vis carbon fiber hood, is this legit ?

birdman71

They do have a protective coat, but a single layer that is of not the greatest quality clear coat
There are regular clear coats that do not last as long and do not give as much protection to the Carbon Fiber and then there is the gel base clear coat. I know plenty that when they have their hood, fenders, bumper, etc re-cleared they will end up doing 3-4 layers of the gel clear coat. That will last a daily driver that leaves their car outside close to 2 years.

Seibon and VIS have a history with yellowing and happens usually within a year. Aesthetically the carbon fiber looks great from them as long as you keep up on the maintenance and don't allow it to yellow. Performance wise, Seibon and VIS weigh just as much as OEM, so there isn't a huge reduction of weight.

These processes are with all Carbon Fiber parts in general.
With better quality brands they use better quality materials, ex. ZELE, Top Secret and VARIS use a higher quality gel base clear coat.

There was a friend of mine that bought a Varis CF Cooling Hood from another Z person and the other person had the hood for about 2 years and then my friend bought it. Only reason he stripped and re-cleared the hood was due to tiny rock chip in the protective layers.
Hood still looks brand friggin new.

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