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Postby Okibi » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:32 pm

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If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.

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Postby redwards » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:04 am

I love the third photo... you can see the cloud of smoke from some bloke doing burnouts :P
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Postby wun911 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:07 am

But I can think of a few cars that come with CF and fibre glass panels from the factory and they are road legal?
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Postby Russellb » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:18 am

AB7 wrote:Looks nice...shipping will put at least 50% on top of that.
But then again its carbon fibre so its probably cheaper.

Heres the pics on the car. Just becareful if you need to roll the fender, because the CF wont bend at all.

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Postby 16bit » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:25 am

wun911 wrote:But I can think of a few cars that come with CF and fibre glass panels from the factory and they are road legal?


these cars would have passed crash tests to be sold in aus. so unless the panels have been crash tested they will technically be illegal. Not so much of a problem in qld - the relaxed state :mrgreen:
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Postby Mactype » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:40 am

If its wet laid carbon with a gloss top coat you find that out in the elements the clear yellows off and ends up looking naff. That and the fact the panels are generally heavier than the original as its just a layer of C/F over glass - most of the Chinese stuff is like this. Good prepreg is light as and glossy out of the autoclave but is rather exxy,

This explanation on Reverie's site gives you an indication of the different techniques of manufacture

http://www.reverie.ltd.uk/en/about/whatis.php

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Postby AB7 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:55 am

There's a company in NSW that does this kinda stuff

http://carbonfibre.bigpondhosting.com/photos.htm

They supply all the CF parts for RX7 SP and also MX5 carbon airboxes for SP motosport.

Prob worth to give them a call.

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Postby 16bit » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:05 am

i know of the different methods, I will find out how these are done. i would say they are pre preg. wet layup is pretty back yard for this kind of reproduction work.
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Postby drifter » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:34 pm

I guess i'm alone when i say that the CF front fenders look silly. Sure the car in the picture looks nice but it would look alot nicer with standard fenders. It would probably look better if you have matching CF bonnet and boot lid becasue the fenders on their own look totally out of place.

As already menthing most of the CF stuff is fiberglass with a layer of CF layed on for the looks and shipping would almost double the price.

Regardless, go for it if you like it. It would be interesting to see how it looks on an Evo gold five.

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Postby 16bit » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:52 pm

i have asked the question about the construction. shipping has come in at 289 dollars. not too bad really.
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Postby wun911 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:35 pm

Your not alone I dont like the look of them either.
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Postby CT » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:30 am

AB7 wrote:There's a company in NSW that does this kinda stuff

http://carbonfibre.bigpondhosting.com/photos.htm

They supply all the CF parts for RX7 SP and also MX5 carbon airboxes for SP motosport.

Prob worth to give them a call.


Probably not unless you are made of frickin money. Don't think you'll get a guard made for much less than a gorilla. These guys also do a full carbon body for the Exige which weighs - 30kgs - for about $30k.
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Postby AB7 » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:15 pm

WOW $1K per 1 kg!!! :shock:

I read somewhere, Elise fiberglass body weigh around 70KG

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Postby RG.net » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:10 pm

wowie, i have never seen what it looks like on the bumper, but those pics have made my decision :D anyone know if anyone in australia distrubutes them or get it from garage vary itself?
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Postby sliq » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:24 pm

i'm after that front spoiler.. looks delish!


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