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Old Jul 9, 2005 | 03:28 PM
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VERY upset to day went out and looked at my hood and it is cracking in like 4 spots right next to each other like 3inches in lenght on all of them i had it for like not even a year havent drove the car in a year what can i do to fix it anything
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Old Jul 9, 2005 | 07:28 PM
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The clear coat on the carbon fiber or the actual carbon fiber of the hood itself?
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Old Jul 9, 2005 | 07:31 PM
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it looks like both but it might be just the clear coat not sure have to go look at it tommorow
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Old Jul 9, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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Do you have hood pins or using the vis latch? where are the cracks...Chris
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Old Jul 9, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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please use punctuations in your sentences. sometimes, people reading things like that wont even bother helping.
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Old Jul 9, 2005 | 10:31 PM
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most likely the clear coat. that's not good. if i were you i'd just get it painted. or just another clear coat if you want it to show CF.
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Old Jul 9, 2005 | 10:44 PM
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it sounds like the top coat is cracking. i would pull it sand it and have them clear coat it again
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Old Jul 10, 2005 | 05:08 PM
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yes its the clear coat.it is cracking at the side top kinda by where you bolt it but not that far up.
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Old Jul 10, 2005 | 09:15 PM
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Since its the clear coat, just get it re clear coated... shouldn't be too expensive. Fixing actual cracks in the carbon fiber is much harder I believe, and has to be more expensive.
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Old Jul 11, 2005 | 12:12 AM
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Is it a real VIS hood? I've got friends with VIS and have no problems. I'd contact them and ask them if there is any way to fix it, or demand replacement.
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