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winty	winty posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 14, Visits: 592	Bonding I'm thinking rivets and something like sikaflex
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winty	winty posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 14, Visits: 592	This particular car has no roof reinforcements and the roof is just a thin sheet of steel and with the roof liner removed it makes a loud noise just closing the door. The car has a roll cage, the idea was to make one from glass/carbon fibre and add reinforcements to make it more ridgid. I can only see improvements over the original one
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BlackNDecker	BlackNDecker posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 92, Visits: 251	winty (16/06/2014) HiMy plan is to replace my car roof with a glass/carbon fibre version mainly for strength and to replace the current damaged metal one.For costs, the plug I'm thinking polyester csm but I want it as good as I can get as the donor car will be a one off, so not quite sure yet. I'm in the marine trade and polyester resin and gel coat is the norm. I'm looking for experienced answers on whether to go for poly or epoxy? What do you think? Epoxy without gelcoat, is this a good bad option?How many layers do you think for a roof plug? I'm thinking 6 layers if using poly csm. What would everyone go for? Also like to hear about amount of layers using epoxies and various cloths. Thanks I want to make sure I understand you...you want to remove the steel roof and replace with a cf roof? I have looked into this in the past and became discouraged for several reasons. Without a roll cage welded into the car, a uni-body constructed (or even steel frame) car has a lot of chassis flex. Cf will not flex...it will crack. Also, cf will not hold up to hail (or other projectiles) or a roll over - this may be less of a concern for you. Lastly, bonding the cf to the chassis will also take some planning...and lots of clamps
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winty	winty posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 14, Visits: 592	Hi My plan is to replace my car roof with a glass/carbon fibre version mainly for strength and to replace the current damaged metal one. For costs, the plug I'm thinking polyester csm but I want it as good as I can get as the donor car will be a one off, so not quite sure yet. I'm in the marine trade and polyester resin and gel coat is the norm. I'm looking for experienced answers on whether to go for poly or epoxy? What do you think? Epoxy without gelcoat, is this a good bad option? How many layers do you think for a roof plug? I'm thinking 6 layers if using poly csm. What would everyone go for? Also like to hear about amount of layers using epoxies and various cloths. Thanks
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