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Old 02-24-09, 09:27 PM
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Carbon Fiber Pricing

Has anyone noticed pricing on carbon fiber has come down dramatically? I have one source already. Wanted to know if anyone else knows of other sources out there? Thanks

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Old 02-25-09, 08:57 AM
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so who is the source?....
Old 02-25-09, 08:13 PM
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Really? There's a little bit of info on composites on RX7club......

http://www.uscomposites.com/

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http://www.fibreglast.com/

I just want to know if there were any new companies out there that may be a bit quicker in lowering their pricing.

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If you get away from the car scene its really fairly cheap. Look up some companies that manufacture woven sythentic goods and you can buy it 80" wide for dirt money
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Wow it recently dropped in price. I priced some material out a month ago and it was 30% more.
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^^EXACTLY! I'm thinking it's going to continue the downward trend for a while. It will be nice to see it at early 2000 pricing. Whomever steps up to lower that price quicker will get my money next week.
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What do you need for CF exactly? dimensionaly and pattern wise that is
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I'm making a custom front spliter/diffuser setup and will be making other parts in CF down the road. 80" fabric would be awesome to get. What's your source Mel?
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I have friends and family that work for a company that among many other things manufacture woven carbon fiber

if you give me a rough idea of whatyou want i can email and see if they have anything they can sell, its a long shot because they got out of selling cutoffs but i can ask never the less
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Well I'm looking into purchasing 10 yards of 2 twill weave CF and 10 yards of CF/kevlar 2 twill weave. As well as foam core, resin, baggage material, the hole nine yards, hehe.
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Ill try to get ahold of them this week, they wont have core, resin or baggage stuff, i think hes completly out of the carbon kevlar and carbon fiberglass weave, prob just has the 2x2 twill if anything.
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anyone have a source for 4x4?
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K, let me know on price of the CF. If anything I probably won't be ordering until next month anyways.
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Originally Posted by CrackHeadMel
Ill try to get ahold of them this week, they wont have core, resin or baggage stuff, i think hes completly out of the carbon kevlar and carbon fiberglass weave, prob just has the 2x2 twill if anything.
Beginning next month I will be looking to buy materials. See what deal you can get on 2x2 twill and single ply carbon Kevlar please.
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Any sources for some 4x4 weave?
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