Hi All!

Me again.

So after a while of planning,  arranging the workshop and almost placing myorder @ £2,000  with easy composites. Ithought I would do some workings out (yes I should have done this before)

So my plan was to make and sell various car body panels andsell them at a cost with a small profit margin. I estimated that the FIAT 500Bonnet in the video would cost about £350 to make, but speaking to easycomposites, it actually costs £600 in core materials.

Now bearing in mind that Carbon bonnets sell for around the£600 mark, I’m wondering whether I need to revisit the drawing board andactually work out if this is a viable business or not?

What are your thoughts? Does anyone on here make parts andhave a good turnover with a margin for profit?

Cheers all

Shane


Shane
-Carbon Amateur-
*Never give up!*

Im no business expert but i have daydreamed about how working with CF could make for a business and i settled on the idea you would have to have some sort of Bread+Butter product. Maybe not something your very interested in but something that would sell and would be cheap and easy to produce. How about for your situation juts making flat panels in varying thicknesses and standard sizes A5,A4,A3 etc and setting up a little stall at car and bike shows. maybe buy some tube stock bulk as well to sell at a small profit along with some of the specialist adhesives. Get some decent graphics done for a stall and a few demonstration pieces showing what can be done with CF sheet. Youve already got the kit and you dont want to waste too much time making complex things that may or may not sell so go simple and stack high and sell at a small profit. Just my two penneth totally amaturishworth :-)