CF bonnet re-lacquering

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon May 13, 2013 8:12 pm

not a couple of years though with mine they have been on the car a lot longer fraser ha it a couple of years i have had it a couple of years it was a show car before fraser bought it

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Mon May 13, 2013 8:34 pm

mercutio wrote:not a couple of years though with mine they have been on the car a lot longer fraser ha it a couple of years i have had it a couple of years it was a show car before fraser bought it

I didn't even understand this! Lol

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon May 13, 2013 8:36 pm

thats because you only read one post

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Tue May 14, 2013 8:28 am

NO NITROMORS!!!!

i relacquered mine. its not that hard ratty. you sand back to 1500 grit and a nice smooth surface and spray. the only issue you might/will have is the micro pours or 'tiny holes' in the surface causing dimples as the pit drags the lacquer in. I solved this by dropping drips of lacquer into each one but i should have let the spray cure more as i have a couple of places the moisture couldnt get out of so its cloudy. wont happen if you wait for it to cure. labour intensive process though so you wont be paying anyone to do it....

spudep91 · Post by **spudep91** » Tue May 14, 2013 10:05 am

We bought a cf bonnet for are track car was in bad nick it looked like someone had poured lacquor onto it lol. A jobby lot of ruben down with 1500 then 2000 and a proper buff did the job for use

Post by **Lude-dude** » Tue May 14, 2013 11:51 am

I have chips in the lacquer that go down to the weave, no way to fix that other than new resin I would have thought

Post by **Merlin** » Tue May 14, 2013 12:32 pm

I will be sanding back my CF bonnet, it has a layer of paint on it as well. If I bugger it up I will CF wrap it or paint it again.

craig_jdm · Post by **craig_jdm** » Tue May 14, 2013 12:37 pm

Does anywhere make aluminum bonnets for ludes

kris_aka_edu · Post by **kris_aka_edu** » Tue May 14, 2013 1:04 pm

I want a CF bonnet

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue May 14, 2013 1:24 pm

How about carbon wrapping it?