DIY: How to make your own spoiler (Carbon Fiber) Lots o' Pics

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:34 pm

we never said it couldnt be donejust htat it was stupid to do itwhich judging by the final result so far, its uneven, out of place, and againwaste of money when you can buy one off hte shelf

White Comet wrote:wow, amazing job. i remember when u first mentioned this as a possibility and so many ppl said it couldnt be done. nice work, i look forward to seeing it in cf

Post by **S13Teddy** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:48 pm

+1 on that extension. It would look much better.

Your work is amazing though...

Post by **slipstream_pnoy** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:59 pm

job will done, not my cup fo tea, but it looks really good hand done.

Post by **Redevil** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:55 pm

looks good so far. Motivates me to get my lazy butt outside and start making my own custom fog lights using tsx projectors. I want them to look similar to the canadian ones but with a projector. Keep up the work and if you want to extend it do it now so it will be less work in the end.

Post by **White Comet** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:15 pm

^ wouldnt that melt the fog light lenses? just a thought

Post by **sip** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:05 pm

Well, I don't think the carbon fiber part went very well. I ran into a slight problem: I wraped it and coated it in resin, but it was too big for the vacuum bag, so I tried to tape 2 bags together but I couldn't get a proper vacuum seal. I'll check tomorrow to see if it turned out, but I doubt it. I'll have to try again.

Post by **sommmatt** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:07 pm

Epic win for Yokota, I guess.

Post by **S13xCrazy** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:08 pm

damn! thats unfortunate. hopefully you will get it to work tho!

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:24 pm

hah, and now you realize why i told you its gonna suck

NOT ONLY do yuo have to have a bag big enoughbut you also have ot make sure there are NO creases, folds, parts that arent prefectly flat anywhere in the bag....quite annoying

Post by **sip** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:29 pm

yokota180sx wrote:hah, and now you realize why i told you its gonna suck

NOT ONLY do yuo have to have a bag big enoughbut you also have ot make sure there are NO creases, folds, parts that arent prefectly flat anywhere in the bag....quite annoying

Blow me Grant!

You only have to minimize the folds, you can sand the excess resin down and reapply more resin so it self-levels. I know how hard CF is to work with, this is not my 1st piece, it is just my largest.

Post by **S13xCrazy** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:45 pm

sip wrote:
Blow me Grant!

You only have to minimize the folds, you can sand the excess resin down and reapply more resin so it self-levels. I know how hard CF is to work with, this is not my 1st piece, it is just my largest.

^^^^ ^^^^

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:50 pm

but others dontim just letting everyone know what it actually takes to do this

Post by **sip** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:43 pm

yokota180sx wrote:but others dontim just letting everyone know what it actually takes to do this

Yokota180sx... buzz-killing one post at a time. LOL

Hey I'm missing the bumper extensions for my type x bumper. Can you hook me up?

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:52 pm

if nissan still carries them yeah.i can get a part numebr from a friend with Fast...could be kinda pricey though

Post by **sip** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:05 pm

Just let me know what I'm looking at. They have them at mynismo.com for $47 (x2) but they don't have them in stock at the moment.

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:36 pm

thats about what id get em for themlet me get the part numebr

Post by **sip** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:22 am

^ 62025-180SX NISSAN 180SX (RPS13) 1991-1996 Bumper Extension Left $47.38

62024-180SX NISSAN 180SX (RPS13) 1991-1996 Bumper Extension Right $47.38

I'm not sure if these are nissan part numbers, but this is what I'm looking for. Not sure I helped you any.

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:32 am

yeah tahts actually what it is

if they are 50 or under each youi want em?

Post by **sip** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:29 am

Yeah I do. What is shipping to Nova Scotia Canada, postal code b3h4k8 ?

While you're at it do you want to check on a 180sx center dash HVAC/ radio/ gear stick bezel cover thing. (you know what I'm talking about?)

Do you ever sleep?

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Post by **White Comet** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:19 am

i got my extension from either nismoparts.com or mynismo.com and they were brand new

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:45 am

sip wrote:Yeah I do. What is shipping to Nova Scotia Canada, postal code b3h4k8 ?

While you're at it do you want to check on a 180sx center dash HVAC/ radio/ gear stick bezel cover thing. (you know what I'm talking about?)

Do you ever sleep?

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Modified by sip at 9:17 AM 10/31/2007

sleep ...yesbut when your at work most likely

gear stick bezel cover thingthe one that is at a 45* angle and covers your radio and stuff.shipping is ghey cause i have to send it USPS priority internatiolso like 15 bucks maybe

Post by **sommmatt** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:17 am

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:31 am

bwahahhayou guys trip me out man.

Post by **sip** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:18 am

$15 sounds pretty good for shipping 3000miles. Yeah the piece that covers the shifter area and radio. They are different on the RHD models than the LHD ones on account of the dash. ...

This thing. New would be great, used and very good shape would suffice.

If you can get it all, just send me a total, I'll paypal it or email $ transfer whatever you like. Don't forget to mark it up a couple bucks for your time.

BTW... Yokota must have flown half way across the world and bashed my CF spoiler because I checked today. Due to the non-existant vacuum seal it is FUBAR. I seriously don;'t know what i'm going to do. Its getting very cold out and I have holes in my trunk lid. I might just have get a CF hatch. Want to look for one of those too Grant?

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:51 pm

dude, im not understanding why you dont just lay FRP on it

seriously, take your hatch, prop it upcover it with tape, lay 3-5 layers of matt on it, and let it harden.trim/sand/paintrivet to the hatch

thats how i made my CF one, but i had the help of a guy that was good at CF.

Post by **sip** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:34 pm

yokota180sx wrote:dude, im not understanding why you dont just lay FRP on it

seriously, take your hatch, prop it upcover it with tape, lay 3-5 layers of matt on it, and let it harden.trim/sand/paintrivet to the hatch

thats how i made my CF one, but i had the help of a guy that was good at CF.

I'm notn sure I follow you. Are you talking aboit making a spoiler or a CF hatch?

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:25 pm

just make a hatch overlay and rivet it to the hatch so it covers all your holes, thats all i did

that was mine out of carbon fiber

Post by **sip** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:48 am

yokota180sx wrote:just make a hatch overlay and rivet it to the hatch so it covers all your holes, thats all i did

that was mine out of carbon fiber

That doesn't look like carbon. I might give the trunk overlay thing a shot though.

YouTube · Post by **yokota180sx** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:51 am

its carbonsun faded, and never waxed carbon

but its carbon lol

Post by **sip** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:29 pm

Yokota: any luck finding those pieces?

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