I was one of the first to get the GTS-2 hood back in October when it came out. Since then it had sat in my house/garage still shrink wrapped until last month when it went to the shop with my car for my makeover. They set it outside for a couple of weeks to bake prior to prepping it and painting it. Well yesterday they painted it, baked it, and then put it out in the sun to 'cure'. Well they noticed some pockets under the paint after the sun baked it from where the gelcoat separated from the the fiberglass. My question is, does this happen often? Will their sanding it down and respraying help, or am I doomed to a hood that's just going to get worse and worse over time requiring me to purchase another one?

This really pisses me off... been sitting on this hood since October, and it's just now showing it's flaws.

-danny

 

The bubbles are solven popping. This cause by the air pockets in the resin. Thats why the body shop bake the hood to get the bubbles out, fill it and prime it and bake it again.
I did that for my hood about 3 times...

You do it right the first time, you wont have issue later on...

 

K, they're doing just that... hopefully it only takes a second time :-)

-danny

 

Better have the bubbles pop up now then after you painted that beautyfull hood, that will cost more to fix then...hihiihi

 

The body shop who did my hood, which came fromt he same group buy yours did, sat at their shop for a month. They took it outside everyday for 9hrs+ in direct sunlight and worked on it slowly so every imperfection would show. I've had it now installed for the past 4+ months. No issues to date. Still looks like glass.

 

no probs w/ mine so far..knock on wood

 

Wow, you have to do that that long. Man it is going to be forever before I get a new hood then. Would most body shops know that? I am trying to get my Ford dealer to do it. They said they would but did not mention anything about this.

 

You should ask the dealer if they have experience with fiberglass..if not you will have issue later no matter what they said. Remember this is composites material, not steel or aluminum so its a bit tricky and more work.

normally when you get a fiberglass hood, 1/ you dry fit the hood and let the hood settle in
2/ bake the hood to get the bubbles out in the resin, pop the bubbles, fill the it, block sand , prime it 3/ repeat the process. one more time

this way, you should get most of the air bubbles in the resin. The bubbles occured when the manufacture laminate the fiberglass. Bubbles also occurred when they mix the resin and the hardener together. One what to get rid of it is by heat...

hope that helped....

 

for the love of god..DO NOT let the dealer do it. They don't give a rats a$$ about custom work IMO