#### LIGHTYEAR'S TURBO NA6 CLUBRACER ####

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:23 am

do you like me new mirrors??

corners · Postby **corners** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:45 am

New wheels and mirrors look awesome!!

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:36 am

Wow, they are CF right? Looks great!

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:10 am

This is the female mould taken from the original roof. Today i will brace it with some steel and fibreglass that onto the outside after i trim it up. Then it will be ready to do the layup of carbon fibre. The peeling bits you see is p.v.a. It's a mould release that washes of in water.

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:32 am

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:40 pm

group buy?

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:45 pm

16bit wrote:group buy?

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:46 pm

Wait till i build the first one, see how good it turns out. But it shouldn't be a problem. I am build ing it for motorsport use. But i can build the moulds for the interior for road use.

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:37 pm

as long as she fits I am not precious about the inside of it.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:35 pm

It will be exactly the same as the original hardtrop so it will fit. But if you look inside the factory hardtop the shape is made to suit the rubber moulds and for the brackets that go onto the seatbelt towers.

So what i will end up with is a hardtop that won't have the rubber seals and brackets. I am making custom alloy brackets that will be bonded to the top and bolted to the car. Only problem i can see is the gap around the side windows may need a rubber or extra c.f as it is pretty big without the factory rubber mould in place.

I forgot how much of a mess fibreglassing makes.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:45 am

The mould is all trimmed up and reinforced with some threaded rod i had lying around. I should be able to make myfirst c.f hardtop monday.

d-mag · Postby **d-mag** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:49 pm

Top work Dave! I'll buy one if you make another.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:50 pm

I layed up 2 layers of c.f today and put the 1mm foam in the middle of the roof for more support and to stop it from being too drummy. I think this is about as light as you can make it with having enough strenght to keep it strong. I used a black dye in it so it's not so see thru. That's why the white foam looks a little dirty.
I will strip it out tuesday after work and see how it turned out.

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:49 pm

Just plain awesome

Keep us posted

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:33 pm

It didn't turn out real good as i used a heat gun to help it dry a bit faster, to do it quickly. The heat made the epoxy very thin and it ran away from all the edges. I will fill them up and see what it looks like. Most likely i will make another one with 3 layers, as it might be a bit too thin. And i won't be using any black pigment as it bleeds thru in places. Still looks very cool. If i can't fix it, it would make a great cover for an existing hardtop.