Carbon Fiber Hoods

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

1. that paint shop did very crappy prep on your rocco
2. the last iteration of CF hoods was flaky at best. Shawn Meze is possibly 
trying to hook something up in the future, as well as Brian Haygood. though 
at this stage, both seem to be 'definite maybes', with nothing immediately 
available.
hth
Al

----- 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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