Hello
I bought a carbon fiber spoiler and side mirror caps from @Tsportline (sorry but not sorry for tagging you) and installed them on my car in Oct 2019. I never applied any wax or ceramic coating on it, but I keep my car in the garage. In fact, because of COVID, I worked from home all of 2020 and drove maybe 1,000 miles that year - so my car just sat in the garage this whole time. Unfortunately, these parts still turned yellow after about a year. The clear coat on the spoiler also started to fade. (I did contact them, a month out of warranty, and they did offer me some credit to purchase something else from them. Not the response I wanted but I get it.)
Anyway, I'm about to take off the side mirror caps and purchase new matte finish caps from RPM Tesla. I've learned my lesson before and fully expect a product with epoxy and a gel coat. (If you have these from RPM Tesla, I would love to hear how they have held up). What is the first thing that I should do when I get these parts? Do I put a ceramic coating on them to help protect them from yellowing? Turtle wax? Is this an every week or month maintenance thing? What do you guys do to keep your carbon fiber from turning yellow?
I bought a carbon fiber spoiler and side mirror caps from @Tsportline (sorry but not sorry for tagging you) and installed them on my car in Oct 2019. I never applied any wax or ceramic coating on it, but I keep my car in the garage. In fact, because of COVID, I worked from home all of 2020 and drove maybe 1,000 miles that year - so my car just sat in the garage this whole time. Unfortunately, these parts still turned yellow after about a year. The clear coat on the spoiler also started to fade. (I did contact them, a month out of warranty, and they did offer me some credit to purchase something else from them. Not the response I wanted but I get it.)
Anyway, I'm about to take off the side mirror caps and purchase new matte finish caps from RPM Tesla. I've learned my lesson before and fully expect a product with epoxy and a gel coat. (If you have these from RPM Tesla, I would love to hear how they have held up). What is the first thing that I should do when I get these parts? Do I put a ceramic coating on them to help protect them from yellowing? Turtle wax? Is this an every week or month maintenance thing? What do you guys do to keep your carbon fiber from turning yellow?