Yeah bro...

take a hint from others here...the round look just doesn't flow well with the stock design of the body...

Keep it 80's and lose the vents...The one piece front bumper is a nice idea and design...

Dude you have to make the hard to find stuff or the stuff that is over priced...Like Fiber glass stock fenders, stock doors, and Fiber Glass Hood, Fiber Glass flat peices of door panels, Fiber glass head light covers...

If not the one piece bumper like you have up there, then stock fiber glass bumper, and header panel...You would do so much better making these parts...and if your prices are GOOD!!!

That stuff right there will sell like hot cakes for sure if it is done in a tasty fashion or in the stock design...

I like the design and fact of the Fiber Glass Dash,,,thats sweet right there...

 

give me a PM or email when you get a chance i have some original glass taht I want repop'd and I am sure that some community members would love the additions. I have an orginal 78 Rx7 with an IMSA mark one kit on it now and need the front fenders and the lower airdam redone. Mariah makes the rear fender flares for it. I would also be interested in having you make some other stuff that is even older than Rx7 and i have the pieces

 

Looks nice; however, as you can see by some of the brutal comments - you are targeting a much smaller niche market by using the updated curves on an older body car.

My .02 cents is to first question the side vents - they make the styling just go too overboard and radical. Our cars and styling are just a bit more subdued and to have the front of the car all riced out but to then have a tradition back half would make the car very unbalanced asthetically. If you produced a full body kit.....thats another story. But for what its worth - I'm just not big on vents in general to begin with.

You might possibly add another option/product that includes just the traditional FB front airdam (leaving the stock header pannel). In essence the front bumper cover down. I feel you could capture more market share with a tradition product that has an "apples to apples" comparison. Your look is new, and I'm sure it will sell.

While I have you - Ever thought of a fiberglass FB hood with the TII scoop? As un-functional as it is, it still is the best looking addon to the car. But thats just my opinion. I'd love to have one. This debate has gone round and round....but I still want one pre-fabbed.

Good luck on your endeavours - more options for the FB are always appreciated. Thank you for helping keep our options alive!

 

im all over the fiberglass dash! when will your first production be? how thick is it? give me a ball park price!

 

The fiberglass dash is still in the works.. I made one that had all the stock mounting points(for the heater ducting wiring ect..)

The second is more of just a shell(the one in the picture). The one pictured dash weights 3.3 pounds. The finnished product will be lighter.

which kind would you be interrested in?

 

factory replacement but with solid fill where the gauges go, so I can just drill holes and mount my gauges. my dash is cracked I was goin to attemp my own fiberglass but buying one is easy....

 

Thats actually a REALLY good idea...

I wouldnt mind a space for the stock cluster, but mold a few gauge mounts into the dash over the glovebox area or something angled toward the driver so we have some gauge mounting options. Or even a simple pod area over the HVAC vents (which I would like to keep). Basically, I would like to see a dash that is all stock, but just adds gauge mounting solutions.

Kind of an extreme way to go, but I for one would be interested in this rather than drilling into my stock parts to mount things or making funky brackets to mount things without drilling into stock parts using factory mount holes.

~T.J.

EDIT: Something like this horrible paint drawing for a pod on the dash

 

i dont know if anyone has mentioned this yet but most aftermarket dams out there for fb's go under the existing bumper(which i have experienced is one strong unit) so that they help with performance, look nice, and retain factory strength and saftey.....what would happen if you crashed with this thing? are the bumper supports even used?

 

I will probably get flamed for this but, I like the look not really my preference and a bit to ricey for my taste and like some other folks have said more 80's less F'n'F but, more over the dash looks great i would get some thing like that more than a front kit personally but, good work on both none the less.

 

I have a tube frame bumper that connects to the factory bumper shock absorbers.

 

a cassette tape airdam for the stock fenders would be pretty ballin...
just sayin

And for the love of God make a functional rear diffuser.

 

I'd rock that air dam any day!!!!

 

I seem to like the casette shape because it's unique amoung air dams.

 

Ya that would be perfect then i wouldnt have to butcher my stereo.

again... any idea on price of when you could do this?

 

id buy a dash mine is cracked

 

I think mariah still sells the casette tape front end with one of the wide body kits.

Most of you have seen my car allready, but here is a picture of my front end, fairly simple.

 

Ok.. I just placed a order for fiberglass supplys. I am now working on a new cast for the fiberglass hood with stock metal mounting points so it will be 100% bolt on.

It will be a fiberglass version of the stock hood untill I get ahold of a turbo II hood to make a scooped version.

I am guessing the hoods will be ready in about a month. after that I will start perfecting the dash with the stock mounting points.

What do you guys think of "frog eyed" gauge holes??

 

Wow! I love your car! the front splitter and canards really add a nice touch.

 

I had a similar front air dam and loved it. It was from Mazda Comp. It was designed for a widebody, but I modified it to fit a stocker. I would love to have another one. Simple shape -

 

nope. just plain flat panels that we can cut our gauge holes in. keep it simple and stock lookin... we are not ricers! I care more about function that looks.

still no reply as to price range??

 

They look pretty good on FB's too!

 

Here are a few pictures of the carbon hood I was talking about with the bracing underneath. I cant remember who was making these on here, or where they went. I know they have come up a couple times but I dont know if theyre still available from anyone or what.

~T.J.

EDIT: Are these parts hand laid, vacuum bagged or what?

 

Ball park price range for the fiberglass dash will be around $250 .. Still working out the bugs..

 

Will we have to paint the dash or will that be included in the estimate? Also, what do you think a CF dash would cost to produce if possible?

 

The dashes are going to have a white gel coat finish. That way you can paint them to match your car. I can paint them on request,

Carbonfiber requires a vacuum bagging system. Which I am not equiped for at the time. So there are no carbon fiber yet.