ripped_fear Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 mate , Doing an awesome job !, i read through but couldnt see how you are carbon-ing it? Dipping or wrap? Thanks bud and the orginal plan was to wrap it, and coat in a clear coat or resin, but am looking into actually laying real carbon onto it. So still un-decided, got a few test to do, on some different products before I make the decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 mate , Doing an awesome job !, i read through but couldnt see how you are carbon-ing it? Dipping or wrap? i think hes wrapping it then resin over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross C Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Looking good mate. Canoot wait to see how you get on with this. The fitment looks nice and snug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbuddy Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 i think hes wrapping it then resin over ahh sweet , still in for buying one when ready mate! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashbuster Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 looking good bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Gaz Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Looking good, keep at it dude, im really looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Cheers everyone, should have another update by mid next week, as I should have this one skimmed and sanded by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Looks good mate. You'll do well to keep the price at £40 though if you're skinning it with actual carbon fibre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraD06 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Posted it on behalf of Super Steveo as it ended up in another thread. 1.) Joiner91 2.) Bradleyh_15 3.) Suprad06 4.) Geo 5.) Supraman 6.) ajlittler 7.) tkddav3 8.) monkpower 9.) JakeG 10) Johnsupra1 11) pjavon 12) welsbuddy 13) lexmk4 14) Supra Gaz 15) dive_popo 16) mitchell9006 17) l.chris97 18) jake supra 19) Dan_Turism0 20) SupraDan24 21) supra steveo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Looks good mate. You'll do well to keep the price at £40 though if you're skinning it with actual carbon fibre. This is very true mate, hence why I was going to originally do it wrapped, I'm going to look into it and see how much difference it will make to the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashbuster Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 the kit isnt very expensive and surely you should be able to get 3 out of 1 kit? 30cm x 100cm carbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 the kit isnt very expensive and surely you should be able to get 3 out of 1 kit? 30cm x 100cm carbon Maybe mate, but you have to remember in the £50 price tag I also have to cover, postage, fibre glass, resin, filler, etc etc. It soon mounts up. I still havent disregarded it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Maybe mate, but you have to remember in the £50 price tag I also have to cover, postage, fibre glass, resin, filler, etc etc. It soon mounts up. I still havent disregarded it though. Yeah, it does soon mount up, and remember you need to put a price on your own time too obviously. This method takes longer and although you're not doing this solely for profit, you need to get something out of it. Even minimum wage is £6 per hour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashbuster Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 hi mate you get the resin in the kit too could you just make it out of carbon instead of using fibreglass, thats what i thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Yeah, it does soon mount up, and remember you need to put a price on your own time too obviously. This method takes longer and although you're not doing this solely for profit, you need to get something out of it. Even minimum wage is £6 per hour! I have been working it out hour wise, and even to this point I have put over 4hour worth of work into it, and the hours wouldn't even be covered in the price TBH this doesn't concern me too much as this is just a one off thing to help some people out. Im hoping buying the products in fair size quantitys I will be able to get the price down my end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4FY D Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Is there any chance i can get in on one of these when there ready i have been looking for one for ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexmk4 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 i wouldn't mind paying a little extra for the real carbon stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Is there any chance i can get in on one of these when there ready i have been looking for one for ages Yes mate, No worries. There will however be limited numbers made. I will keep this thread update on the final product and then i will make a new one with the actual group buy. Keep your eyes peeled for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 i wouldn't mind paying a little extra for the real carbon stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Got a bit more done on the exhaust surround today, Had it skimmed in filler and rubbed it down today, going to give it another skim then it should be nearly ready for the wrapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeG Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Nice work bud, I was having a think about this last night, iirc the times I have seen people testing clearcoat over carbon wrap it has been a spray can and didn't come out well, if you could get a hold of just the Resin that comes with the carbonmodz kit then I think it would work fine over the carbon wrap stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Nice work bud, I was having a think about this last night, iirc the times I have seen people testing clearcoat over carbon wrap it has been a spray can and didn't come out well, if you could get a hold of just the Resin that comes with the carbonmodz kit then I think it would work fine over the carbon wrap stuff Thanks bud this is one option, and probably will be the option that is selected as it will give the best of both worlds, cheap price and nice result. But if I use clear coat it WILL NOT be a rattle can it will be done using top spec car clear coat. I have had clear coat used over the top of lots of things inthe past and all have turned out well, but this will be decided soon as to weather it will work on this or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan294 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'd also be up for one of these, sick of cleaning the black burn marks off my bumper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'd also be up for one of these, sick of cleaning the black burn marks off my bumper! You would still have to clean it off this though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I am up for one of these Would you be able to make them with a rounded top as opposed the the square / rectangular style ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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