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Old 06-11-2008, 11:50 AM
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Default Carbon fiber...who has laid their own?

Planning on laying down some CF on my roof and a few other pieces. Been doing a lot of online research as far as epoxies and what not. Anyone here done their own work? Buddy of mine has decent experience with fiberglass, so he'll be helping me. A couple square yards shouldn't be more than $125 or so, which is way less than a proposed $600-$800 for a premade roof cap which is still in the works.

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Laying the CF itself is not hard, per se... I have done a few small pieces myself. Its getting the clear coat looking good that is a b!tch. I certainly would not attempt to do something like my roof, myself.
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Roof caps are already available, why not buy one for $500 and call it a day ?
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Just make sure you add the UV protectant to the resin....esp. to a part like the roof...good luck..
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Originally Posted by Jim@Showstoppers
Roof caps are already available, why not buy one for $500 and call it a day ?
He has a g35
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Originally Posted by redlude97
He has a g35
Those are being made as I type.
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Originally Posted by Jim@Showstoppers
Those are being made as I type.
so they are ready to purchase right now?
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Originally Posted by redlude97
so they are ready to purchase right now?
negative, 2 weeks or so. They just hired a new mold guy to help out with some of these projects. We still don't know about the sunroof yet. We may end up selling them as a full cap and having you cut around your sunroof.
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is this for sunroof models or nonsunroof?
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Check my last post.

They are making the roof cap, new trunk, and hood but won't release them until they are all complete.
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