carbon fibre

[corsa-gte]

is carbon fibre worth the money?
iv found front arches and bonnet and a host of other parts!
or would fibreglass be just as good?
cheers
lee

[bigron1988]

Were from, I've been looking for the arches

[TiGrasshole]

its a bit over rated. Its worth the money if you have it as its a weight saving again. The price difference does not really warrant this saving unless your rich or a race team that has the money to throw at it. Repairs and dag work on carbon fibre is very easy, much easier than fibre glass. carbon fibre also has more of a flexible element to it so its less likely to crack under load and through shock. But it tends to shatter on impact so make sure you catch cracks or holes early and repair. The best thing about it is that it does not lose any strength when repaired.

Hope this helps!

!peace!

[corsa-gte]

bigron1988
i found them on www.performancetrim.com


and cheers fella it helps!!!
i think carbon is the way forward
saves weight and looks cool as feck!!


cheers
lee

[bigron1988]

bigron1988
i found them on www.performancetrim.com


and cheers fella it helps!!!
i think carbon is the way forward
saves weight and looks cool as feck!!


cheers
lee

I'm gettin the wings and bonnet from them, didn't relize they did the arches to

[corsadonk]

The diffuser is pretty cool

[Gaz86]

bigron1988
i found them on www.performancetrim.com


and cheers fella it helps!!!
i think carbon is the way forward
saves weight and looks cool as feck!!


cheers
lee

these guys are spot on!! well worth trying to catch them at a show, they will offer all sorts of discounts, I bought 3 well sized sheets at PV for £30 and have so far managed to make wing mirror blanks inside and out a full centre console and glovebox blank cover all with plenty to spare, might knock up some VIN plates and some bits for the corsa.

[Dunk1]

its a bit over rated. Its worth the money if you have it as its a weight saving again. The price difference does not really warrant this saving unless your rich or a race team that has the money to throw at it. Repairs and dag work on carbon fibre is very easy, much easier than fibre glass. carbon fibre also has more of a flexible element to it so its less likely to crack under load and through shock. But it tends to shatter on impact so make sure you catch cracks or holes early and repair. The best thing about it is that it does not lose any strength when repaired.

Hope this helps!

!peace!

Soz not quite 100% correct almost... carbon fiber is very strong in one direction (well stronger than steel) and is used to strengthen areas/directions of weakness etc... The carbon used on car parts and on aircraft is woven to given strength in two directions allowing the molded part to be very thin and very strong. Most other car parts are made from cheap chop strand and not woven cloth (even though it can be brought) These strands just sit on top of each other, which makes them more prone to cracks and failure and need to be three to four times the thickness of fiber woven glass cloth and even more than carbon fiber to add the same strenght! Making Carbon fibre parts the lightest on the market.. but not always the strongest. But one thing to remember is no molded part is that good in a crash... however they tend to be easy to fix

So if you want a car that is light and sporty carbon is the way to go.. but if you're after looks then a standard chop strand molded part is fine, just reinforce it with some woven glass cloth and maybe some 1-2" kevlar around areas that flex more. However if you can get a good fiber glass woven cloth part it'll be half way between the two.

If its helps any, I'd go for the carbon parts any day of the week.

[TINTIN]

Carbon fibre splinters hurt like feck though

[Dunk1]

Carbon fibre splinters hurt like feck though

LOL that they do just like needles!

[TINTIN]

Seem to get infected quite easily as well..... maybe i'm allergic to cf

[Dunk1]

Seem to get infected quite easily as well..... maybe i'm allergic to cf

Everyone is... carbon fiber is very toxic ;(

[TINTIN]

Maybe i should stop licking it as well thenlmao

[Dunk1]

Maybe i should stop licking it as well thenlmao

LOL ...yeah but it does look so beautiful

[TINTIN]

Had some carbon/kevler several years ago, nicknamed it squashed wasp...... now that looked sexy

[Gaz86]

Maybe i should stop licking it as well thenlmao

not just me then lmao

[TINTIN]

not just me then lmao

Tongue splinters for the LOSE

[Gaz86]

Irresistable crystal gelcoat and shexy carbon weave FTMFW!