Carbon Fiber hood group buy...

**Martynf** · 14 November 2003, 23:51

I'd love one Ben, but you're right the shipping will be about $400. Are they being vented??

Maybe I can sweet talk Josh into sending me one for christmas?

:-)
Martyn

**2raudi** · 15 November 2003, 01:25

Originally posted by Martynf
I'd love one Ben, but you're right the shipping will be about $400. Are they being vented??

Maybe I can sweet talk Josh into sending me one for christmas?

:-)
Martyn

No vents! However, you will be getting a suprise from us shortly

. BTW, did you get my last email?

**norcalS2limo** · 15 November 2003, 02:47

Ben,

I was thinking about vents myself. Do you know if we can cut vents in the carbon fibre without screwing it up.

Thx.

-mTm-
Miles T. Mitchell

**2raudi** · 15 November 2003, 05:44

Originally posted by norcalS2limo
Ben,

I was thinking about vents myself. Do you know if we can cut vents in the carbon fibre without screwing it up.

Thx.

-mTm-
Miles T. Mitchell

Yes, I saw it done in a magazine once. You cover the area to be cut with vinyl sticker material with your pattern on it and then slowly slice through. I can;t remember how the vent vanes were tilted but it looked cool. It was done to a CF hood on an M Roadster. I think that mag is around our shop so I will try to find it.

**Martynf** · 15 November 2003, 19:59

Cool Ben! look forwward to the surprise :-)

I'm about two days down on the e-mails, what was the mail about Ben?

Martyn

**Vagsport** · 17 November 2003, 19:19

Cutting vents in a carbon fibre bonnet... hmmm ... damn expensive if it goes wrong.

**Lee** · 17 November 2003, 20:06

Originally posted by Vagsport
Cutting vents in a carbon fibre bonnet... hmmm ... damn expensive if it goes wrong.

Yep, sounds crap to me too. You'll be cutting all the fibres. Isn't carbon fibre a thermoset plastic? I.e. you can only set it once and it can't be remelted. How can you form profiled vents in a cured carbon panel? You could just cut out shapes in it though, I guess.

**norcalS2limo** · 17 November 2003, 21:48

it's great the way people project their own ideas into what other people post.

it was simply asked if it would screw up the cf if vents were cut in. something like this. remolding the cf was not mentioned

I guess I should always post a picture. worth 1000 words as they say

**2raudi** · 17 November 2003, 22:05

Originally posted by norcalS2limo
it's great the way people project their own ideas into what other people post.

it was simply asked if it would screw up the cf if vents were cut in. something like this. remolding the cf was not mentioned

Lol, I guess you dont have to be an American to be a knucklehead.

**Lee** · 17 November 2003, 23:13

Sorry mate. Wrong end of the stick. I got it in my head that someone wanted to mould vents in a pre-cured panel. Vents look good in the picture. I work with carbon fibre so I have an idea about what you can and can't do,