Suggestions for hood

[White95SE]

My clear coat is coming off big time on my hood at the moment. I'm weighing my options on what to do about it and narrowed it down to these two:

1. Get a maaco job on my hood only (no way I'm dropping 5k on a paint job)
2. Get a carbon fiber hood for 500 bucks.

I'm leaning toward option 2 right now. I feel it serves a dual purpose. No need for paint right away and drop weight. Although I prefer my car to be one color, I don't find carbon fiber to be low budget looking and the spoon tegs look great with it.

Hood would cost around the same as painting my current hood anyway.

Any opinions or suggestions are appreciated. Please point out any holes in my reasoning :lol:

 

[Samurai_Blue]

do you have your car outside?

 

[JDMxDB8]

MAACO doesn't charge $5000 just to paint a hood. Dude you are smoking something.

 

[Samurai_Blue]

i think he was saying he didnt want to paint the entire car

 

[White95SE]

i think he was saying he didnt want to paint the entire car

Yes^

Painting just the hood and a CF hood costs are in the same ballpark (within $100 from one another). Yes my car is usually outside. Do CF hoods go bad quickly in the sun?

 

[Samurai_Blue]

yes they need a lot of upkeep in the sun. If its a daily i wouldnt get one you draw lots of attention to your car, especially since its white.

 

[White95SE]

yes they need a lot of upkeep in the sun. If its a daily i wouldnt get one you draw lots of attention to your car, especially since its white.

Good thinking. Thank you for the input.