Carbon Fiber wrapped parts.........., My first attempts. Options

[Fastbird]

Gave it a shot finally, couple of Celi parts, and one Vette part.

The celi parts below, came out OK. THe switch panel is a PITA because of the recessed switch area, makes it hell to keep the weave straight. This was my 2nd attempt and came out MUCH better than the first. With more practice, I'll nail this piece down. The Ash tray panel came out nice I think. Both are on their 2nd coat of resin and after one more coat should be ready for sanding.





The Vette door bezel below was done with the silver carbon fiber, and was my very first attempt at a piece with this kind of contour. I'm EXTREMELY happy with it though it has it's minor flaws. This is going in my personal car again. 2nd coat of resin drying here too.



And, with permission of the mods, I'd like to offer the service to the 6GC.net community. It's not going to be cheap because this is a time consuming thing, but the results are worth it. If anyone wants anything done, just shoot me a message and we'll talk. Next up for me is going to be the ignition panel and main stereo panel. Saving the door handle bezels for last as they're going to be a nightmare.

*Edit* As referenced in this thread: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=63283&hl= I have gotten permission to offiically offer my services to the 6GC.Net community. If anyone wants any pieces wrapped, send me a PM or post up with that you want and we'll sort the details out. Pricing will be in the $35-75 range per part depending on how big, contouring, fabric used (some colors are pricier than others, like the Gold CF). Just let me know, I'm here for you guys.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Nov 6, 2008 - 9:57 AM

[Fastbird]

Good looking pieces man!! Nice work indeed.

Update: These three pieces are essentially finished. I'm not overly happy with the smoothness of the finish on them, so I may 2000 grit and re-clear coat and oven cure for a short bit to get it to harden up some. But, for my first pieces, I'm ok with it. My next couple of pieces I'm going to let the self leveling epoxy fully cure and see if I can get away with it as the finished surface only.

The vent........pics do it justice. I basically cut out the openings with a razor......came out ok, but a little uneven. I'm going to get inside the fins with a black paint pen and darken them up some since I scuffed the surfaces with the knife while cutting. ANyway, here's pics!







Don't laugh at the screwballed spots on the switch panel, that was my first attempt. I've also wet-out the ignition switch panel and the radio trim panel though I've still got to do some trimming and edge wrapping. More to come.

I'm also ordering some CF this week.....another sheet of Red/Black and Silver, and also ordering a sheet of standard carbon fiber and *might* order a sheet of blue/black carbon fiber if someone is interested in having some parts done in that.

How's it looking to the public?