripes ending on the top edge of the trunklid (where the 3rd brakelight is) and they will be nice and rounded off on the corners of the stripes...everything else on the top flat surface of the trunklid 85% opaque laser red
to finish up...the center section between the tailights...it will be painted 85% black so the CF fiber shows through again...in my head it will look SICK...but it will cost a PRETTY PENNY to have all that masking/prepping/paintwork done on the already expensive CF
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now this can be done even with black...however i would change it a little
depending on the style of hood you have...i would do the CF hood and trunk and paint a 100% opaque 1" line all the way around the edge of the hood and trunklid...then for the rest...paint it 85% opaque so again up close you can still barely see the CF...that would be SICK IMO...i know this is hard to picture too...but if you really think about it it would look AWESOME!