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Post by littlefeller » Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:36 pm

because it would be more expensive. supose if it were just the skin, but then i still need to remove it from the chassis underneath, then re attach, it may distort with the heat of removing and rewelding though. plus i think it would look good as carbon fibre :D
its just a thin layer of carbon over the top of the sunroof panel :D

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Post by littlefeller » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:50 pm

hey alex been having a look at the mugan spoilers on google, they wont be a straight forward mold for the 5th gen, not imposible, just not so simple, the mold would have to divided on multiple planes but could still achieve a 2 piece mold i would have thought, but on the upside the 4g mugan spoiler would be a breeze :D which is great for me 8-)

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Post by littlefeller » Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:44 pm

anyone seen, there is a 10 meter roll of carbon fibre on ebay £110, you could do a whole car with that.

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Post by mercutio » Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:58 pm

now that would be cool a carbon wrapped lude 8-)
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Post by littlefeller » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:06 pm

i do have some rust to sort, but it would take ages :evil: but then a good respray would cost around £1000, so it could possibly be cheaper, but what if it goes wrong AARRGGG. carbon fibre isnt uv stable either, over time it degrades the same as fibre glass :evil:
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Post by Dbo » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:07 pm

i have a bloke down here does full wraps and they are nice but a bitch to keep clean but he wants to 2 pac laquer my bonnet and sunroof carbon wrap, he says wet look all the time and easy clean.
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Post by mercutio » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:18 pm

i think little feller is talking about real carbon fibre you could always put it under cover when not being used or find a uv stable resin i would love to have this done
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Post by littlefeller » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:21 pm

would look real cool on a 4th gen too, with all the curves 8-)

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Post by mercutio » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:25 pm

do you fancy doing it lol
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Post by littlefeller » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:33 pm

would be a mamouth task, uuumm

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