carbon fiber project!!!

momomx3v6 · Post by **momomx3v6** » December 26th, 2006, 10:37 am

soon
the middlepart of the rear bumper
the roof
the 1,6 spoiler
and much more!
wil be come carbon fiber

update my cardomain page!!!!
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/512956

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » December 26th, 2006, 11:39 am

Neat looking, but I cannot tell what most of those parts are...

momomx3v6 · Post by **momomx3v6** » December 26th, 2006, 11:55 am

PATDIESEL wrote:Neat looking, but I cannot tell what most of those parts are...

the first 3 pictures are the middle part of the frontbumper
th 4th is the rear strutbar

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » December 26th, 2006, 12:51 pm

good luck

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » December 26th, 2006, 8:59 pm

where doesone buy that carbon fiber ? the fiber itself.

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » December 27th, 2006, 12:51 am

OMG, is that really a question Hector? E-Bay or most anywhere on the internet. It is very expensive and hard to source a large piece. You'll mostly get cuts ends and it is pretty hard to make a decorative piece without 400 dollars in special equipment.

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » December 29th, 2006, 1:45 pm

ooh haha im sorry i have never ever worked with it and i guess not as easy as fiberglass lol

illapino · Post by **illapino** » December 30th, 2006, 11:02 am

i wouldn't mind some carbon fiber side mirrors for the mx3
like APR Formula GT3s ...

reaper of souls · Post by **reaper of souls** » January 3rd, 2007, 12:27 am

actually most fiberglass supply stores can order carbon fiber sheets in and it not really any more expensitve then fiberglass mat you just need to get a poly-resin for it you can set it the same way you do fiber glass or you can do vacucm baging for it all you need is a large clear bag and a shop vac to get the same effect as the 400 equipment

just take a bit more time and effort to do

Cy · Post by Cy » January 3rd, 2007, 11:24 pm

reaper of souls wrote:actually most fiberglass supply stores can order carbon fiber sheets in and it not really any more expensitve then fiberglass mat you just need to get a poly-resin for it you can set it the same way you do fiber glass or you can do vacucm baging for it all you need is a large clear bag and a shop vac to get the same effect as the 400 equipment

just take a bit more time and effort to do

An Artist can make do with the tools at his dissposal...
The rest of us would have to shell out the 400 bux...

I've done vaccume bagging... IT SUCKS the first and probably second time around.. which with carbon fibre would cost about $140...

Make some stuff outa El'Cheapo Crappy tire Fiberglass matt and Poly-Resin... then work with the tightly woven goodness of CF

reaper of souls · Post by **reaper of souls** » January 4th, 2007, 1:47 pm

yes you could use crapy canadain tire fiberglass mat but you have to remember if your going to use crappy product your goning to end up with a crapy product no matter what what you cover it in !

it's better to do things right the first time and not have to do it over again at least don't use the canadain tire poly resin it's crap and has been sitting longer than it has been on the shelf it's just no good to work with pay the little extra for the good resin

Reaper

illapino · Post by **illapino** » January 5th, 2007, 2:29 pm

hey, how easy is it to cut carbon fiber anyway? because APR sells universal side mirrors where the user justs trims the 'baseplate' of the mirror to the size of his stock one, but i'm thinking now that this would need more precise tools than scissors... ?

momomx3v6 · Post by **momomx3v6** » January 9th, 2007, 6:07 pm

carbon cover for the yellowtop

1,6 rear spoiler

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » January 10th, 2007, 12:42 am

Man you are going CF crazy on everyhting. I should come up and slip a few things in your "to CF" pile and then steal them back when you are done....
Are you vaccum bagging all that. The resin looks great.

Tempus · Post by **Tempus** » January 11th, 2007, 11:41 pm

reaper of souls wrote:yes you could use crapy canadain tire fiberglass mat but you have to remember if your going to use crappy product your goning to end up with a crapy product no matter what what you cover it in !

it's better to do things right the first time and not have to do it over again at least don't use the canadain tire poly resin it's crap and has been sitting longer than it has been on the shelf it's just no good to work with pay the little extra for the good resin

Actually I think he was simply suggesting people PRACTICE with the cheap fiberglass, and poly resin.. then after getting a hand on working with the generall type of materials (fibre matting & resin I vac bagging) before moving on to working with the real stuff