GEN 2 Carbon fiber hood insert, side vents and flares?! Seems pricey to me

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Johngm45

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I ordered the hood and side vents supposed to be direct replacement and solid, real carbon fiber ..
 

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I’ve read on the internet < so it --must-- be true > that constant exposure to UV can result in some carbon fiber yellowing and degrading of he epoxy / resin. Usually a UV protecting coating is applied and I’m not sure how effective this is at resisting this alleged degradation.

BST has this to say : http://blackstonetek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/uv.pdf

So it appears maybe there’s something to it for uncoated or unprotected CF. Anyway, as long as it’s at least clear coated with a good UV protectant, they should be GTG
 
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