Painting Carbon Fiber
07-20-09, 12:06 AM
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Painting Carbon Fiber
Hey everyone, I'm planning on purchasing a Seibon CF front lip soon, however I would like to paint the lip obsidian in order to match my car. However I have heard that there are some problems with painting CF as the outcome will show that that painted carbon fiber will not exactly match the color of the car. Is this true? And if so has anyone found ways of color matching CF with the color of their car?
07-20-09, 06:31 AM
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Just get a Nextmod or INGS+1 Lip and get it painted...
If you crack it in the future, it will be easier to repair it
07-20-09, 06:53 AM
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Seibon isn't even "real" carbon fiber anyways, its only cabron fiber material being glued onto a resin-plastic type shape and clear coated. The only issue with painting CF is those CF where it is made by heat applied molding without clear coat (where the whole part is just basically CF, with elastomer bonds in between the layers). And that type of making "real" CF component is much more expensive and not practical for your typical aftermarket part.
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Seibon isn't even "real" carbon fiber anyways, its only cabron fiber material being glued onto a resin-plastic type shape and clear coated. The only issue with painting CF is those CF where it is made by heat applied molding without clear coat. And that type of making "real" CF component is much more expensive and not practical for your typical aftermarket part.
this is true...
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