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Post by gt2master on May 17, 2013 15:38:43 GMT -5
Would it be a good or bad Idea to carbon fiber wrap my gt2?
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Post by skip20 on May 17, 2013 16:19:44 GMT -5
Would it be a good or bad Idea to carbon fiber wrap my gt2? Would be good but look stupid! To much carbon fiber to it. Car wraps start at about $500 & UP. Will last only 2 - 3 years. PAINT IT! |
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Post by trimagnum on May 17, 2013 16:36:11 GMT -5
My friend Jamie had his car wrapped for his business . The cost was $3500.00 it looked good for about a year or so. That same money invested in a paint job would last you for years looking good . But your name is on the title so it's your choice but if the car were mine it wouldn't happen.
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Post by cocacoladodge on May 17, 2013 21:24:35 GMT -5
If you want the Carbon fiber look, do some checking on the cost of REAL carbon fiber mat (or however i can be ordered) and the process of applying it. From what I have seen from a couple old honda crx here in town that did their hood and rear hatch with it, it looks lke a simular pocess as fiberglass.
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Post by trimagnum on May 17, 2013 21:57:38 GMT -5
You could try it as an accent like on this T-Rex Scorpion  |
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Post by cocacoladodge on May 23, 2013 21:51:04 GMT -5
I was talking to a guy with a Sterling kit on Facebook today, and he is actually using Carbon fiber to replace some of the highly stressed points on it where the fibergass cracks. He made a contour form molds and is going to make the parts in the molds, then cut out the glass and insert the carbon fiber an repaint the car.
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Post by trimagnum on May 24, 2013 1:03:19 GMT -5
I was talking to a guy with a Sterling kit on Facebook today, and he is actually using Carbon fiber to replace some of the highly stressed points on it where the fibergass cracks. He made a contour form molds and is going to make the parts in the molds, then cut out the glass and insert the carbon fiber an repaint the car. When he's done you can be sure it won't crack there again . Another good thing for strength is S glass. It's fiberglass cloth with different weave pattern very strong. |
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Post by cocacoladodge on May 24, 2013 1:54:38 GMT -5
I never heard of S-glass before, all i can find at my local stores is fiberglass mat, and loose packed crap. good for basic stuff but this Sglass sounds interesting. watch out google, here I come.
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Post by skip20 on May 24, 2013 5:03:09 GMT -5
The chemical formulation of S-glass differs from that of standard E-glass. Examples of E-glass are found in the Standard Fiberglass Cloth section of this catalog. S-glass is 30% stronger and 15% stiffer than E-glass and retains these properties up to 1500° F. S-glass is also considerably tougher than an equivalent E-glass. Other styles are available on request. Sold by the yard.
S-2 Glass products are made exclusively by AGY and are supplied to a wide variety of markets and end use applications around the world. S-2 Glass fiber has been selected and qualified over other fiber materials for demanding applications such as helicopter blades, aircraft flooring and interiors, vehicle and vessel armor protection, fireman and scuba bottles, and high strength timing belts.
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Post by trimagnum on May 24, 2013 17:17:15 GMT -5
According to the place I got my E-glass from S-glass wets out more evenly than the E-glass does. It's been a long time since I bought the glass cloth but S-glass was quite a bit more expensive. The extra strength would make it worth the cost . My problem is being a cheap guy lol.
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Post by cocacoladodge on May 24, 2013 18:23:17 GMT -5
The extra strength would make it worth the cost . My problem is being a cheap guy lol. You and I both  |
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