how does carbon fiber hold up to hail compared to your basic stock metal hood

will it crack? or dent? or simply just not be harmed at all?

i know that carbon fiber doesn't dent, so little hailstones are probably ok. i would imagine that the golf ball size hail might put crack the clearcoat...


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Carbon fiber when done right is stronger than steel . I just finished working on a piece for my car and the panel is only 1/16" thick and is very strong . The only thing that may happen is it may scratch but you can just buff that out .


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i can only see it damaging the clear if you have it cleared

i had some nickel size hail damage my hood last year. put a nice little hole in the upper area of the hood.

but then again it was a class glass hood so that prolly is the problem.






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