Painting carbon fiber

[400-416EX]

I have a quadtech hood that i want to paint. Is it possible to paint carbon fiber? If so where should i go to have it done? Auto body shop?

[pastfast125]

It should be just like painting fiberglass I would think. So I think you can do it, somebody correct me if I'm wrong..

[ImWhite]

well with experience with cf hoods on cars,yes u can paint it.
j/w how r u painting it?like a solid color?or pin striping the sides or what?
if yur paintin it solid what would b the point of a cf hood?i know i have cf stuff cause of the looks of it?but im not being a dick or nothin and its yur quad,post some pics of it when yur done...

[400-416EX]

I am thinking about painting it because it is a sratched up, but i like the way the hood looks. But i may just have a custom # plate made to fit on the top

[ImWhite]

o thats cool then
just an idea depending on how scratched it is,if its only in small spots paint the scratches and leave some tears looking marks where it shows the cf and maybe get the number painted inide of that...just an idea from a car painter lol and i dont know how messed up it is like i said
but nayways show some b4 and after pics

[400-416EX]

that would look preety sick, who would I goto for that kind of paint job, airbrusher?

[ImWhite]

well u could go to a bodyshop that does custom work and they could do it for ya....u wouldnt really need any airbrushing done unless u wanted too...i have done work similar to what i told u without airbrushing....

[TWISTED]

It's just like painting fiberglass. Mine was scratched up pretty bad, so I let my buddy the painter have it. A day later it came back looking awesome. I just had him paint it black. Any body shop should be able to help you.

[TheFontMaster]

If you want to keep the carbon fiber look then just sand down the hood to get rid of most of the scratches, and then clear coat it.

[ImWhite]

Originally posted by TheFontMaster
If you want to keep the carbon fiber look then just sand down the hood to get rid of most of the scratches, and then clear coat it.

you can do that but theres alot of room for error...id be really careful doin that ;)

[400-416EX]

thanks for the input guys