Carbon fiber? lovely carbon fiber

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

sup, just wondering what you guys think would be marketable if made with true carbon fiber, (obviously hood) a friend of mine has everything needed to make some good carbon stuff, and has 15 years experience, so far my car is getting carbon fenders, hood, and trunk lid, guys have any other ideas?

Website · Post by **JNM240** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

How hard would it be to make S13 mirrors out of carbon fiber? Obviously just the housing.

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

eh, theyre available from C west

Post by **APEXi240** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

I'd be interested in a hood/trunklid...or would this be limited production for S13s?

Post by **Exar-Kun** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

theres a few mfgers of hoods out there already, but if you can make fenders, I would buy them, I dammaged one of mine anyway.

take some pics, and gimme a price man.-chet

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

ok ill talk to him, we gotta find an s13 fender to make a mold with, my car is an s14, same goes for the trunk lid, i think a hatch woudl be too hard.... hes kind half assed interested in it, hes toying with the idea cause hes not real busy now, we'll see what happens when he is busy again

Post by **Exar-Kun** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

the fenders would be nice because it would help with evening up the weight distribution, and Im sure it'd be kinda neat to have an entire carbon fiber front end with the exception of the air dam/bumper

-chet

Post by **APEXi240** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

I got an S14 and I'd be interested in a trunk lid and a hood. Tell him to make them.

Post by **Shogun** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

and a rear lower spoiler

Post by **looksLikeA240** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

HPI makes carbon fiber doors for s14's . http://www.hpi.co.jp/

along with other cool ****, sequential shifters (1000 dollars), race windows, basically loads of s13 and s14 parts.

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

oooooo i just creamed my pants, hope theyre making those doors for s14 soon

Post by **Exar-Kun** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

holly ****! they have lexan windows!

w000000t!-chet

Post by **SRdS14** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

holy ****..isn't that like 9,000 usd for a door???

Post by **Exar-Kun** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

I think it'd be kinda neat to skin my S13 in carbon fiber. hood, forn fenders, and doors...allong witht he plexi/acrilyc windows Im sure that'd be light as hell...

maybe some fibergalss GP motorpsots bodypeices, take out the seats and stuff(put in racing seats)...

mmmm. sounds like a plan.-chet

Post by **MaineExport** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

I'd buy hood, fenders, trunk lid, rear qurters, doors..... whatever is available....

But the problem you are going to run into is PRICE!!! This is going to be WAY out of the budget for the average Joe (me). Unless you can figure out a way to do it as a bolt on and less than a couple hundred bucks per panel.

Post by **Exar-Kun** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

yeah, I dont mind saving money for things, as long as I can get them one-by-one...

right now, I gotta get a CF hood, and then daunt is going to import some lexan windows...

thats a start

-chet

Post by **Queenskid** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

What about a dash kit and those pieces buy the shift knob and that piece buy the radio and lighter

Post by **cstang68** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

This guy has 15 yrs experience doing what kind of carbon work? Are we talking wet layup? You do realize that you need to make a mold to shape the carbon...an aluminum mold made for a fender would have to be cnc'd and with that large of a part would prolly run about $5000 just to get the mold. Not to mention you would have to have the fender's exact details in a ProE or similiar prog so that the cnc machine gets the dimensions correct. Nobody wants carbon fiber parts that don't line up and are a poor fit.

Post by **180fan** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

The doors are about 1k from hpi.

Post by **HIGHLIFE1** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

i'd like a carbon fiber hood with vents that are closer to the windshield. i don't know if there are any out there but i haven't found them yet. i'd be intrested in buying something like that.

J

Post by **BomexS13** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

HIGHLIFE1 wrote:i'd like a carbon fiber hood with vents that are closer to the windshield. i don't know if there are any out there but i haven't found them yet. i'd be intrested in buying something like that.

J

Yashio Factory and G-grow(sp??) has the hood the you're looking for. I also like em myself but it runs around 1G

Post by **wangless** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

headlight covers... for those who have the cf hood and want it to look like one piece

Post by **Tictakman** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

s14 radio trim, ac trim, and manual trim. maybe that center counsel too.

i would buy them..

Zak

Post by **Bluefire** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

You guys realize this post is like two years old right:rolleyes

-Bluefire

Post by **wangless** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

alright Queenskid... thanks for bringing that old thread back. i just saw it on top of the technical... thought it was new

Post by **Queenskid** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

My bad u know I'm still kinda new son but can u help me find the stuff zak was talking bout our what

Post by **Queenskid** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

My bad u know I'm still kinda new son but can u help me find the stuff zak was talking bout our what?

Post by **marshun** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:45 pm

doors....... sick

Carbon fiber? lovely carbon fiber

Carbon fiber? lovely carbon fiber

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