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carbon fiber hood mod! cheap and fun
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Ok i got bored and sinch im a cheap hacker and proud to be one i figured i give a try at paint a hood to look like carbon fiber, ive tryed this in the past on test pieces with spray paint and even if you dont have a spray gun handy spray paint would even do the job on this one, i suggest buying a 2nd hood from the junk yard for 20 bucks before tearing urs apart though
for this project you need is some news paper, masking tape, 2 colors of paint black and silver work best and some tools along with some of the lining for tool boxes that you can get at any autoparts store, make sure you have sand paper 180- 320
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you have to remove your hood and then start sanding your hood like you would to repaint it, but i wont walk everyone through prepping and painting i filled my mazda logo to flush it heres the pics
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once you have your hood prepped for paint after you lay your base coat in my case black, you will probably need someone else complaint enough to help you not your mom or your 5 year old brother, anyways you need to take the roll of box matting and tape newspaper along the edges like so
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keep wrinkles out of the matting when paint or you will get alot of overspray i used a yardstick to push down on the edges.
this is the pattern you should come out with
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i would recommend you start painting from the front and go back if your like me you will end up with a tiny bite left to paint when the end of the hood flairs, to accomplish this i used a small cut off piece and lot s of tape to prevent overspray, also i suggest not doing the layers up the hood, side to side works the best to give it a inconstant look
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now the hard parts done lay down whatever kind of clear coat you prefer and wait for it to dry, i hope i helped someone with this write up and please let me know if you need any help, email is the easiest @ [email protected]
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Ask me any questions, i know i wasn't detailed on painting i did wet sand the primer just to help hide any imperfections when i layed the black base down, anyways thanks fellow mx6ers! hope you enjoy this as much as i do
for this project you need is some news paper, masking tape, 2 colors of paint black and silver work best and some tools along with some of the lining for tool boxes that you can get at any autoparts store, make sure you have sand paper 180- 320
you have to remove your hood and then start sanding your hood like you would to repaint it, but i wont walk everyone through prepping and painting i filled my mazda logo to flush it heres the pics
once you have your hood prepped for paint after you lay your base coat in my case black, you will probably need someone else complaint enough to help you not your mom or your 5 year old brother, anyways you need to take the roll of box matting and tape newspaper along the edges like so
keep wrinkles out of the matting when paint or you will get alot of overspray i used a yardstick to push down on the edges.
this is the pattern you should come out with
i would recommend you start painting from the front and go back if your like me you will end up with a tiny bite left to paint when the end of the hood flairs, to accomplish this i used a small cut off piece and lot s of tape to prevent overspray, also i suggest not doing the layers up the hood, side to side works the best to give it a inconstant look
now the hard parts done lay down whatever kind of clear coat you prefer and wait for it to dry, i hope i helped someone with this write up and please let me know if you need any help, email is the easiest @ [email protected]
Ask me any questions, i know i wasn't detailed on painting i did wet sand the primer just to help hide any imperfections when i layed the black base down, anyways thanks fellow mx6ers! hope you enjoy this as much as i do
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Wow! i was all ready for a snarky remark about faking it 
but i'm pretty impressed by how well it came out so i have to eat my words lol. how much time and money did it take though? do you think it was worth it cause CF hoods are getting pretty cheap and then you get the weight reduction
but i'm pretty impressed by how well it came out so i have to eat my words lol. how much time and money did it take though? do you think it was worth it cause CF hoods are getting pretty cheap and then you get the weight reductionWow! i was all ready for a snarky remark about faking it
for me it was under 20 bucks all i had to buy was primer and that matting everything else i had sitting around i used baseline paints because i didn't want much of a gloss. if you had to buy all the suplies asumming you had the paint gun and tools id say pricing around 50 bucks to the most expensive stuff costing a few hundred but that kills the puropse of this being a cheap and effective mod
Yeah looks like carbon fiber. Personally I can't stand the look of CF and if I were to ever use it it would be to save weight and I'd just paint it to match the rest of the car, but that's me
Did turn out amazing for a painted CF
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looks good now get a shot next to a real carbon fiber hood so we can see the differance
verry cool.. gota say i wouldnt mind doing an entire car with that... might be cool
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ok heres a few pics of it done just got it on the car, no day shots yet ill try for tommrow
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ill have the new ones up soon hopefully please pm me any questions this is my first big write up and i know i wasn't in depth on everything ..
Dev MX6er 4 Life
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ok heres a few pics of it done just got it on the car, no day shots yet ill try for tommrow
ill have the new ones up soon hopefully please pm me any questions this is my first big write up and i know i wasn't in depth on everything ..
Dev MX6er 4 Life
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