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Advice Before I Have My Fiberglass Hood Painted

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Les Paul

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I'm taking my car to the dealer in a week or two to have my new Cervini Cobra R hood painted to match my car. After visiting several different body shops (morons to say the least) I have decided that the dealer is going to give me the best deal. I am also having the dealer paint the front bumper because of rock chips.

So is there anything I need to tell them to make sure they do it right? I know about the baking that has to be done but I just feel if I don't tell them everything, they will screw something up. I ask because one of the body shop owneres loooked at the hood and noticed some of the imperfections and wanted to know if I wanted the hood to come out perfect.

Thanks!

Paul
 

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make sure their prep work is good. You can be using the best paint in the world, but if the surface is crappy, it will look like crap.
 
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Make sure you drive the car with the hood on for 2 or 3 weeks. If you dont do that it wont matter how good the prep work is it will look like waves in the ocean.
 
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