Carbon Fiber Hoods

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Where would one even get a CF hood for a scirocco?  (Mk1/2?)

-Grant-
Annapolis, MD/Louisville, KY
1980 in storage :(






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Camron D. Crouse" <camron@worldaccessnet.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:05 AM
Subject: Carbon Fiber Hoods


> I'm in a very irksome situation.  As some of you here may remember from 
> my prior posts, my Scirocco was "sandwiched" in January 2002.  The car 
> was totaled, salvaged, and restored. This resto included 100% new paint 
> (black, as was original color), which was basically nice except for a 
> few areas - some slight "orange peeling", and poor coverage of front US 
> style bumper (bumper trim was misaligned at time of painting, when 
> strightened it revealed a missed portion). In addition, some minor rust 
> spots had been treated prior to priming, and those spots, albeit small 
> and in inconspicuous places, have expanded under the paint to form 
> raised blobs. I had always meant to take the car back to the bodyshop to 
> see if they'd have a look, but for whatever reason never got around to 
> it.  Well as it turns out, this summer I've developed a new paint 
> problem with my hood, as as Murphy's Law would dictate, the shop is no 
> longer in business.
> 
> The symptons of the hood paint problem - slight fading of the paint in a 
> few areas, which have grown in size over the summer, and developed into 
> a "rotting" of the enamel... it's starting to look just awful.  Like the 
> paint has formed tiny little bubbles, which have burst and flaked off. 
> Nasty. The rest of the car's paint has been quite stable (aside from 
> aforementioned rust-treated spots), but I have a bad feeling that it's 
> only a matter of time...
> 
> At any rate, I'm trying to decide if I should have the hood repainted, 
> or if I ought to go with a Carbon Fiber hood.  Either way wont be cheap, 
> but I wanted feeback from those who have gone the CF hood route.
> 
> Or option 3, I could take a stab at painting the hood myself - shit, I 
> can't make it look any worse!  I'm pretty artistic, though I'd need to 
> get a sprayer...
> 
> Now accepting input...
> 
> 
> - Camron from Vancouver, WA USA
>   '86.5 Black 16V 2.0L
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