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Thanks for the detailed reply and the tips. You’ve given me lots to think about!
Regarding the surface finish, the plan was to only flat it enough as so it can be clear coated, or even painted or vinyl wrapped black to match the car. The car has spent most of its life as a track car, but it is road legal. I’ve bought it as a project and I am making it more suited to doing both, so I imagine the weight that the skinning would add would be negligible compared to something like carpet, and it’s not a show car by any stretch, most of the panels are already fibreglass, so the finish doesn’t have to be perfect, and with this being my first attempt at trying this I’m not expecting it to be!
I’m fairly confident I could make a mould, but with it being my first attempt at any type of carbon fibre, I wanted to use some basics to get something that works that I could potentially make a mould from in the future.
It does have a full roll cage, so the supports I wanted to add weren’t to stiffen the roof, more to make the panel itself stiffer as currently it flexes quite a bit if you don’t hold both sides when you pick it up which makes it difficult to put on or take off.
I’ve looked on the shop, and do you think the large skinning kit would be enough for something of this size? Or should I buy separately?
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