You CF bigots in denial, and living in the past., Carbon fiber fans unite! |
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You CF bigots in denial, and living in the past., Carbon fiber fans unite! |
bob91403 |
Sep 22 2004, 02:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 618 Joined: 15-September 04 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 2,763 |
You carbon fiber bigots out there are in denial, and living in the past. You call it "ricey", only because the manufacturers sell to the largest market, the ricers. But, you damn well know you'd opt for all the carbon fiber options you could get if you had the half mil. to spend on a Porsche Carrera GT. How can you call it "ricey", the whole damn dream car is full of carbon fiber. It happens to be a technological advancement, not some kind of fashion statement. Yeah, I think the stuff looks great. I'd love to get enough people together to convince rennspd.com to give me a good price on a pair of 916 bumpers, a pair of hoods, a rear wing, and to make molds for standard rocker panels, and a targa top. Maybe even some interior parts like dash top, bottom, face, doorpanels, center console, backpad. Stronger and lighter are two things you have to like. If you dont like the look, pad it or paint it. But, you can't look at a Porsche Carrera GT and make me believe you think it's "ricey". :finger2:
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Mueller |
Sep 22 2004, 10:46 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,150 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
actually, the CGT parts that are put in the autoclave are put into aluminum foil bags for curing
the reason for the cost difference between a CF bumper and regular 'glass bumper is really for the material and the extra labor involved......CF is harder to work with, it takes more care while handleing and laying out to keep it "looking correct"..... since most fiberglass going to be painted, who cares what direction the fibers go, with CF, it's a huge factory (it does not have to be, but since the chances the person will want to leave it exposed, more care must be taken) just a quick cost comparison: CF matting (real stuff, not cosmetic CF) is about $2.50 per sq ft fiberglass is about .25 cents per sq ft i think the reason a lot of people think CF is joke is just like Demick mentioned, it being put places or used for the "wrong" purpose.......but if you really think about it, how many of us have spent money on "useless" wood cosmetics for our cars interior or fell in love with the birdseye maple in a jag or mecedes (now it's plastic looking wood (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) ) |
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