carbon fiber and mini trucks???

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carbon fiber and mini trucks???
sudkrap avatar
sudkrap
+1y
Im confused with carbon fiber, is it the same process (or similar) to glassing?
gravity5 avatar
gravity5
+1y
Similar, but if you wanna build actual structural pieces then you want to bag the pieces and autoclave them.
nytrdr24 avatar
nytrdr24
+1y
seibon was the place that i saw would make custom parts, minimum of 20 parts must be made......



i doubt we could get 20 members together to do a group buy, it would depend on the price, and even then we would have to come up with a design that everyone would agree on....
valiant avatar
valiant
+1y


and thankyou very much, I could not remember what the proccess was called, I kept looking for books on vacuum forming and was running into other things that didnt remotely relate to carbon fiber.

hey gravity5, how far are you from the washington border?
mazdamandan avatar
mazdamandan
+1y
a poll should be started and suggestions taken.
Tonneau
hood
monocoque dash
center/roof console

These are some common parts that may be applicable
nytrdr24 avatar
nytrdr24
+1y
true, & gravity5 has that thread about parts just for our trucks.....
valiant avatar
valiant
+1y


heh in due time, I was just curious at this time, dont have the equipment yet to do this, I got my car that I am working on right now, just picked up the motor last sunday for my valiant and am starting to tear it down to put new gaskets in it so I can start driving my car low and slow, then I can start on the fun stuff for my mazda when it gets parked.

hmmm, a carbon fiber valve cover would look awesome too, I wonder if there has to be anything special for it to take that kind of heat
gravity5 avatar
gravity5
+1y
I am about 25 minutes from the cumas border crossing....
toddluck avatar
toddluck
+1y
carbon fibre looks good on anything man dunno if id do fenders ,,,,,but a hood and ints panel would be way cool