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Old Apr 14, 2010, 11:08 AM
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Removing scratches from carbon fiber hood

I just got a used seibon hood pretty cheap but it has some scratches and was wondering how could I removed them.
Polishing?
Old Apr 14, 2010, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by luischav3z
I just got a used seibon hood pretty cheap but it has some scratches and was wondering how could I removed them.
Polishing?
How deep are the scratches?
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If its been cleared, try rubbing compound, followed by polishing compound. Im afraid if the scratches are too deep, it wont take them out.
Old Apr 14, 2010, 11:22 AM
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it has a couple deep ones but small. Most of them arent deep I post pics when I get home.
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Originally Posted by luischav3z
it has a couple deep ones but small. Most of them arent deep I post pics when I get home.
Pics will help a lot. But depending if the scratches hit the carbon fiber base you might be able to get most of them out.

It will take a lot of patience and time but in the end I'm sure it will look 10x better.

I was told and seen to use wetsand paper and sand layer by layer until you hit the base of the carbon fiber. Than go over it with a nice clear coat
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Most carbon fiber comes with cheap clear coat so make sure to do a couple of coats with good quality clear.
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Here are some pics
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in this one ^^^^^ I scratched it a bit with my nail LoL but I used a rag to clean it and went away but didn't looked clean..
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There not to bad . Try and polish the hood and should restore it pretty nice .
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