CarbonFiber Hood!!!
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Originally Posted by 94Regal
I wouldnt put it on my car. WIth all the respect in the world that is rice, considering it is slowing down the car, and trying to make it look faster at the same time........
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if people were truly concerned with the performance aspect of it more than the "look" wouldn't they paint the carbon fiber hood so it matched the car?
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I'm not understanding why CF hoods cant be painted... dose it absorb the paint or somthing?
I've seen lots of cars running around my town with a grey/black hood and the rest is like red, white, ect... looks really stupid...
I've seen lots of cars running around my town with a grey/black hood and the rest is like red, white, ect... looks really stupid...
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Saleen has more money to make it work
Here'* the story on CF painting:
The molecular bonding of common automotive paints is stressed in the X-axis. CF stresses unequally, in variable Y axis patterns. So the paint will crack. The only paint compatible with CF is a molecularly bonded paint produced by PPG for use in aircraft panels. You have to have a government license with a signed non-disclosure agreement to be able to use it, and it can't be resold.
The other way to beat it, is to take a standard automotive lacquer and mix depleted uranium into it under a UV light source of 4500 lumens or greater. This alters the molecular strength just long enough for it to bond.
Any questions?
Here'* the story on CF painting:
The molecular bonding of common automotive paints is stressed in the X-axis. CF stresses unequally, in variable Y axis patterns. So the paint will crack. The only paint compatible with CF is a molecularly bonded paint produced by PPG for use in aircraft panels. You have to have a government license with a signed non-disclosure agreement to be able to use it, and it can't be resold.
The other way to beat it, is to take a standard automotive lacquer and mix depleted uranium into it under a UV light source of 4500 lumens or greater. This alters the molecular strength just long enough for it to bond.
Any questions?
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Originally Posted by Allmachtige
Shut up Bill, no one cares.
And I didn't know any of that stuff Will said. I figured Krylon stuck to anything....