i'm going to made some carbon fiber pices for the FD. thining about the 99 style front lip?, carbon fiber hoods . just to see how many of you guys are interested. I'm in the process of getting a deal done with a carbon fiber company that are currently supply a lot of the hoods your see in the market today. I understand the prices has to be competative and the products has to be well made. Anything else i should made?

 

one piece front end?

doors?

one or two piece under body complete from front to rear panel?

 

How about real CF interior dash and trim pieces...one can dream.

 

I'd like to see the following in Carbon Fiber (which is not any harder to work with than fiberglass, actually).

Complete dash (long-shot on this one)
Center tunnel peice with the shift boot
Same thing with relocated HVAC controls
Replacement panel for HVAC controls that holds standard sized guages.
Steering column guage mount.

 

What about some rear diffusers?

I think a complete bumper and doors are too far fetched for practicality. (sp?)

 

agree with cetchup. i will made some diffusers as well.

 

carbon fiber wide body! wide body! lol

 

I second this!

 

that would be hot
but ill look more for diffusers 99lip and all the interior pieces

 

wide body will cost more the what my fd worth lol

 

interior pieces, all of them =-)

 

There are full carbon fiber dashes for Saturns, the Prelude guys are working on getting some, give it a shot.

http://www.carbon-concepts.com





Unpainted, may be a bit too reflective though.

 

oh yeah it would be

 

Brake ducts, like the ones that Crooked Willow used to make. A 99 front lip would be cool to though.

 

Wheel caps! Hmm...and door handles! Love that oem look . Yea I second the brake ducts too.

 

Carbon fiber interior dash would be awsome. I would love to get that done.

~alan

 

I would go for just about anything interior.

 

If you go for Carbon Fiber in your interior then it should be subtle. Too much CF throws off the balance of schematics. Maybe a CF ashtray, and gauge cluster. I think that doing the area around the shifter and AC controls would be a little to over the top. Again, these are just my opinions so do what you like. Remember "Everything in moderation"

 

I think a carbonfiber front lip would be too brittle. I have the 99 style and it scrapes on the occasional driveway and I am sure it takes the occasional hit from rocks and other such things thrown up on the road. Carbonfiber is strong and all but a front lip has to have some felxability. Just my opinion

 

question, does CF snap, tear shred or what. i mean hopefully it wont happen but yea how does it react to hard impacts and is the only anwser to fixing it replacing it

 

I think a front lip would be flexible if you mixed the carbon fiber with kevlar. I think I have seen this done before.

 

It shatters from what I've read.

 

Yeah, it shatters. Ever wonder why F1 cars turn into 3.887464^6 million toothpicks when they collide with a wall? It's because they're carbon fiber.

I would LOVE to see a CF gauge cluster, the plastic portion that actually faces the driver. If someone were going to manufacture this, I would also like for the opening of the gauge cluster to be created in such a way as to facilitate the aftermarket gauges like I installed in my car. I would gladly replace the plastic piece I had to modify with a CF piece made to fit.

I think that making the bonnet out of CF would make too much glare, but the gauge cluster itself would look pretty tight.

It would be even better, IMHO if someone were to make this part out of brushed aluminum. But that's for another thread, I guess.

Donnie Garvich
'93 VR (started life as) Base
http://RX-7.lividandgifted.com

 

I dunno. full c/f interior would look pretty sweet. check out this car