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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 06:56 PM
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Carbon Fiber Cowl....

My cowl (just below the windshield) is full of pin holes from rot, I have stripped it with a spaghetti wheel (all bare metal now, rust gone, windshield is out). I was going to fiberglass the entire cowl and then repaint it black, but then I started think carbon fiber....

The plan now is to epoxy primer the metal and then to lay a layer of carbon fiber (using UV resistant epoxy resin of course) instead of the fiberglass, leaving the carbon fiber exposed (no paint).

The epoxy primer is to form a barrier between the metal and the carbon fiber to prevent galvanic corrosion...

What do you think and has anyone tried this?
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 03:45 PM
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Re: Carbon Fiber Cowl....

i has great potential to look really good, or like total crap. Worth a try
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