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Why paint it? The look of the carbon fiber hood is supposed to be just that...Carbon Fiber....Id leave it in it's original color...it looks good with red anyways.
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I was thinking about painting mine silver to match my car but thinning the paint out so it doesnt completely cover the weave underneath and lets it show through. Isn't that what the guy with CF bodied Beamer did?
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You can have them paint the carbon hood with a Tinted Clear Coat.
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Originally posted by EuroTour99:
I was thinking about painting mine silver to match my car but thinning the paint out so it doesnt completely cover the weave underneath and lets it show through. Isn't that what the guy with CF bodied Beamer did?
That sounds pretty cool. Got any pics?
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Originally posted by amarv12:
Originally posted by EuroTour99:
I was thinking about painting mine silver to match my car but thinning the paint out so it doesnt completely cover the weave underneath and lets it show through. Isn't that what the guy with CF bodied Beamer did?
That sounds pretty cool. Got any pics?
That's ugly, it just looks like the paint is too thin and makes it look like you DID do it with a spray can... 
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ya tinted clearcoat would be the way to go it think
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Originally posted by TronX:
You can have them paint the carbon hood with a Tinted Clear Coat.
What I would do is paint it with clear with a small amount of silver "baby flakes" made by house of color. And no it would not look like a spray bomb job. 
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Originally posted by EuroTour99:
I was thinking about painting mine silver to match my car but thinning the paint out so it doesnt completely cover the weave underneath and lets it show through. Isn't that what the guy with CF bodied Beamer did?
Well actually the BMW M3 CSL has a carbon fiber trunk lid and roof. And the trunk is painted. By the way, i say paint it. I hate carbon fiber hoods on cars other than black, only because it blends in. If your cars not black paint it!!
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I have done a few operations to carbon hoods. Usually we block them with 800 w/d then clear..then repeat. Some times the edges are so crappy that we repair them and shoot the edges of the hood body color and clear the whole hood leaving a center section carbon. That works good during repairs as well. Also, $300 for painting a hood red is actually at the low end of going rate. Stick with base/clear stay away from enamel one stage users.
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agreed. dont do one stage. base then clear. u can have them do one sprayover of the body color so its semi transparent then clear so the cf isnt in your face but noticeable up close and the hood still looks painted. they should practice on a scrap piece of cf to know how many sprays to do. one too many and u have a fully painted hood.
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