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Its not that It ISNT PAINTABLE but if 99% of the people who are gona buy em are gona paint em anyways. Im just gona get already died resins gray. This way All you need to do is scuff/paint it.
If they want the CF look then Im gona have to get a good clear resin/epoxy final coat so its a nice looking piece.
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For most people it has nothing to do with the look. It is all about the weight and strength of the material. If you look at an indy car practically the whole body is carbon fibre. Its a huge weight difference mainly. But if u do decide on CF stuff, be ready to fork over some big dough. I put a CF front fender on my bike and it alone was $200. Just remember its a lot of money. If i could find one i'd definitely buy it, preferably i'd want an ASCD SS Carbon Fibre hood.
Last edited by 89' RS/blue; 03-26-2003 at 02:03 AM.
The reason to go carbon fiber is that it's the most ridgid of the commonly available frp's (most are very flexible compared to the metals that they're replacing).
The fact is that if you really wanted rigid steel or aluminum is still better per weight, but you could not build a part that's as strong at the same weight.
(go back and read the thread... TPI383 and I already discussed all this)
Originally posted by RU-QWIK I was about to bring this post back to find out what happened with making the hoods.... Seems as though the whole deal fell through.
Jason
Jason, Naaa. I still plan to do it.. Winter is almost completly gone so Im hoping to get things rollin as long as Everyone is still in.
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and what ever otheres wanted FOR SURE...
I deff. dont want to waste $$ on a mold and materials and have nobody buy em.
I'm still in Chris. Just did not want to keep emailing you about this. I'll also get the rough sizes, of my sway bars so that you might be able to powder coat them. Ever get that larger oven? later
Just the length from wheel to wheel. I just got home from work and measured. I got about 48" from wheel to wheel, so maybe 50" and roughly 12" from front to back. This is the front sway bar. The way my ca is right now and how i have stuff under it, i can not get to the rear sway bar, but i would imagine it is the same size, if not smaller. Any help 83 Crossfire TA would be cool. Any time is good enough, i would still have to take them off and send them to TPI383 anyway. Thanks
Well, they vary a bit (I've got 2 seats of 36's and then an assortment down to 32mm fronts with matching rears), but the largest is 45.25"x15.5"x about 6"(they're 3 dimensional in their bends). The rear bars fit entirely 'in' the front bars (I've got them hanging that way on the wall) and are about 41"x14x3" (I'm guessing at the depth, it's more up to how you set them...)
I'll be in if you can have one done by late june. Not trying to rush or anything, I just have to have a hood from somewhere for a show in late june, come h**l or high water. Any chance you'll get to it by then?
Last edited by graywolf624; 04-02-2003 at 08:03 AM.
Whats The Story. I want to know WHO is actually gona be in.
You know the Old Sayin $ talks.......
Im gona have to drop aroun 800-1000 outa my pocket to make a Mold for this project. On top of me working 12hr Days its gona be a time consuming as any project...
Plus all the powder coating I do...
Anyways..... Id like E-mails on People who said they wanted em befor and anybody new who wants em.
As befor Im gona say Between 600-800each.. I wont have a exact Idea till I do a few and see exactally what product cost is at.
But I know it will deff. Be Under The $1000+ mark for the one outa japan.
one thing about the carbon fibre driveshafts though, is that their lifespan is shorter than anything else. I"ve actually emailed companies aobut this,.. see, what happens is, it will infact increase torque, cuz it's so light & easy to turn, BUT, it will eventually either brake at the joining points(where the metal is), OR.. it will eventually kind of unravel, like a roap, causing a massive loss in power, and cleaning the undercarrage of your car, :-D.
i would definately like one but i'd have to see it. i personally would like a stock replica so i could use my hood blisters if that's going to happen or not.
Interesting to see this post back from the dead. Ironic because a few days ago my club prez called up and asked if I was interested in learning how to make CF parts. A bunch of guys from the club are gonna get together and chip in for all the parts we need, around $2k I think. But after we get the right equipment I'll get to practice whenever I want. My first project will be a hood, stock replica of a 89 RS. When I get good (who knows how long that will take) I want to make a set of doors that will work with the power glass windows intended for street use.
That would be awesome to have carbon fiber doors, i bet it would probably be extremely hard to make those, considering its not even that easy to make a hood. Carbon fiber doors for our cars would drop off like 100lbs.
anyone wanna mold me a carbon fibre ram air hood for my 88 trans am, plz?
What about us TA owners?... you think you could so something about same price for us after you get done w/ the camaro stuff TPI? But even if you could, or would, i'd only want ram air hood... :-/ (very very picky)
Question real quick... i thought carbon fibre, when being heated, had to be pressurized as well... i was watching this thing on how they make mclarens, which are made out of CF, and.. they said they heat them to over like 2 grand F or somthing, & a few hundred lbs of pressure, and they just cook them for hrs...
Or.. was i just out of it that day?
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I tried to find one for my car after seeing some pics of one with it. My car is black and in my opinion carbon fiber looks best on black if your not gonna paint it. I want the weight reduction and I like the look. But the bad thing is the only place I found one online, which I cant remember where sorry, it was over $1,000 for it. And they tend to have issues with the clear coming off if not painted. So if you get one and dont paint it you should prolly take it somewhere and get a few coats of clear sprayed on.
~Jeanna~
that hood looks OK, i agree with some of the people, the camaros hood are way to big for CF hoods, i'd rather put my money into a ram air type of hood other than a plain jane CF hood, CF hoods are for imports, IMPORTS SUCK, stick with domestic meaning not the ricers, anyone agree???
I'm getting tired of saying this, so I'll put it differently. Why don't you go look up some words like gasser, or hotrod. Modding your car doesn't make it a *****, buying an asian car makes it a *****. That applies to any company owned by an Asian holding, like Infiniti. They are owned by Nissan. But honestly, who cares, drive the cars you love.
Thats funny you bring this site up, cause I was just on that site about 10 minutes ago from an ad I saw in CHP. I was going to post up about this. I have lots of ideas now! Sucks they don't have more pics for third gen stuff.
yup.
thats the same one i pointed out years ago.....
thing is, its just that. a lightweight CF hood for a race car.
its not perfect.. so its not for a showcar.
and the CF is laid for strength, not show... so its not pretty.. its ment to be painted.
We are building CF race parts for DEI and Joe Gibbs's race teams at his time we might be interested in building CF hoods if the demand is there. Price is quite a bit more than fiberglass
We are building CF race parts for DEI and Joe Gibbs's race teams at his time we might be interested in building CF hoods if the demand is there. Price is quite a bit more than fiberglass
it's very nice though...
rex you should hear something by the end of the week!!
I mean for the price how much weight does it actually save like what 10 or 11 lbs? I mean what does that equal to in a 3100 lb car (91 camaros atleast)..I really think carbon fiber is an import thing but the hood on that car does look cool only because if it matches but when I see cars with carbon fiber hoods from far away it looks like the guy is just too cheap to paint the hood the same color as the rest of the car
DAMN! I have love and am all camaro but I am involved in the tuner scene too and I think that hood is tight. Where and How much to get one. My 91 RS needs a hood this spring anyways. havent deceided what to do till I saw this CF hood. Let me know and Merry Christmas!!
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Paint it or be painted. Carbon Fiber looks nasty raw. 
