my oem carbon fiber AC vent has a crack in the plastic/clear coat above the carbon fiber...

Anyone know of a compnay that can fix this? im sure it has to be fixed..looks like it needs to be sanded down then relaminated...(or whatever they use..)
thanks for any info...

 

Try MA Carbon

 

Ditto. John at MA Carbon is a good guy.

 

he does not repair, he will recommend just buying a new piece. cf is difficult to repair, i don't believe there is a place that would actually do it, if they do the cost may be the same as buying a new piece.
do you still have warranty?? maybe you can have the dealer replace it.

 

If the crack is hairline depth, try using paint products like a hand glaze and fine polishing compound like Meguire X to polish it out.

If it's deeper, some wet sanding followed by polishing may be needed. These are 300-400 new so you may come out ahead if you can fix it yourself.

Look up local aircraft fabricator that does CF. They maybe able to help you more.

 

I don't know if this will help, here I found a CF tutorial to make some simple pc. You may try use the resin to fix your pc if it don't have warranty.

http://www.synapsemotorsport.com/Lib...napseCFone.pdf
http://www.synapsemotorsport.com/Library/CFII.pdf

 

guys thanks.
ill contact the dealership..basically the unit cracked...i guess from sunlight..
the thing is that the plastic/clear coat above the carbon fiber cracked...
three little cracks on the upper corner of the AC vents...

im thinking you need to melt that part of the clearcoat, seperate it from the carbon fiber, and reapply clearcoat.
if they deny the claim (im kinda sure they will...) ill look into the above options...

 

^ carbon fiber can be wetsanded and re-cleared. I've done it to hoods on several occasions with good results. This will work only if it is the clearcoat and not the CF itself that is damaged.