Im about to buy a R1 carbon fiber hood, (anyone heard anything on them?) and the place that is selling them says that they the hood (as long as every other cf hood) should be buffed of clear coated. My question is on the Vis hoods or fiber images...do you have to clear coat those after install? How much is it to clear cloat a cf hood or can I do it myself?

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well, i'm almost positive that my fiberimages is clearcoated. it has one hell of a shine to it. it might say on their website, so you should look there

every cf hood that ive seen has clearcoat already on it, ive never seen a hood with just raw fiber/resin, i might wash it to get rid of prints youll put on it, but polishing the 1st day seems like overkill.
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He is correct. Clear coat is already on it, nothing to finish. Just buff it out a little to shine it up.

Actually most cf hoods come with a clear gel coat that is not the same as a painted clear coat. Most of them look smooth, but aren't perfect, and for the best look, you should wet sand all that off and have a professional spray real clear coat on it. However, the good quality hoods look good enough without having to redo the clear. It just depends on if you are a perfectionist or not...

yeah...he's got it right, ive never heard of a cf hood without a gel coat. Unless your getting a super cheap price, id get a fiber images hood if i were you.

Where could I get a fiber images hood, and how much you guyys pay for yurs?

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vis hoods are good too from what I've seen. I want the invader. :)

i just ordered a vis cf hood :D ill tell ya how it is

The vis hoods have an excellent finish on em. A guy at a body shop even said it was one of the best he's seen.

kewl. I am hoping I'll be able to get the hood right after my b-day and xmas, etc. :) gonna go thru some changes with the car.

VIS's hood are awesome. I got the xtreme gt and it fit perfect, the clearcoat was perfect, all in all I'd say it was perfect. VIS's customer service was very good too, and they gave me a hellified deal!!

how do you get a deal? Just ask them? lol. I'd like a deal if I can get one. :)

i have a friend who owns a body shop and they put 6 coats of clear on an integra hood and it looked like you could reach into the hood, it was crazy

LOL, I worked out a deal with my rep. at VIS. I got the hood shipped to my door $450.

Hey Blitz, get a pic of yur car up with that VIS hood I wanna see.

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That's cool. I gotta go get some from the shop, it'll be in there for another 2 weeks, but I don't see why I can't take some there for you. I'll stop by tomorrow and shoot some, gimme a day or two.

I have the VIS Invader hood and I couldn't want better. I love it!
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the invader owns with my front. I was talking to John at prostreet, and he told me that most hoods come with a finish like a clear coat, but if you want the shine and finish to last, have a UV clear coat done. He said without that, some hoods will start to turn yellowish. I assume he meant the clear coat fades yellowish. It doesn't have to be done right off the bat, but for durability, you probably wanna get a UV clear coat applied.