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andygtt	andygtt posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 157, Visits: 1.2K	Tristan H (06/03/2013) The Soric, where do you source that? Fab work by the way. Any reason you used that instead of the Easy Comp stuff? I get the soric from easycomposites... only the spray tack I get elsewhere as they havnt managed to get a supplier for the better stuff we all really want.
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andygtt	andygtt posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 157, Visits: 1.2K	clam isn't properly fitted or aligned, its just bolted on so to speak.... and they are air intakes that look out of place due to the different colour of the panels which should normally be the same... car is currently either primer or raw carbon lol. all the door locks etc bolt straight up to the door... biggest headache has been my decision to ditch all the winow mechanism and design my oen electric window setup instead... literaly only used the glass and their runners and made up the rest... I bonded bolts to the glass using carbon and made the bracketry from.. carbon Glass goes down 1.5inches further than in a stock Noble and it weighed a few grams lighter, so win win. I've spent around 7-8k... but I have moulds and carbon panels for almost the whole car,also have lots of material left to make another entire set.... bear in mind the same panels in glassfibre would be 5-6k... and they wouldnt fit anything like as well as mine do and would require a heap of bodywork time in filling gaps etc Lets be hounest, you would pay close to 2k for a single door to similar quality as mine... so I recon its a worth the cost.
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pk_090	pk_090 posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 47, Visits: 169	I take it then the standard door latches and handles will be a straight fit onto the carbon doors aswell andy? Im really impressed! Out of curiosity what have you spent so far on the rear clam and the doors? Alex
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wozza	wozza posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 688, Visits: 5.4K	I think they may be air intakes/ ducts? Warren Carbon Copies Ltd Edited 12 Years Ago by wozza
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nmicro	nmicro posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 15, Visits: 151	Your work looks very good! But isn't there any thing wrong in that gap between the rear clam and the window? I'm planning to do the same to my Elise, so keep up the the good work. andygtt (17/12/2012) fitted to car... stock door 9kgs.. carbon door 6kgs but hugelly stiffer Edited 12 Years Ago by nmicro
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Tristan H	Tristan H posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 14, Visits: 83	The Soric, where do you source that? Fab work by the way. Any reason you used that instead of the Easy Comp stuff?
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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 8.5K	Most people would be happy with that as a final finish let alone a primer finish! Something that may be of interest to other members, how did you find spraying Infusion resin?? Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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wozza	wozza posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 688, Visits: 5.4K	Very very nice!!!!!!!!!!! Carbon Copies Ltd
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andygtt	andygtt posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 157, Visits: 1.2K	Jut (23/01/2013) Don't need door bars when you have a cage Andy, you're my hero. door bars by design are there to allow the doors to open in a low impact shunt... manufacturers like to call them 'side impact bars' instead as it rolls off the tongue better and helps to sell cars. as far as I am aware there isn't a test for side impact on high volume production cars and in fact its a rare accident. The only reason I would add side bars is if they were welded into the chassis and thus strengthening it as well as adding protection... however I would prefer to get in and out of the car. I had the doors sprayed by a local paint shop that knows carbon well (paint carbon ferraris and high end aftermarket carbon preparation)... I wanted effectivelly a primer coat so I could use the car before its sprayed in a couple of months. The preparation was: - sand and fill with black repair resin the edges/bonded joins - spray Resin infusion resin onto panel (thinned down slightly with meth) - Sand and flat - Spray single layer of laquer So basically 2 spray coats, first resin to seal the carbon, second laquer. The panels need flatting again and further colour and/or laquer need applying but for a 'primer' finish Im very happy
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brasco	brasco posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 192, Visits: 305	cage rules man !! CarbonFiberCreations
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