Thought i would post some pikkys of the carbon i have done so far
04-06-2012, 11:28 PM
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Thought i would post some pikkys of the carbon i have done so far
For my new Dolomite
roof 4.2 kgs
old steel roof 15.3 kgs
steel door stripped 11kgs
carbon door
1.5kg
3 more to do
just started front driver one
some arches
some zt wing vents
i have the bonnett and boot allready
Also doing the front wings and front valance
Really getting into this carbon malarky now
Hope to reduce the weight considerably on this new build as the old car was
a tad lardy
Just thought i would share some of my progress
Hope to have the car finnished for next summer god willing
Sick of driving a Derv LoL
roof 4.2 kgs
old steel roof 15.3 kgs
steel door stripped 11kgs
carbon door
1.5kg
3 more to do
just started front driver one
some arches
some zt wing vents
i have the bonnett and boot allready
Also doing the front wings and front valance
Really getting into this carbon malarky now
Hope to reduce the weight considerably on this new build as the old car was
a tad lardy
Just thought i would share some of my progress
Hope to have the car finnished for next summer god willing
Sick of driving a Derv LoL
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06-06-2012, 07:45 AM
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Its quite an expensive and very very time consuming hobby LoL
There is quite alot of consumables
Infusion mesh ,peel ply ,bagging tape,vacume bagging film which is all throw away
Thats before your carbon , honey combe,resin and big expense the mold.
I can see why these companys charge so much for the carbon parts they produce
They must make only a very small profit on each part they make as to charge what it enitially cost them to produce the mold and part is an astronomical amount,
The only reason i have done these parts my self is no one makes them for such an unpopular car
as there just isnt the big market they need to make it a viable expense,
I worked out the other day i have around 3k in molds now,
There is quite alot of consumables
Infusion mesh ,peel ply ,bagging tape,vacume bagging film which is all throw away
Thats before your carbon , honey combe,resin and big expense the mold.
I can see why these companys charge so much for the carbon parts they produce
They must make only a very small profit on each part they make as to charge what it enitially cost them to produce the mold and part is an astronomical amount,
The only reason i have done these parts my self is no one makes them for such an unpopular car
as there just isnt the big market they need to make it a viable expense,
I worked out the other day i have around 3k in molds now,
06-06-2012, 03:54 PM
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top work!
what did you make the mould out of? the proper mould clay stuff or did you use fiber glass?
ive got some over fenders on my e30 which i want to reproduce in carbon, i was just going to make the mould out of fiberglass to save some cash.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Simp...on-f/?ALLSTEPS
what would you reccommend for making the moulds?
what did you make the mould out of? the proper mould clay stuff or did you use fiber glass?
ive got some over fenders on my e30 which i want to reproduce in carbon, i was just going to make the mould out of fiberglass to save some cash.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Simp...on-f/?ALLSTEPS
what would you reccommend for making the moulds?
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top work!
what did you make the mould out of? the proper mould clay stuff or did you use fiber glass?
ive got some over fenders on my e30 which i want to reproduce in carbon, i was just going to make the mould out of fiberglass to save some cash.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Simp...on-f/?ALLSTEPS
what would you reccommend for making the moulds?
what did you make the mould out of? the proper mould clay stuff or did you use fiber glass?
ive got some over fenders on my e30 which i want to reproduce in carbon, i was just going to make the mould out of fiberglass to save some cash.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Simp...on-f/?ALLSTEPS
what would you reccommend for making the moulds?
Its called the unimold system from easycomposites
06-06-2012, 09:08 PM
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Hi Andy
I get my carbon from who evers cheapest at the time i need it
Ebay comes up with some good cheap stuff now and again
Easy composites,
east coast fiberglass
Have you got any for sale
I remember seeing on your build thread you had some
Looked to me you had way way too much and may need to sell some LOL
I get my carbon from who evers cheapest at the time i need it
Ebay comes up with some good cheap stuff now and again
Easy composites,
east coast fiberglass
Have you got any for sale
I remember seeing on your build thread you had some
Looked to me you had way way too much and may need to sell some
LOL
06-06-2012, 09:12 PM
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Its quite an expensive and very very time consuming hobby LoL
There is quite alot of consumables
Infusion mesh ,peel ply ,bagging tape,vacume bagging film which is all throw away
Thats before your carbon , honey combe,resin and big expense the mold.
I can see why these companys charge so much for the carbon parts they produce
They must make only a very small profit on each part they make as to charge what it enitially cost them to produce the mold and part is an astronomical amount,
The only reason i have done these parts my self is no one makes them for such an unpopular car
as there just isnt the big market they need to make it a viable expense,
I worked out the other day i have around 3k in molds now,
There is quite alot of consumables
Infusion mesh ,peel ply ,bagging tape,vacume bagging film which is all throw away
Thats before your carbon , honey combe,resin and big expense the mold.
I can see why these companys charge so much for the carbon parts they produce
They must make only a very small profit on each part they make as to charge what it enitially cost them to produce the mold and part is an astronomical amount,
The only reason i have done these parts my self is no one makes them for such an unpopular car
as there just isnt the big market they need to make it a viable expense,
I worked out the other day i have around 3k in molds now,
lol only today i was asked to do a mk1 fezzy bonnet i said Ł600 would cover the mold ! i was then looked at like i was from mars
when you look at the fact according to size and detail a iner and outer skin with prep can top 40 hours easily then to produce the item ect 6-7 hours with a good few hundred pounds in kit without the tools you need ! But even at 3k thats cheap youve done well
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lol only today i was asked to do a mk1 fezzy bonnet i said Ł600 would cover the mold ! i was then looked at like i was from mars
when you look at the fact according to size and detail a iner and outer skin with prep can top 40 hours easily then to produce the item ect 6-7 hours with a good few hundred pounds in kit without the tools you need ! But even at 3k thats cheap youve done well
when you look at the fact according to size and detail a iner and outer skin with prep can top 40 hours easily then to produce the item ect 6-7 hours with a good few hundred pounds in kit without the tools you need ! But even at 3k thats cheap youve done well
Yes i cannot belive the amount of time it takes to make the molds
But then also prepping the mould and laying the stack hours and hours
I may have been a tad conservative on my costs of the molds
Prob didnt want to scare myself LOL.
Ohh not only that
but when you have made the molds there are massive heavy and in the way
You need another workshop to keep them in
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I started at 8 this morn
Fillet waxed and boarded the inner door
Then 3 coats of wax and easy release
Gel coated x2
and finnished about an hour ago
With a bad back and a headache
LOL
As i cleaned some of the paint of this was underneath,, 33 years old
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06-06-2012, 10:48 PM
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I have done one then trimmed it back seems very strong
Also i may be able to sell some to the club with all the detail in them
one i cut back to see how far i could go before it became jelly
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I have to check to make sure the weave is all going the same way on different molds so they all look the same on the car
I must check 7 or 8 times before laying it up holding the other parts up against the cloth LOL
