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Re: Bad day at Kanye's house
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2013, 06:18:04 PM »
I just read that Aventadors are carbon fiber. Wow. So why is the sesto elemento being made of carbon fiber such a big deal?

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Carbon fiber is very light, and very strong. The less mass a car has, the faster it will accelerate.
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Re: Bad day at Kanye's house
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2013, 10:41:04 AM »
Maybe it was just a "Loaner" while theirs was being serviced.  I'm thinkin 4 new body panels if it was mine.  Jim
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Re: Bad day at Kanye's house
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2013, 11:27:30 PM »
I just read that Aventadors are carbon fiber. Wow. So why is the sesto elemento being made of carbon fiber such a big deal?

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Re: Bad day at Kanye's house
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2013, 09:34:18 PM »
I don't think that car is fiberglass ;)

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Re: Bad day at Kanye's house
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2013, 05:08:16 PM »
Assuming that they are in fact a base/clear with the clear just being matte (I don't know, never seen one of these up close) I would:

Sand down the damaged area to bare fiberglass
You can get a dye that you put on and then sand off the top layer to look for spider cracks.
If it's cracked they'd probably replace the whole panel. Lord knows the owner has the money. If there is no damage prime it.
There are shops out there that do "spot repairs", but I've never worked at one. Around here it's just not thought to be the proper way to do things. Some people swear by them, others say they are junk. Regardless I have no idea how the blending agent would work with a matte clear, so I'd paint the whole panel. The base would be easy to match as there is lots of room to blend in the panel. If it's a particularly hard color you just go one panel either way with your blend and then clear them all.

I don't know about polishing a matte finish. Haven't done it. Just saying what I would do if I was being paid to refinish it.

I like that color too. It's a little darker than the Reventon color though  :-\

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Re: Bad day at Kanye's house
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2013, 02:53:31 AM »
:'(


Kim??
I have not shot many matte finishes, and have not polished any. From what I have read, you can still sand any polish a matte finish. Because the the matte agent that is added to clear, is will still be a matte finish when your done, it will obviously add gloss to you finish. You will have to sand and polish the whole car. I would shoot a junk yard fender to see your results.
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Re: Bad day at Kanye's house
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2013, 01:33:11 PM »
I just saw that vid.  bummer

To do it right both panels would need to be stripped down and checked for micro cracks before building them up for the paint.  I bet a little compound on the scratches would do wonders and make it really hard to see.  Of course the matte finish would be super hard to match but the marks could be minimized.

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Re: Bad day at Kanye's house
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2013, 01:03:00 PM »
Yeaa I saw that this morning. Here's the video:
http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/14/kanye-west-car-lamborghini-crashes-gate/

To transition this thread into a productive one, how would one go about fixing that? Since it's a matte/flat finish, I would imagine the entire panel would need to be resprayed in order for it to look uniform again.

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Bad day at Kanye's house
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2013, 12:26:15 PM »
 :'(


Kim??