Yup! I have a carbon fetish! Pure pre-preg bliss! LOL!
[Edited on 25/6/08 by iiyama]
Yup! I have a carbon fetish! Pure pre-preg bliss! LOL!
[Edited on 25/6/08 by iiyama]
F*** me that stuff looks superb mate!!
YUM YUM! Fancy posting how the hell it is done? lol
Wow thats really nice!
As above, any chance of some photos of your mold etc so we can all marvel at your genious and see how such masterpieces are created
Think i just wet myself 
Bang the carbon in the mould, bang the mould in a bag, vac it down and cook it for a few hours! The smaller stuff I can put in a pressure vessel as
well which makes an easier job of finishing. Unfortunatly this is to big so will need three coats of laquer rather then the usual two.
The other stuff Ive made is here:-
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=91267&page=&contribmessage=none
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Originally posted by neilj37
Think i just wet myself
Come on, with master work like that you can do better than that description! Please could you make something and do step by step for it? It would
make an awesome sticky and I looked for hours on how to do Carbon stuff on the web without luck 
Go on, you know you wanna 
That is stunning, you should change your user name to, God!
That's one big oven? Is it industrial or DIY????
My bro's being doing experiments with pre-preg using a home brewed oven. Seems to work quite well....
Mould is made from Vinylester and csm, nothing partuclarly special!!!
Carbon is pre-preg, (all of my stuff is), its more expensive then a wet lay system, but lighter, stronger and better to work with. All components are
made with a 2x2 twill face ply of carbon and then backed up with 2 ply's of pre-preg glass. (keeps the cost down!!!!)
Oven is DIY but it is quite big!
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fantastic
what else can i say
If your not doing this for a Living
you should be
Excellent Work
Where do you buy your prepreg?
Amber Composites
First cycle wing. Needs cutting back and second coat of laquer, but you get the idea! :-
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Ooh nice! Might have to come and have a peek now I've got my r1 Indy when the sun comes back out - its black and orange so would suit some CF bits...
I came in from the garage quite pleased with myself tonight.
Seeing this makes me want to go and start again.
Big props to ya, that is lovely work.
More then welcome Hobzy!
Nearside arch outta the mould:-
YUM YUM!!!! W O W ! ! ! !
Fancy a trip to SA to make some moulds?
Cheers
Fred W B
Ive discovered that Im better at making the finished product then I am at making the moulds!
rear arches look mega!
think i will be u2u'ing next week when my vromma comes
These arches are for a Dax bud, not sure they will fit other cars?? Youll have to ask on here to see what others have done......
Dax arches will fit.............. a Dax. I doubt they'd fit any other seven without some fairly major modifications.
Nice work BTW. That's gonna be one seriously cool Dax when it's finished. Can't wait to see it.
Phil
Pretty much what I thought. I know some others have modified them to fit but you cant really do that with carbon arches.
I can produce them in Pre-preg glass which could then be modified and painted to suit, but it depends if you want the grief of modding them!
Thanks for the compliments H! Hopefully it should be finished within the next few months so should see me out and about. Will definatly be a
Stoneliegh next year.
fitted:-
Just gotta make the other side now!
Nice work
That looks SWEET AS A NUT!!!!
O
Very nice. Only worry from those picture is whether the wheel is within the "plan form of the viehicle" at the back corner. In other words,
can you see any tyre when looking vertically down on the car?
adrian
I was under the impression that its the rim that had to be covered in plan, not the tyre???
LED's fitted. Crap picture but you get the idea!!!
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Originally posted by iiyama
I was under the impression that its the rim that had to be covered in plan, not the tyre???
may have to put slightly smaller spacers on the rear then. Having said that the arches are direct mouldings of the Dax item!! Be somewhat annoying if they are an SVA fail dont you think??!!
god it makes me pig sick when someone puts out work like that
Actually, I feel better now cos if you were any good at it I would have a bonnet scoop on my car
Brilliant job and well done!
Jason
LOL!!! Thanks bud!
Bonnet scoop mould should be ready tomorrow, so as Im on hols should have the first one out of the mould early next week.....
Tunnel fitted.....
More car porn from Iyama... blah blah blah... this gets a bit tiring you know!
Just kidding - I'm just jealous!
and more car porn.....
Both rear arches fitted and finished:-
Bonnet scoop not fitted or finished but pic's anyway!
Fitted me cycle wings and headlight shells:-
2 questions...
Where did you get the bonnet buldge from?
Where did you get the flared side panels?
love the carbon fibre bumper on the van!!lol
you have done some great work
regards
Paul
quote:
Originally posted by Barronge
2 questions...
Where did you get the bonnet buldge from?
Where did you get the flared side panels?