phisig

I recently got a Carbon Fiber front lip for my GS however its painted blue. Whats the best way to strip the paint without dammaging the carbon fiber???

Sand, then start to wetsand, going to a higher and higher grit each time I guess??? What do you all think????

Anything I can rub on that would disolve the finish aready on it and cut right down to the CF???

Guitarman

I'm at a loss to know what to tell you, because using a stripper on it will damage the epoxy resin used to hold the fibers together. Sandblasting or media blasting will also damage it from what i've read.

If anyone else has experience at removing paint safely from carbon fiber, hopefully they will chime in.

tonydt1g3r

ok hopefully your CF hood came with some kind of clear coat and they just sanded it down a little bit to prime it and put the paint over it. Basically you going to have to wet sand it back down I would maybe use 1000 grit and then move up to 2000 grit being super careful not to take off too much. Basically you can tell when the paint is gone pretty easily by working slow with 2000 grit. I know someone that did an entire front bumper with 2000 grit stripping it all the way down took a while but no integrity was lost.

Also when wet sanding it make sure you go in one direction IE up and down the hood so when your done you can just take it to the body shop and have them throw a new clear on it and your done. I always used to wet sand my CF hood w/ 2000 grit and have an extra clear coat put on, the body guys always told me to go in one direction just a tip.

Osiris_x11

It's not that challenging of a job... you need fiber-glass/resin 'friendly" paint stripper (ie. bumper-paint stripper, etc'...) that is ok for plastics/fiber-glass/urethane/polyester/etc', various grades of wet-sandpaper, polishing/rubbing compounds, clear-coat spray (UV), buffing-cloths, wax, and glaze.

Result...
http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=131161

How to... (link->)
http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=105814

DIY... (actual instructions)
http://www.norcalevo.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=30806

Goodluck & post some pics when you're done so others can learn from & appreciate your work!