Ft86 Seibon CF keyed. Help?
 

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and am glad I finally joined!

So... A couple days ago I had taken a girl out on a date to a restaurant near a strip of pubs. We came out a few hours later to my complete disgust when my CF hood had 2 deep key marks on it.

Very frustrating when people see a nice car and decide to damage it. Do you guys have an recommendation to getting it out? If possible? I'll attach some pictures. Thanks.

Stupid jealous people! :mad0260:

It will probably come off with some compound and an orbital, but a good excuse to paint matched as all hoods should be.

Wow what a bummer man. I agree though, if it doesn't come off with a good buff I'd look into paint matching

It's extremely obnoxious and frustrating :cry:

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Shit, that's rough

Any recommendation for compound? For CF? Or does it not matter..
I suppose a paint match with the rest of the car would be a secondary option!

Yeah, very!
Almost makes me wonder what kind of shit stick on four wheels he drives...
No respect for cars.:bs::mad0260:

You should find JT (judging by his initials) and kick his **** backwards with a morning star.

Sounds to me like a fair and sufficient punishment :thumbup:

next time just bring the girl to your house.

car safe in garage.

what pubs? this is why i take my beater into downtown.

Wow that's not cool at all. Hopefully you can get those scratches out man.

Use whipenew as a temp fix. I use it to cover up scratches until I find a good day to touch up on my car. Tire shine works well too for temp fixes to clear coat scratches. Just buff extra residue out.

I'll have to try that! Thanks for the temp fix idea! :thumbup:
Hopefully I can get it buffed out. If not maybe try a detailer?

You'll be able to sand that out, worst case scenario you might have to level the epoxy or clear coat (if it's clear coated). Epoxy is a royal pain in the ass to sand, but not difficult to do. I'd wet sand then polish it. I'm confident you'll be able to get it back to 90%+ if not 100%

What grit should I sand it with? 2000? And do you know if they sell sponge ones at that level? Thanks.

Assuming its been clear coated, if you can scratch it with your nails then its too deep :( else it will buff out.

I tried that test and my finger nail does catch on it a little.. :cry:
So Id say it's pretty deep.

I'd use a DA and finish at 3000 before moving to rubbing compound and finally jeweler's polish. Depending on how deep the scratch is you may need to add clear coat to it. You could contact Seibon and ask what they'd suggest using.

You'll have to get the clear touched up if you can feel it. I really like meguiars ultimate compound for light scratch and swirl removal, i would get some clear and fill it in, and do as others have said and sand it down with 800, then 1200 then 2000 then 2400 or whatever is close to that. Then compound, Polish, glaze, seal, and wax. That sounds excessive, but it has the deepest shine of anything I've ever seen, and it will fill and hide small scratches.

That sounds like it would work, if not help a lot. All they recommended me doing is contacting a fiber glass detailer to do the work.. Nothing else.:bs:

Sorry to hear about the damage.

Might I ask the general whereabouts you were at?

Wouldn't want to end up there myself.


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Down on 1st street. In seattle :thumbdown:

Definitely taking the accent or bike down there next.

In my experience if you feel how deep the sratches are in the paint. If they seem like they are non existent to the touch maybe light compound with some polishing can knock it down. If you feel that sratch is too deep, sand around the area with 2000 grit, if the scratch is still visible after sanding, you'll need to obtain some resin and catalyze a small amount, depending on how deep the scratch is, with a small blade add within the scratch crevice, making sure not too much or else it would cause more work trying to sand the resin while risking damaged from execesive sanding. Once the resin has cured (about 2 hours)begin to sand off resin with 2000, once you feel that most of the resin has been leveled begin to buff using a wool disk and compound (rotary buffer with light speed and pressure). Once all sanding marks have been knocked, use a dual action along the whole hood with a choice of polish, then clean thoroughly. Lastly wax and watch it look like new. That's my input, wish I could make a video for a more detailed process.

Thank you. I'll have to look into this and give this a try! Definitely want to get it fixed asap.

I just don't want to be the guy to make that jackoff's key work even worse with the sanding.

PLASTI DIP BRO

No problem, if you were local I'd even lend a hand and fix it for you for free, hate seeing peoples rides get destroyed by some jealous idiot as****es.

Damn!!! Sorry this happened to you. I like carbon fiber and the look of it. If this was me and I couldn't buff it out to me satisfaction, id sell it and buy another one.

This, except use clear coat instead of resin. You can use a plastic toothpick or something similar to get the clear coat into the scratch.

ugh, that really sucks. sorry to hear, brother

Here's the real brain number... If he didn't have a unpainted CF hood, would if have been keyed?

Get a dashcam theres the ones that have motion detection and will turn on and record when something happens.

Fuck that guy by the way,

I'd keep the carbon fiber unpainted on my car. Goes well with asphalt imo.

Sad to see such idiocy, I only wish it were a rare occurance for people to be such ass-hats.

ewww. sodo and around that area... bro not good.

This is the process
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDWWtk-XVtQ"]Clear Coat Touch Up & Clear Bra: Carrera GT - YouTube[/ame]

Yeah exactly! I appreciate it man!

People just don't care for others belongings

Yes you can use clear coat but since I have resin at my disposal about anytime of the day (work in fiberglass/carbon manufacturing) its exactly the same thing, the resin and clear coat have no difference in color or texture once cured and sanded, we do this all the time. 😸

Where's a bro like you when I need one :sigh: