Carbon Bonnet?

[blessed6383 0]

ok so i know there bound to cost a fair wack but is there anyone who makes these for pugs as my mates got one fitted on his civic and think it looks pretty smart

[Batfink 201]

Xsport have a mould for a bonnet skin

[Wes 86 1 Cars]

i had one on my old 205 that was made by someone from a pug forum, not many were made though. not sure if anyone makes one for the 205 now though.

[blessed6383 0]

just found a place called spoox but don't come very highly recomended on the 106 forum will look at xsport to see what there charging. anyone on here had any dealing's with stuff from spoox?

Edited July 13, 2010 by blessed6383

[Wes 86 1 Cars]

yea spoox is very over priced.

[Rich_p 23]

http://streamlinecarbon.com/v2/products-pa...tomatic-bonnet/

 

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=94126

 

 

Google is amazing, as is the search function on here!

[Baz 421]

Amongst other things....

 

 

I have one of the ones i think Wes means too.

 

[welshpug 1,666]

Slightly on/off topic does your car actually run yet ?

Edited July 13, 2010 by welshpug

[Wes 86 1 Cars]

yes my old one was the same as baz's pic, although mine looked a lot more worn that that lol.

[Baz 421]

Ohh my lord, the price of the SC one is absolutely ridiculous!

 

Cameron, you could make a killing...

[iamjackiechan 0]

That price can't be serious, it's £500 more than I paid for my 205

[blessed6383 0]

Slightly on/off topic does your car actually run yet ?

 

yes all sorted other than the leaking driveshaft seal im waiting for

 

plus if you saw the bonnet fitted you would under stand why it needs changing asap got a f**king awfull scooby scoop fitted by previous owner and cars a custom blue so can't just source another one

[blessed6383 0]

@ baz and wes

 

are they complete carbon skins or just covered?

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

Sorry, but what's it going to achieve?

[Wes 86 1 Cars]

@ baz and wes

 

are they complete carbon skins or just covered?

 

mine was just a single carbon skin hense the 5 pins holding it as it liked to flap over 80 mph, was very very light though.

[Batfink 201]

Sorry, but what's it going to achieve?

 

making a car you wont like?

nothing wrong with getting carbon parts whether it be for looks or lightness

 

Gel coat is lighter resin than clear coat though!

[blessed6383 0]

Sorry, but what's it going to achieve?

 

hopefully a lighter bonnet

 

seriously tho the stupid scoop on mine looks s**t and its either get new bonnet and get resprayed or maybe this option

[jackherer 543]

Sorry, but what's it going to achieve?

 

Virtually every post from you lately is negative, if you don't have anything constructive to add don't bother posting. Better still, don't bother clicking on threads you obviously aren't interested in.

[weejimmy 1]

sc one is actualy not to bad a price, its pre impregnated carbon, which cost more than the normal wet lay carbon crap bonnets you buy most places.

 

the xsport ones were just a single skin with no edges or anything on them.

so people were using FIVE bonnet pins on them and still complaining about them flexing a lot.

 

not sure who make good carbon bonnets that are wet layup so cheaper cost.

[Batfink 201]

sc one is actualy not to bad a price, its pre impregnated carbon, which cost more than the normal wet lay carbon crap bonnets you buy most places.

 

the xsport ones were just a single skin with no edges or anything on them.

so people were using FIVE bonnet pins on them and still complaining about them flexing a lot.

 

not sure who make good carbon bonnets that are wet layup so cheaper cost.

 

£1000 a bonnet, £1000 a bootlid! Wet lay is a bit heavier but probably costs less than £100 to make. At least you can use wet lay panels in racing without fear of crashing or breaking them...

[weejimmy 1]

yeah i agree, id never pay that for a bonnet / boot, but then again i wouldnt buy a carbon bonnet for £500 when i could get a fiber glass one thats mayby 10-15% heavyer for 50% less money.

 

the pre preg stuff is way stronger too and would proberly survive a fair amount more abouse than a wet lay up.

 

mayby what i should have said was the sc one is not a bad price for what you get. but thats like puting arrow rods and cosworth pistons in a stock 1.6 gti, yes its beter but totaly over the top and not worh it.

[Batfink 201]

It would shatter like any other i'd imagine. Kevlar is where its at for flexibility. I've seen kevlar doors with massive dents just pushed out again!

[swordfish210 20]

It would shatter like any other i'd imagine. Kevlar is where its at for flexibility. I've seen kevlar doors with massive dents just pushed out again!

 

There was a video i saw on the tube of some Kevlar safety structures going through testing which was bloody amazing. When i was in college we made some composite test pieces up to try and break them on a Hounsfield Tensometer. We ended up braking the machine with some pieces of 90/90 lay carbon so we resorted to doing the maths on what it would take to bust the remaining pieces. We worked out that for the Kevlar piece (bearing in mind these pieces were 50mm long and 20mm wide) it would take 3.4 tons of force to split it

[backroadpug 12]

there was a kevlar bonnet made by x sport for sale on here a bit back just wish i had the money. as it was lush

got in touch with x sport about getting one made left my e mail and contact number but never herd back from them so

they obviously dont want the cash.

 

would love a kevlar bonnet on the rallye to go with the seats.

[custard-rallye 25]

Group buy ?