Hi,

I have a Renault Twizy electric car, it has 4 (ABS I think) Plastic mudguards that sit on the suspension so rise and fall with the wheel, they have heavy metal supports and reinforcement and I wanted to make Carbon replicas...is there any need to make a mould when I could add release agent etc, to the actual mudguard and lay the pre-preg on top? I know it would add a few mm to the dimensions but that would not matter.

Note, I do not want to carbon cover them, I want a carbon lightweight alternative.

I would aim to do the same with the front and rear grey plastic "bumpers".  If the weave finish was not perfect I would wrap them satin or gloss black.

Thanks for the reply.

I would ideally like to make the cycle guards and the braketry for it. There is a lot of weight to be saved on the car and shifting 50kgs in total would make a big difference to power to weight and range. I am already replacing bolts with titanium and flat panels with carbon.

I guess I will have to make a mould then, I was worried about deformation from heat.

Who is it you know making the batteries, I have spoken to one guy who can make them but not ship them to the U.K.