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Originally Posted by DeeezNuuuts83
Do you know how much it costs to re-clear carbon fiber? I was thinking about doing that to my Evo's carbon fiber trunk at some point.
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Shouldn't cost much more if at all more than getting an equivalent steel panel painted. The prep work should be nearly identical. If your hood has big vents/details that are more complicated to prep that's another story.
I wish car panel manufacturers would do just a *little* research into the resin systems they use on their hoods. You can get epoxies that are
very UV resistant (Most cycloaliphatics are a good place to start), and with a UV clear they will almost never yellow. Instead they go with cheap epoxy and try to protect it with a clear coat. If the top layer of epoxy fails under the clear the clear is just going to flake off even if it's still perfectly fine itself.
On the commonplace end of things, epoxy based surfboards are a good example of a product that spends a ton of time in the sun and has to be designed to do it without a clearcoat in many cases. On the high end, the bare carbon finished Pagani's, Koenigseggs, and even the roofs on some M3's etc. are all bare carbon. Do you think that they want to have customers bringing them back after a year with yellowed and flaking body panels? I think not. There are proper materials that eliminate the issue. Most companies just don't want to dish out the $$$ needed for them.
Cheers
Nathan