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Anyone here have carbon fiber re-painted?

alkemyst

alkemyst

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I have a problem with a rear diffuser. They made the 'tape line' too low. The paint guy says he can remove the clear coat and paint and start over.

I have my doubts it will be just like original after this.

Anyone have carbon fiber parts stripped and then refinished on a car?
 
I have not but if they messed up, wouldn't the onus be on them to make you happy, even if it means replacing the part? I would let them try it but warn them that if it does not look as it should it will have to be replaced. I have done this with scratched windows and they ended up replacing 75% of my glass.
 
Made the tape line too low? So what exactly happened? It sort of sounds like they painted silver on top of the CF piece? Or does the clear coat have a tape line in it (so no color on top of CF)


I've heard of people having issues with getting CF refinished.. But this is generally more with trying to get yellowed CF back to black and sanding into the CF, or the clear coat ending up cloudy.




....This is one of those situations where you really should let them try to fix their screw-up. If it doesn't look good after that then you have some room to scream.
 
SpatiallyAware said:
Made the tape line too low? So what exactly happened? It sort of sounds like they painted silver on top of the CF piece? Or does the clear coat have a tape line in it (so no color on top of CF)


I've heard of people having issues with getting CF refinished.. But this is generally more with trying to get yellowed CF back to black and sanding into the CF, or the clear coat ending up cloudy.




....This is one of those situations where you really should let them try to fix their screw-up. If it doesn't look good after that then you have some room to scream.
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The whole piece is carbon fiber. The painter needed to mask off just the parts that surround the exhaust.

When they did the silver part is now about 1/8-1/4" too low on the right side.

If it was just a line from the tape itself, I'd wetsand it on my own. Being they clear coated the whole piece after it was painted, to remove the silver body color I'd screw up the clearcoat getting it off.

The main problem I have is time.
 
alkemyst said:
The whole piece is carbon fiber. The painter needed to mask off just the parts that surround the exhaust.

When they did the silver part is now about 1/8-1/4" too low on the right side.

If it was just a line from the tape itself, I'd wetsand it on my own. Being they clear coated the whole piece after it was painted, to remove the silver body color I'd screw up the clearcoat getting it off.

The main problem I have is time.
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Oh wow, the tape line was not symmetric? This wasn't a BMW approved body shop was it? That's a pretty big mess up. Definitely let them try to fix it, but let them know that if it doesn't come out right you will be getting a new piece from them free of charge.
 
Your only choice is to give them a chance to fix it. If it doesn't come out right (it probably won't) you can then insist on a new piece and let them resell the old one at their cost.
 
time factor...I may not be around in 2-3 weeks. having to take the car apart and put the stock back, then reverse when it comes in, etc.

If it can be made right, I have no problem with that.

Obviously the people that responded don't have a clue to the answer.

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Ok, put your stock piece back on and drop this one off for repair. Stop back by in 3 weeks to have them install it. WTF is time an issue for this?

You claim to have no time yet your initial question was only with whether CF could be sanded down and refinished. Now all the sudden you have some major time issue so you don't want them to replace it?


Seriously Alky form a decent thought and question for us, instead of coming in here and being offensive to everyone trying to help you then wondering why your threads ends up derailed and locked.
 
pic of said issue? and the body shop most certainly be able to fix it wont be hard. sand the clear and the paint down to the CF with a fine grit paper. and then respray the line to were you perfer it to be and then reclear the part will look good. one just wonders if your splitting hairs? but i assume they want there customers to be 100% satisfied. i know i do when a car leaves my shop
 
I would say your best bet would be a replacement part. I don't imagine it would take more than a couple hours of your time to have them re&re a new bumper cover. You could probably even wait for it while they do it when you have the time.
 
I've had a carbon fiber bicycle fork stripped and repainted with no trouble and my life depends on that working so I can't imagine it would be any different with a non-critical car part.
 
JulesMaximus said:
I've had a carbon fiber bicycle fork stripped and repainted with no trouble and my life depends on that working so I can't imagine it would be any different with a non-critical car part.
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I don't think his question was about structural integrity, more cosmetic.
 
JulesMaximus said:
I've had a carbon fiber bicycle fork stripped and repainted with no trouble and my life depends on that working so I can't imagine it would be any different with a non-critical car part.
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The problem is there will be exposed carbon fiber. If it was a total repaint, it would be a no-brainer.
 
DaTT said:
I would say your best bet would be a replacement part. I don't imagine it would take more than a couple hours of your time to have them re&re a new bumper cover. You could probably even wait for it while they do it when you have the time.
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Wait for the paint to dry?

The biggest concern is ordering another part and the fit being off. This is a common problem with a lot of parts like this.

So then I have to repack, bring it back, reorder, etc.

I will probably end up just replacing it as no one has been able to answer the main question.
 
alkemyst said:
The problem is there will be exposed carbon fiber. If it was a total repaint, it would be a no-brainer.
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I get it now. They painted over some CF you wanted exposed. Either I didn't read the OP close enough or whatever....

This might pose problems if the paint was applied directly to the CF, however, it there was some sort of sealant/clearcoat before the paint, it may be fixable.
 
alkemyst said:
Wait for the paint to dry?

The biggest concern is ordering another part and the fit being off. This is a common problem with a lot of parts like this.

So then I have to repack, bring it back, reorder, etc.

I will probably end up just replacing it as no one has been able to answer the main question.
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Is this not an aftermarket part of which you would have the stock unit?....or is it stock...if it's stock then waiting wouldn't work.
 
Ok you want a black and white answer.yes they will be able to repair it properly and.have it.look orginal.ive painted CF hoods with the sides painted and the middle remained CF. None of my customers were unhappy but if they were i would sand the paint and clear back with a fine grit retape correctly and repaint and reclear having it look orginal and the correct way the.customer wanted. So issues or flaws with the cf
 
alkemyst said:
Wait for the paint to dry?

The biggest concern is ordering another part and the fit being off. This is a common problem with a lot of parts like this.

So then I have to repack, bring it back, reorder, etc.

I will probably end up just replacing it as no one has been able to answer the main question.
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Um, the shop you had the work done at answered your question as did a couple people here. Just because it isn't the answer you wanted doesn't mean we didn't answer your question.

Regardless, it sounds like you've already made up your mind. Best of luck bra.
 
so you are talking about scraping paint off the RCF part? paint should come off relatively easily off acrylic.
 
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