Mad scientist friday, the great carbon fiber project.

Kael · #1 (**permalink**) 11-09-07, 05:15 PM

Alright guys,
Its me, your favorite (by default) local mad scientist.
I have pulled myself away from messing with tritium gas at fermi lab to try to get a new project together since we have gone through such a horrible slow down in new ideas lately. That and new 08 is really stealing the interest out of this place.

anywho...

lets say I have sourced an overseas maker of carbon fiber goods. they specialize in car parts and bike parts and have a large facility for manufacture and shipping.
lets continue to go on that I have already gotten price quotes for certain items just to get a feel for them. So far I have asked about just recreating our stock hoods in lovely carbon fiber, thats stock no modifications, to make the mold is about 450 and then each hood is roughly 300-400 dollars. IMMEDIATELY tac on a couple hundred for shipping.

and we need to order ten pieces at a time.

Now.. they do a lot of things and can make a lot of parts.
(flyflip this is where you come in)
I am very sure they can also make a carbon fiber clone of the cts-v front end.
yeah, I will attach pictures they sent me of previous work, which includes the front bumper of a M3 e46 bmw that they reproduced.

so, can we get ten orders together once we work out a price? I am pretty sure these would be lighter than normal, or at least tougher, so maybe the cts-v guys would be interested.

so should I bother to keep working on this?

-Kael
(the Mighty)

AmerLux · #2 (**permalink**) 11-09-07, 05:38 PM

I need a CTS-V front end in the worst way! A Tree and I got into it, its not bad (the damage) but its a good excuse to upgrade.

FlyFlip420 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-09-07, 05:41 PM

If I get that one, Im more than happy to let you abuse it in the name of science

se7enone8ight · #4 (**permalink**) 11-09-07, 06:13 PM

probably looking at $1000+ (including shipping) for the bumper ... its a great idea but what about a nice clean front lip spoiler as a less exspenisive option as well ... just a thought ..

tommy compton · #5 (**permalink**) 11-09-07, 07:18 PM

front lip spoiler i'm in

o3cts · #6 (**permalink**) 11-10-07, 10:22 AM

im in for carbon fiber front end clip , hood , hell throw some fenders , and a trunk. We need to lighten this load a little to pick up some speed, and cant find a company around my way I'm in.

Kael · #7 (**permalink**) 11-12-07, 02:44 PM

these things and more can be done, so far we have like 2 people even interested.

any others?

o3cts · #8 (**permalink**) 11-12-07, 03:16 PM

come on people ya'll bitched about the d3 situation, here we have person that found a company to do some visual , and performance mods ,and noone wants to join up ....tisk tisk..

tommy compton · #9 (**permalink**) 11-13-07, 12:19 PM

i meant front lip spoiler for the v bumper i'm in. sorry i just re-read and noticed what you meant.

Kael · #10 (**permalink**) 11-13-07, 12:54 PM

well making a new lip for the cts-v would be nice.. but there are a few problems:

one: its much easier to make a mold of something we have
two: takes a long time and effort and money to make a brand new part
three: why would we make a new product that only the V guys can use?

I was thinking cloning the V front end would be best since then the cts guys that want a V front can get one and the V guys can get a new front if they need it.