attempted impossible.....c/f hood

[marshmallow15]

ok guys. ive attempted the impossible and have succeeded...well kinda. i stumbled onto a 'how-to: carbon fiber panels' and its a do-it-yourself type of thing....and thats what i love to do...things myself. it was a tutorial on where to purchase epoxy, foam, carbon fiber sheets, and rubber mold compounds to create carbon fiber panels and other materials. well i used the same steps to create a carbon fiber hood for my friend and i was successful. his hood was from a 89 impulse awd turbo, so it was kinda flat and easy. i will be testing it on my mx3 hood once i get my louvers and inverted scoop so my cf hood will have an inverted scoop and louvers. itll be harder since there are more curves. i will try to post pics of my first cf hood soon. the how-to will be available on my website soon as well.

[marshmallow15]

oh btw...id be happy to try and make cf hoods for you guys as a group buy or something....but ive only done this once and should practice a bit more...and plus i dont think the administrators like it when people use the bulletin board to benefit their business or something.

[nicolasbeique]

count me in but first it would be nice to see some pics once you're done.<P>Good Luck!

[Marlon]

pics?

[DDO49]

Marshmellow where you from in California I might be willing to come check it out<BR>I'm in the Sacramento area

[marshmallow15]

yea im not going to try to set any up for people until im confident i can create a quality hood. the reason why ny first one was soo good was because the hood on the impulse almost has no curves on it and its completely flat. its like a 2x1 yard of carbon fiber can be the hood already. but it wouldnt be strong enough without the epoxy. so allow me to get more materials and try it out on one of my friend's other hoods which are more curvy so i can practice more. the pics are on film so ill have to develop them first and scan.

[marshmallow15]

once i start getting to work on my hood, i can use that as a template for you guys since most of you are interested in cf hoods for mx3s with an inverted hood scoop. the problem is that there will be two louvers in my hood as well and i dont want to distribute these hoods to people so that everyone has the same hood...unless some of you will go for c/f hoods with the stock mx3 look.<P>i would appreciate it if you refer to your cf hood as a 'custom hood made by (put website url here etc.)'....but i would still need permission from the admin to distribute them because i remember one time barry didnt want businesses on the forum or something.

[Sean4life6]

Be Careful with this guy. He will make a promise but will not deliver. He took my money for a part that he never sent. I will say do what you want but BE CAREFUL....<P>Not a sermon just a thought.<BR>From A Concerned MX-3 Driver/Owner

[mx3man83]

I'd like to see pics of this and your famous glass headlamp lens'.

[cjthor]

wow u know this post was like a year old. Why did you bring it back to life? He said the film was destroyed or lost or something.

[Custommx3]

I'll close it.