Carbon Fiber

Frogman said:
Limit, I'm not discriminating against Gen 1 cars. I'd love to do a Gen 1 as well, but I don't have a trim bezel and I don't want someone sending me one, in case I screw the part up. I'll look for a Gen 1 bezel around junk yards here as well.
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Without TC if possible. Mine don't have it and that's one less button hole you have to work around. Take your time Frog, it just sits in the garage anyway. By the time you're done getting the process down to a science, I'll know what your prices are going to be. $50 break still applies for you with the Apple lol.
 
My 98 isn't a daily driver, the 97 is. Either way, i've got extras of the pieces that I'd be willing to send you, so neither of them would be down for any amount of time.
I know you don't know how much the end-cost is gonna be, but i'll make money available for this if i have to. :)
 
I haven't really messed with any stock shifters, but it seems like, with the padding inside them they would not be a good candidate to overlay. IDK, maybe I'm wrong. Also, even if the padding and stuff was removed, it may be a funny shape underneath.

Anyway, I've got a Sable faux woodgrain shift knob with the "woodgrain" coming off that, if sanded smooth, seems like it would be a perfect candidate for this. It's even one of the rare ones with the overdrive button.
 
FASTLLS said:
Very nice work frog.. :cool:
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Thank you. Still learning.

1meanmark said:
thats just the thing bro he says its the wood shifter(cls im young so what) that he has
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Freddy???? :lol:

I understand what the man says about the Sable shifter handle. Solid surfaces are generally much easier to work with than soft(er) surfaces. However, not everyone has the solid "wood" shifter handles. If I can make the foam padding shifter handles work, then I think we'd have a winner, hence my picking up a "regular" shifter handle to play with. If I can CF that, then I can CF a solid shifter handle as well.
 
Cool thread. I have stick-on CF on my center console from the previous owner, IMO it looks pretty good. And as such, I'm looking forward to seeing the shift knob.
 
ford nut said:
Looks awesome!!!

Nice work.
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Thanks, but no, it didn't come out to my liking, so I tore the cloth off today. You don't really realize how strong Carbon Fiber is until you spend 45 minutes tearing a piece with only two layers of resin off a part. If I had more than two layers on it, I would have just chucked the whole trim.

Sapperfire said:
Hurry up and get good...I actually want a CF cowl hood :D
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Right away.


lincolnboy said:
Here is some inspiration frogman. This guy did some great work and I know you won't go that far but something to think about on some of the body parts. Its a oldy but goody. http://forums.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=660756
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I'd hate to be that guy in a wreck...

danny_holtermann said:
you are just wrapping them right????
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For now, yes. Maybe if there is a decent demand for other, bigger Mark VIII and LS parts, I may make molds. But for stuff like interior trim, laying is best. It's not like saving 2 ounces off a trim bezel is going to make a 4800lb car go any faster. Besides, it's a little cheaper that way.

So, until tomorrow when I get to re-lay the bezel, I started working on this laptop screen back. It's for a friend of mine's dad... yes, yes, I know. But I actually really do have have a couple of friends here and there.

The nice, shiny part got all scratched up.

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This is the clusterfork I had to build to make sure the plastic won't warp under vacuum.

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Incidentally, the price I can wrap a bezel for at this time will be about $130 dollars. But again, I don't want you guys sending me any of your parts just yet. Let me get a little better first. Let's see how that bezel turns out in the next couple of days. If you absolutely must have said trim bezel, I will sell it to the first Person that wants it if Ford Nut or LSC8 or 98lincmk7lsc don't want it. Conditional on the bezel turning out to MY liking, and not some half assed lay-up job.

I haven't had time to go scavenge some more Gen 2 parts today, but will try in the next couple of days.

95, I'm trying to find a bezel here locally for you should you be interested in one.
 
Frogman said:
Thanks, but no, it didn't come out to my liking, so I tore the cloth off today. You don't really realize how strong Carbon Fiber is until you spend 45 minutes tearing a piece with only two layers of resin off a part. If I had more than two layers on it, I would have just chucked the whole trim.
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Never worked with the stuff, still think it would look good on a blk int.
How many bezels do you have?

Brandon might have one if it goes south again.

He hides parts under his bed I hear.
 
are you using fiberglass and carbon fiber weaving been looking into this myself too bad i cant get my hands on any here it would suck most def tho considering the crappy enviorment here and no where free of dust in the god forsaken country
 
Frog, what is the vacuum for, i have read a lot of write ups and many of them use a brush and brush it on, the only time i have seen the vacuum method was when they were doing it on a mold, but i am very interested in this, what material are you using to do the vacuum? something with a high amount of wax on it i assume?
 
danny_holtermann said:
Frog, what is the vacuum for, i have read a lot of write ups and many of them use a brush and brush it on, the only time i have seen the vacuum method was when they were doing it on a mold, but i am very interested in this, what material are you using to do the vacuum? something with a high amount of wax on it i assume?
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I would say the vacuum is used to make sure the resin has no air pockets in it and has completely impregnated the CF matting:confused:
 
Actually while on the CF subject here, I just saw on one of my other boards a shop in Greece that is making a Billet 4G63 Block Titanium Billet Crank and Cams with Beryllium Pistons and Carbon Rods.

I couldn't believe someone would dump that kind of money into a freakin Mitsubishi much less be in Greece :eek:
 
Well...

The trim bezel came out in such a way that I didn't like, so I scrapped it. Will pull another one or maybe even do some valve covers.

In the mean time, this is my first personal project that I finished today. I have about 18 hours into this thing altogether. Most of the time was taken up cleaning the little nooks and crannies on the back side of the laptop cover.

I pulled a couple of strands a little by accident, but by the time I noticed it, it was too late. Personally, I like that "imperfection". It shows it was done by hand, not by a machine.

And no, it's not my laptop. PC. Pffft. It's a Christmas present for a friend of mine... never said all of them have taste... or lack thereof.

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The CF turned that flimsy, thin piece of plastic into one stiff mofo. When I tried to bend it, it told me to eff off and fought me.
 
danny_holtermann said:
Frog, what is the vacuum for, i have read a lot of write ups and many of them use a brush and brush it on, the only time i have seen the vacuum method was when they were doing it on a mold, but i am very interested in this, what material are you using to do the vacuum? something with a high amount of wax on it i assume?
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You use vacuum to make sure the CF sticks to the part properly...

Once that's done, you start brushing on a layer of resin. Then, wait a while. Then, another coat. Then, watch some midget porn. Then, another coat. Then... well, you get the idea.


2002WRXSTi said:
I would say the vacuum is used to make sure the resin has no air pockets in it and has completely impregnated the CF matting:confused:
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Correct

FASTLLS said:
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I would agree
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I disagree with you on principal. :p

2002WRXSTi said:
Actually while on the CF subject here, I just saw on one of my other boards a shop in Greece that is making a Billet 4G63 Block Titanium Billet Crank and Cams with Beryllium Pistons and Carbon Rods.
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That... is nuts, I agree.
 
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