Carbon fiber roof - making the mold


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Greetings all,

I bought a brand new OEM steel roof and plan to make a mold and eventually a carbon fiber roof. 

A little background...My car is a 2007 Honda Civic Si and comes with a heavy sun roof assembly (this comes standard from the factory). I contemplated simply swapping roofs for the OEM "non-sunroof" steel roof. That would save me around 20 lbs...but instead of going that direction I've decided to make a carbon fiber roof and hopefully save 30+ lbs.

Some pictures of my progress...

Made some progress on the roof project. 

Transferred it out to the garage:


The antenna hole will be covered:


And the tabs for the weather seal have to be cut off:


Luckily I have a Dremel for these types of projects:


Made some flanges:


Antenna hole covered (with a fresh coat of wax):


Flanged, waxed, and ready to go...




Unfortunately, it's going to be too humid all weekend to lay the gel coat...so I'll probably have to wait until Monday or Tuesday. fml
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Repair it mate, like Warren says its cut out, fill,sand then polish.

You will regret it as the marks will be in the part and its a real ball to work after.

I went to my local paint supplies and got a Velcro foam polishing kit that fits a rechargeable hand drill, they are cheap and very easy to use, add to that a medium compound polish and you will be amazed how good you can get the mould to look.
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