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Hi everyone, 

I'm Guillaume and I read this forum since many weeks. 

For my first project, I want to replace some of my old carbon parts : 
- the sill protectors, 
- the indicator pods, 
- the dashboard.

The sill protectors was cut for the roll cage but I removed it. 
As it is the most simple part, I will start with it. 

Next it will be the dashboard, the main part.
The actual dashboard is very thin with just one sheet of carbon. 
So there is no strength in it except on the bottom edge and the light come trough. 
The hole for the switches were badly cut so they are not adjusted correctly.
And as the gelcoat is old, it's porous and become white with rain.

The indicator pods are also porous. 

Do you think infusion is the most effective way to make these parts ? 
As I saw, laminate is more appropriate for covering but possible with a very long long way to get a good finish. 
And my oven is not big enough to cure a dashboard from prepreg fabric.
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Hi Guillaume welcome to the forum! What CAT do you own? Is it a K powered series 3? I have a R400 chassis in the garage and I was meant to be making lots of parts for it but not got anything made this year! Sad

On larger parts if you have no way to cure them with prepreg then infusion is the best option, Im hoping to make some indicator units and rear light clusters then onto actual aero bodywork. 
GOod luck with the project, I would suggest attaching creating a flat tool with a rounded edge and laying onto that, possibly upper and lower to make the dash then trim to shape!

Garry
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Guillaume from France
Guillaume_Fr - 9 Years Ago
     Hi Guillaume, Welcome to the forums :) I made my dashboard using resin infusion and a...
davro - 9 Years Ago
     Hi Davro, I read many of your posts. I have to read it again and again. Right now, I read again...
Guillaume_Fr - 9 Years Ago
     Hi Guillaume welcome to the forum! What CAT do you own? Is it a K powered series 3? I have a R400...
scottracing - 9 Years Ago
     Hi Garry, My Cat is a 1600k S3 built in 2000. Yes, I definitively think infusion is the best...
Guillaume_Fr - 9 Years Ago
     Hi, I watch again some David's videos. I need to use a lot of new plast as I saw. And to perfect...
Guillaume_Fr - 9 Years Ago
     With the wax I think I found a good way to address this cut. But it's going to be just a...
Guillaume_Fr - 9 Years Ago
     Hi, Some news. I bought an original part from Caterham and I'm true. The carbon part is bigger...
Guillaume_Fr - 9 Years Ago
     They will have used the original ali part as the mould when making them
scottracing - 9 Years Ago

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