F50 carbon fibre trim yellowing

If I remember correctly, yellowing in carbon fibre is due to UV light getting into the resin and once that happens, it's not repairable.

 

You could always email MACarbon to see if they could do anything about it. https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/f50-carbon-repair.551663/

 

Nature of the beast.

It can be refinished with a tint to even it out , that is non Oem but can look great.

 

If it can't be fixed maybe get a tint or wrap guy to put a clear UV film over it. At least it won't get any worse. I have some on bare bits of my F40 to prevent scratches but you wouldn't know it's there.

 

If the film works that's what I'd simply do.

 

Thinking about this further I wonder if a film with a very slight tint to it might not also hide some of the yellowing?

 

Understood, I think I can picture it. My thinking was that perhaps there is a very light tint that at least partially hides or lessens the yellowing without making the rest of the panel look too dark (bare in mind the rest has probably also faded slightly since 1990). It should be very easy and cheap for you to experiment with an automotive wrap/tint guy with a few different strips of tints to see the effect before you commit or not. I have no idea how cooperative these UV wraps or films are to being formed over complex shapes though. Good luck

 

You could have them carbon skinned with a lightweight matching weave and then a UV resistant clear coat over the top. That is what they did with the bare carbon Enzo, and also what is done with F40s to get the sunken weave original look back.

 

The real solution would be is to make molds from the current parts (without damaging them preferably if you want to keep the original) and have copies made. 25 years of development says they'll be lighter, higher quality and applied with a better UV protection.

In fact if you do replace parts, even with the original from factory, I'd get the replacements installed for daily use for a fraction of the price (if intention is to sell the car at some point). When you do sell it, install the new factory parts without any damage on....I'm sure there'll be other owners out there willing to shell out a couple of grand for the copied parts and they can store their own parts somewhere where the UV can't touch it, and not worry about scratching the copy parts.

 

Presumably the Italians make the replacement OEM parts to exact spec of the 90s, hence why no decent UV coatings....

 

In another 20 years, UV damage will be a must have feature to prove authenticity!