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Ignorant question.........
What is so alluring about a carbon fiber hood?
personaly I think they show lazyness on behalf of a ricer, and look stupid. Nothing else on the car is carbon fiber, so why NOT paint the hood to match the car OR the spoiler ?
FWIW, there is nothing wrong with a METAL hood. loosing 32 pounds on hood weight is NOT going to affect your red light to red light times by even a FRACTION of a second......... let alone make your status any better......
STEPPING OFF MY SOAP BOX.....
Decals... What they said above, PLUS.... DO NOT RUSH a decal. you MUST let them soak fully and allow them to work themselves off the paper. 74 degree water is best as well as no more than 5 minutes soaking. Too much glue will be tough to "slide and hide" if you have clear areas in the decal and will yellow over time.
The softening of the decal is seriously tricky... pratice on a few scrap pieces first or else you will blister, or tear it..... or worse ! FUBAR the hood.
I found a NEW credit card and a BRAND NEW #11 Exacto blade (to make tiny holes in the trapped air bubbles) to be great while blotting with a lightly damp sponge.
HTH. :frog:
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