Carbon Fiber front fascia?

Modshack

Sure you can. CF is painted over all the time. The clear-coat is just paint after all. You'll still have paint on top and that's what typically chips though, so there is nothing really gained from doing this to reduce road dings......I fact, it may cause more issues as the underlying CF (or FG) is pretty unyielding as opposed to the flexibility of the stock bumper material..

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kannibul

Good to know all 'round.

Now that you mention it, my neighbor has a FG hood that has been battered pretty good.

SpawnAeroJohn

I agree and disagree. If you had a REAL carbon fiber bumper with several layers of carbon fiber and you hit something at the minimal speed it would take to tear dent or damage a urethane bumper. The carbon fiber one would just get a few scratches. The only up side to urethane is its cheaper by 50% or more, and the braking point when being bent is farther than a carbon fiber one.

That is assuming the carbon fiber is pure carbon fiber (again with many layers) and saturated in the best epoxy resin you can find.

Carbon fiber is also cheaper to fix (not cheaper to replace). Just cheaper to repair since you don’t have to use special adhesive promoters and special types of putty.

kenchan

+1 you can paint clearcoat...


heck even use adhesion promoter if you're anal as a primer.

Auto_Infantry

OP: If your going to paint over the CF I would just recommend you get an FRP Front Bumper because CF will still get chips and gouges no matter what. You should probably get a clear bra next time you paint. I currently have a full Carbon fiber front end on my Z and a majority of my car is CF. I did paint this cf bumper but I also have another in full cf too.



I get lots of compliments and looks with CF (majority from the popo) but I am getting tired of the look so I'm gonna be paint scheming the whole car pretty soon. The thing with CF is that if it is not prepped right, you can tell that the piece was cf that was painted. Dry carbon is actually much harder to prep because the weave will definitely show through if not prepped right. I'll post up a whole thread about carbon and the differences and such soon. I want to get you guys educated on some of the products that are out on the market. As far as price goes, currently for the 370 your looking to spend 1000k plus for just the front in CF.

We actually are having the Zele replica kit coming in pretty soon here, about less then a month. We also will be making the full Nismo replacement body kit (not the lip and add ons) in FULL CF Made to order.