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Author About how much is it for a carbon fibre bonnet?
cdcool1
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15th Apr 03 at 19:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and where can you get them from?
PainZ
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500?

somone was on the board sellin them not so long ago
CorsAsh
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its such a rip off, top grade carbon fibre's only about £4 per sq metre, the resin's not expensive either. must be the moulds they use i guess...
Fear
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About £500-600, maybe k tec racing will custom make you one or someone like that!!!!
PaulEY
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good quialty cf is quite expensive per metre as far as i know and the money they cost is from the time to develop the mould and getting it right so it looks and fit good, I have seen procomps work and believ me the work that goes into the moulds they do is worth it
Gary GSi
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I know Kingdom developments do them for Civics. They do body kits for corsa's so you could phone them and ask.
Lar 23
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15th Apr 03 at 21:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
A guy on MIG web can make a full carbon bonnet for £500
Cosmo
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moulds typically cost around £800 to make up, more if you want a top grade one. Then if you want a decent finish on the bonnet your looking at about 300 in materials, so 500 isnt too bad! I can get them made up from our supplier for about 450, but as they dont already have a mould we would need about 5 or so people to make it worth while and cheap for you lot, could come down to bout 400ish!
jr
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get a sliver graphite finish
cdcool1
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yea, but i thinkin bout it for a xsara mate. not for a while yet anyway tho
cdcool1
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cheers for the help lads
bigscottyboy
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don't essex racig do a bonnet skin for around £300?
cdcool1
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not sure, not heard of that, i really wanted a full bonnet to lose a bit of wieght off the car
Cosmo
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bonnet skins are shite!
cdcool1
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why
Cosmo
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cos basically they are just a layer of carbon that is going over your standard bonnet, you'll never get the same quality of finish like rolled edges on proper ones. Plus it'll still be heavy as fuck!

Not worth anything nearly 300, especially when they dont need a mould or anything and its just a sheet, cost £50 tops to make, if that!
cdcool1
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yea, i not after a skin anyway, want to shed some wieght, and since they look really nice, and are about as light as you can get, thought i'd see how much
Cosmo
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ive got a VIS racing one for my civic from the US, and have got to say its absolutly gorgeous, plus I can pick it up with just my little finger, only weights around 16lbs!
cdcool1
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how much was it to get imported then?
Cosmo
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I own an import company anyway, and deal for VIS, so get them fairly cheap (not that cheap though!!)
cdcool1
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grrrrrrrrrrr

i not jealous! honest!

 
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