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> SHOULD I DO THIS???, carbon fiber creations
post Apr 26, 2004 - 4:10 PM
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Well, I've been messing around w/ wrapping stuff in carbon fiber and whatnot........and I've gotten pretty good. The more I do, the better I get and the nicer it looks. I was thinking, if any of you guys are interested in having stuff wrapped in carbon fiber, you can let me know and I can do it for a fee thats really cheap. I'll probably charge you the cost of materials and like $20-40 for labor depending on how big the project is. The material itself is really cheap.......example: it'll cost you around $50-$70 for materials to do a whole hood.....so smaller stuff like fuel lid will cost you like $10 for materials. So far, I can do:

*center console
*door panels
*fuel lid
*Canard splitters
*any flat things I can make.....like small splitters and stuff
*wrap our dash pieces.....I am going to do piece by piece as I have time and take pictures

stuff I probably wouldn't do:

*hood...takes too much time, and its a pain in the ass to keep the weave perfect
*trunk- same reason as the hood
*front diffuser- its basically just a big piece of flat carbon fiber.......I can do it but.......if I have time I can actually.
*doors
*fenders
*bodykits
*pretty much anything big.....I can do all the little things

I WILL UPDATE W/ PICS SHORTLY IN A WEEK OR SO........CAUSE I HAVE EXAMS THIS WEEK, SO I AM BUSY. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY IDEAS OF STUFF YOU WANT TO SEE IN CARBON FIBER.........JUST POST ON HERE AND LET ME KNOW. FEEL FREE TO PM ME ALSO.



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post Apr 26, 2004 - 4:13 PM
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Could you wrap our mirrors in carbon fiber, or would that be hard because of the curves and keeping the weave perfect?


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post Apr 26, 2004 - 4:16 PM
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mirrors would be easy actually............I was planning on doing the APR style carbon fiber mirrors. I am still working that out w/ some people from my team.


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post Apr 26, 2004 - 4:41 PM
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I would absolutely love to have APR-style carbon fiber mirrors for my car, especially since I don't have the controller to adjust my mirrors anymore. smile.gif


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post Apr 26, 2004 - 4:49 PM
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Wouldn't mind mirrors and the fuel lid. Not really to up on sending that stuff away though.


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post Apr 26, 2004 - 5:49 PM
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See, I was thinking of buying fuel lids off wrecked cars......and wrap em.....and sell em. So you can keep your stock one and have a carbon fiber one =]


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post Apr 26, 2004 - 7:44 PM
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I would get a fuel lid from ya.. if you could make a carbon fiber pillar with gauge pods that would be awesome

defgeph

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post Apr 26, 2004 - 8:31 PM
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what part of the door panels can you do? i'd be in for that biggrin.gif .
post Apr 26, 2004 - 8:50 PM
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Yeah I'll be right behind def if you get a second fuel door.


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post Apr 26, 2004 - 9:20 PM
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QUOTE (defgeph @ Apr 26, 2004 - 5:44 PM)
I would get a fuel lid from ya.. if you could make a carbon fiber pillar with gauge pods that would be awesome

defgeph

I think he's *wrapping* only. So unless you have an existing one from Lotek to wrap I don't think he can do that.

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post Apr 26, 2004 - 9:39 PM
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i already have the fuel lid, its a nice touch. i would like to see some CF headliners.
post Apr 26, 2004 - 9:52 PM
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i'd be down for a fuel lid. i'd even send you one.
post Apr 26, 2004 - 9:59 PM
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ACTUALLY..........I CAN MOLD THE LOTEK THING AND MAKE IT. Its pretty easy, I"ll just get a mold kit from a craft shop and I can make a lot of them......for cheaper than Lotek in carbon fiber!!!


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post Apr 26, 2004 - 10:08 PM
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yeah but can you make it so its a full piece not like lotek half a$$ed piece that ends at the top of the windshield...

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post Apr 26, 2004 - 10:41 PM
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i was thinking of trying to make the WHOLE piece outta fiberglass with a triple guage pod but i need to figure how to make a mold for the guage pod holes....sorry to spam up your thread...but if you try this can you help me out with how to figure out how to make the mold?
post Apr 27, 2004 - 12:14 AM
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Hey I would be interested in a whole bunch of stuff:

*Triple Gauge Pod Pillar
*Door Sills
*Steering Wheel
*center console
*door panels
*fuel lid
*Probably A lot more I could think of later...hehe
post Apr 27, 2004 - 12:24 AM
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QUOTE (playr158 @ Apr 26, 2004 - 8:41 PM)
i was thinking of trying to make the WHOLE piece outta fiberglass with a triple guage pod but i need to figure how to make a mold for the guage pod holes....sorry to spam up your thread...but if you try this can you help me out with how to figure out how to make the mold?

Easy... get a lotek pod and a stock pillar and cut/hack/mold them together with fiberglass until it looks good and you have the basic shape. This is just going to be for your cast so it doesn't matter if it looks good or not. Then make your mold from this piece and do it all up in carbon fiber.

Of course doesn't this peice have to flex a bit to install/remove from the car? Would have to make sure that the thickness of the carbon fiber isn't so much that it's not a bit flexible.

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post Apr 27, 2004 - 7:33 AM
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Door Sills that have Celica written in on them in that font would be pimp ass.


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post Apr 27, 2004 - 8:11 AM
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im def interested in center console
and im wonderering if you can
cf the middle part in trd wing
here's a pic of Supersprynt car
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post Apr 27, 2004 - 9:31 AM
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damn its only one man, but hey i wouldn't mind a center concole either.

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