Comments on: I have a carbon fiber bonnet on my car and the glossy finish has gone a bit dull and gone a pale white colour.? http://www.bluebonnetsbootsandbooks.com/carbon-bonnets/i-have-a-carbon-fiber-bonnet-on-my-car-and-the-glossy-finish-has-gone-a-bit-dull-and-gone-a-pale-white-colour-2 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:53:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Vipassana http://www.bluebonnetsbootsandbooks.com/carbon-bonnets/i-have-a-carbon-fiber-bonnet-on-my-car-and-the-glossy-finish-has-gone-a-bit-dull-and-gone-a-pale-white-colour-2/comment-page-1#comment-2049 Vipassana Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:04:59 +0000 http://www.bluebonnetsbootsandbooks.com/carbon-bonnets/i-have-a-carbon-fiber-bonnet-on-my-car-and-the-glossy-finish-has-gone-a-bit-dull-and-gone-a-pale-white-colour-2#comment-2049 Welcome to the world of owning carbon fiber. The part that most people don't investigate, before they spend the money on it. Carbon fiber fades, and yellows. With enough use, it will also warp. This is the payoff you get for having a cosmetically nice, but otherwise pointless hood. It's not the coating, it's the carbon fiber itself that is fading. You cannot make it stand out again. Kinda like paint. You can put a nice coat of wax over faded paint. And it will still be faded paint.<br><b>References : </b><br> Welcome to the world of owning carbon fiber. The part that most people don’t investigate, before they spend the money on it.

Carbon fiber fades, and yellows. With enough use, it will also warp.

This is the payoff you get for having a cosmetically nice, but otherwise pointless hood.

It’s not the coating, it’s the carbon fiber itself that is fading. You cannot make it stand out again.

Kinda like paint. You can put a nice coat of wax over faded paint. And it will still be faded paint.
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