Thanks for your replies. From what I've found online, it is a lot cheaper to buy a VIS carbon fiber hood than to replace my hood and get it painted, or even fix the one I have. The bad part is that I only know one place around here to get one (they are really far away and expensive), so my only option is online, and I won't see it in person until it arrives. ( I live in MA). By bad climates do you mean more heat and sun is bad, or is snow and cold bad too?