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SteveW
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13th Apr 11 at 09:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what im looking at is doing the front and rear bumper inserts covered in carbon.. Obviously it wouldnt be cutting the bumper up and making bespoke carbon bits.. more along the lines of getting some real bits layed over the top of the plastic parts

dont know if that makes sense cos im very tired right now
dan_m1les
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13th Apr 11 at 09:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
A few of the local guys on the viper club had some front canards made from carbon by a local company.

I think they found them on yell? Will try and find out for you.
JM_16v
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13th Apr 11 at 09:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=hp#!/home.php?sk=group_137112616338352

CarBen Fibre Creations
mikey b
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13th Apr 11 at 09:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Proformance trim are good
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13th Apr 11 at 16:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Performance trim
Carbonmods
Carbon delight
Streamline carbon
Reverie
RichR
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CarbonMods
Easy Composites
Anty
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14th Apr 11 at 12:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
can get it of scambay
SteveW
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14th Apr 11 at 12:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers guys.. will have to ring around
3CorsaMeal
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14th Apr 11 at 12:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ed with the bodykitted corsa
Eddx14xe
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14th Apr 11 at 14:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Ed with the bodykitted corsa


Steve
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14th Apr 11 at 14:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not you lol, hes on about ed who hand made the carbon fibre roof

jim loves that story
ed
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14th Apr 11 at 14:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Don't do it Steve, it's well known that fiberglass, filler and other similar/resin based stuff doesn't like sticking to plastic. Just find someone else with a 'future donor car' who's recently turned it into a donor car and get the bumper off of it and have an insert made for the bumper.
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14th Apr 11 at 14:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You could skin them yourself (Ed will hate this but as you're only after the aesthetics its perfectly acceptable)

http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Products/Carbon-Fibre-Laminating-Starter-Kit__CMCFLK300.aspx

[Edited on 14-04-2011 by LiVe LeE]
ed
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I don't think skinning's a good idea on a plastic bumper - see above. That's my main gripe with the idea.
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14th Apr 11 at 14:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is it not just the inserts? I'm not really paying attention or reading things today tbh
ed
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Had a loot at this bumper before as Steve mentioned he wanted it in carbon a while back. The inserts are actually the main structure of the bumper and aren't painted. The painted parts would technically be classed as inserts as they are glued/plastic welded on.

(It's the black parts he wants doing):



[Edited on 14-04-2011 by ed]
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3CorsaMeal
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just buy a zonda instead imo
ed
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PS, I've found a donor.

http://j.mp/gkqs4z
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14th Apr 11 at 15:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
be easier to tool straight off those and make replacement parts rather than trying to do anything with the oem parts
SteveW
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14th Apr 11 at 18:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
god damn it.. Ed why do you make my life harder and more expensive
ed
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Getting it done right will be a higher outlay at first, but then in the long run you wont have to buy a new bumper when you knock it and the carbon skin cracks off

If I can get carbon roof Mk2 done without any fuck-ups then I'd be more confident doing stuff for mates so then it would just be material costs. Depends on if you want it done any time soon.

 
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