Repairing Carbon Fiber
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Repairing Carbon Fiber
How practical is it to fix a cf lip? i hit a pothole today and it chipped the clear pretty good and ripped some mounting points. overall the thing is still in one piece, just scratched and chipped so i may end up painting it tarmac blk to match the car if i have to, but i'd rather try to get this fixed
i assume a body shop could just sand down the clear and respray it?
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depends on if the cf is cracked. if it is, i don't think it can be fixed without overlaying the whole thing in cf again.. if it is just scratched, a wet sand and clear coat should do the trick. if it is cracked at just the mounting spots (not visible) it can probably be fiberglassed back into shape and painted in just that area...
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cracked a cf lip on my civic, didnt look to bad but did crack the cf, couple days later was cruising a back road about 100mph and the thing fell apart into three or four big chunks (after i ran it over!) just a heads up incase the cf is cracked i would repair it before going "over the speed limit" my .02 cents
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thanks for the input everyone... i'll probably hit up a body shop in the next couple days and get some before and after pics
yeah, that's the only thing, i don't know of any shops in the area![Crap](https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/images/smilies/crap.gif)
get an alignment
yeah, probably take care of that soon too
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Originally Posted by twentyone
I'd make sure the body shop has good experience with carbon fiber first
yeah, that's the only thing, i don't know of any shops in the area
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