jim_supra Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 If you use cfs supplies about £50 I think Paul deals with high end materials and probably got a good price Got the Carbon cloth from Ebay about 18mths ago and the polyester resin from http://www.cfsnet.co.uk Cheers Guy's, will get some and start coating bit's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 I think Paul deals with high end materials and probably got a good price If you mean work, no the buggers don't do Carbon fibre which is a shit:( so I had to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 Cheers Guy's, will get some and start coating bit's! Enjoy !! be warned that that you need to practice on a small simple shape first as I shagged up a couple of large bits of carbon before getting the results I have now, not a good move:) Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 BTW Col, got that air pipe knocked up from my 'regular supplier' When I get time I'll have a go at fitting and let you know how it goes. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Ah yes i was going to ask about that. It will be interesting to see how you get on with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Enjoy !! be warned that that you need to practice on a small simple shape first as I shagged up a couple of large bits of carbon before getting the results I have now, not a good move:) Paul cheers for the tip! don't fancy wasting too much at nearly £50 a square meter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 cheers for the tip! don't fancy wasting too much at nearly £50 a square meter! + the cost of resin and hardener and delivery and brushes and mixing bowels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 + the cost of resin and hardener and delivery and brushes and mixing bowels Damn! forgot all about that. Cheers Col:d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 These parts are made with a single sheet of CF cloth, are they? How do you do the corners without joins or creases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 looks really nice slight hijack, how does this top duct actually collect cold air. Mine is missing and I was going to order one, but I can't see where it gets the air from, does it come up from the tiny gap infront of the top of the rad, where the overflow/expansion bottle is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 looks really nice slight hijack, how does this top duct actually collect cold air. Mine is missing and I was going to order one, but I can't see where it gets the air from, does it come up from the tiny gap infront of the top of the rad, where the overflow/expansion bottle is? Yeah:) I guess that this gap is fed cold air via the big holes in the front bumper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 These parts are made with a single sheet of CF cloth, are they? How do you do the corners without joins or creases? Yes Jake, one single piece of carbon cloth. Great stuff to work with once you get over the fraying problem when cutting, it actually pulls tight around curves and corners with the weave adapting to suit by bunching up in these places. Hard to explain but get hold of a piece of carbon cloth and play around and you'll see, bloody weird stuff:d As I said the intake I've done is one single piece with no cuts made into it to allow covering of curves, very easy to do. It's the resin that's the bitch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Yeah:) I guess that this gap is fed cold air via the big holes in the front bumper? So if you have one of those FMIC top panels, I doubt this would now get its air feed, hence why some take them off......? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 So if you have one of those FMIC top panels, I doubt this would now get its air feed, hence why some take them off......? Indeedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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