ducttapeguy
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Now before you guys get all heated over another carbon fiber thread read the rest of this post.
This is NOT a group buy thread. Again NOT a group buy.
I work with a guy whos hobby is making carbon fiber stuff. He has been predominately in the sport bike market but is looking to branch out into the car and truck market. He is an E6 in my company and a stand up guy.
I have been talking to him recently about getting him to make me a CF hood and trunk. He said it was very doable and it sounds like its going to be done at cost(roughly $500 from what he told me). No profit, just breaking even. I am providing a stock hood for a mold and we will then be cutting it and making a mold with a GT500 style vent. I do not have JDM hood vents to try to get a mold made that way, so this is the route Im taking. That means there will already be molds made for a stock hood and a vented hood. I also have a wingless trunk that I am going to give him for a mold. So that will be available as well. He also says that he can make damn near anything out of CF so Im going to look into getting A pillar trim and headliner trim molds made. I know these parts are brittle and break often and are getting harder to source. He might even be able to do integrated gauge pods in the A pillar trim. I dont know for sure. The possibilities may be limitless. And just so yall know I wont be buying these and trying to sell them for a profit or anything of the sort. Just trying to make some cool stuff available to the community.
Anyway, this isnt a group buy thread or a for sale thread. Just a feeler to see how much interest there is in this right now. There would be no sending your parts in for molds and never getting them back or anything like that. Just letting yall know that there is an option available for carbon bits for our cars now.
I will be getting a hood and a trunk as time and funding permits. These parts will be done on a case by case basis with a few weeks for completion. This is his hobby and he must also work around the Armys schedule. I told him that there might be a market in this community. So post up if you are interested. Once again I must reiterate that this is not a FS or GB ad. There will be no discounts for multiple orders. All of it is being done for the cost of materials. I dont have any pics of his work right now but I will be going to his shop next weekend to drop off my parts and I will try to snap some pics and post up his work.
If yall have any special requests please post them up as well. I have a complete VR4 nearby that is getting stripped down for a rebuild so most parts are available to be used to make molds
Mods, if this is in the wrong spot please feel free to move it. Thanks for your time everyone. Please dont flame too hard
Tyler
This is NOT a group buy thread. Again NOT a group buy.
I work with a guy whos hobby is making carbon fiber stuff. He has been predominately in the sport bike market but is looking to branch out into the car and truck market. He is an E6 in my company and a stand up guy.
I have been talking to him recently about getting him to make me a CF hood and trunk. He said it was very doable and it sounds like its going to be done at cost(roughly $500 from what he told me). No profit, just breaking even. I am providing a stock hood for a mold and we will then be cutting it and making a mold with a GT500 style vent. I do not have JDM hood vents to try to get a mold made that way, so this is the route Im taking. That means there will already be molds made for a stock hood and a vented hood. I also have a wingless trunk that I am going to give him for a mold. So that will be available as well. He also says that he can make damn near anything out of CF so Im going to look into getting A pillar trim and headliner trim molds made. I know these parts are brittle and break often and are getting harder to source. He might even be able to do integrated gauge pods in the A pillar trim. I dont know for sure. The possibilities may be limitless. And just so yall know I wont be buying these and trying to sell them for a profit or anything of the sort. Just trying to make some cool stuff available to the community.
Anyway, this isnt a group buy thread or a for sale thread. Just a feeler to see how much interest there is in this right now. There would be no sending your parts in for molds and never getting them back or anything like that. Just letting yall know that there is an option available for carbon bits for our cars now.
I will be getting a hood and a trunk as time and funding permits. These parts will be done on a case by case basis with a few weeks for completion. This is his hobby and he must also work around the Armys schedule. I told him that there might be a market in this community. So post up if you are interested. Once again I must reiterate that this is not a FS or GB ad. There will be no discounts for multiple orders. All of it is being done for the cost of materials. I dont have any pics of his work right now but I will be going to his shop next weekend to drop off my parts and I will try to snap some pics and post up his work.
If yall have any special requests please post them up as well. I have a complete VR4 nearby that is getting stripped down for a rebuild so most parts are available to be used to make molds
Mods, if this is in the wrong spot please feel free to move it. Thanks for your time everyone. Please dont flame too hard
Tyler