01 Red WS6

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I think that place is expensive too. When I got my carbon fiber I paid around 30-35 a yard

Blu Beast

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Suggestions on where to get the 2x2 at a better price than Fiberglast?....without searching......you can post it, it's not against the rules.....

Phoenix 5.7

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it just looks out of place in the middle of all the CF. u could maybe paint it a gloss black with the corvette emblem possibly

01 Red WS6

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here you go

http://www.uscomposites.com/

and its cheaper than I remember, thats always a good thing

BitViper

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Really..great thanks....

ChevyChad

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Thats a pretty good place. While there are cheaper places, this place can sell you everything you need so you'd only have to pay shipping once

AltrdPrcptn

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do you have any left over cf? all i want done are the little plastic triangles on the b-pillar of my t/a. pm me with a price.

ChevyChad

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PM sent

Quick 99

ok, this have been a very informative post.. but i have a quick question. Is the resin application the same as fiberglass.. i suppose i get the clear resin and the suface wax? and then use that how instructed.. I know how to fiberglass, i just dont know if there's alot different trying to lay a "visual" resin thanks!!

ChevyChad

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It is a lot like fiberglass. Only thing is you gotta be careful not to mess up the weave of the carbon

RedLS1TA

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nice it well look sweet

ChevyChad

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thanks

PendragonZ

Those look gorgeous in your vette! Awesome job!

Casper9T9

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Is it possible to do the cupholder in a TA console? That looks like the only really hard part on the console. Would you just have to lay the CF over it and then cut it out later? I don't see a clean way of doing it. I think the resin would run everywere.

ChevyChad

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You'd want to disasemble everything from the console (yes- including the cupholder) and do them all seperately. And yes- you'd lay the CF over the whole cup holder unit and cut out what you don't need after you're done resining it. It would not be too difficult- definately do-able...

01 Red WS6

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Chad I think he was talking about the one behind the ashtray. I was wondering about that too.

paraman45

I do not thinck this was asked yet but what kind of Resin do you use? And how much Carbon Fiber did you use? One yard 50 inch wide?

Thank you
Greg

cyphur

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damn....thats a little too much CF for me. I just wanna trim mine in it lol. that cupholder may get used eventually lol.

ChevyChad

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OH! (Duh!) That I would do in 2 steps. First- I'd do the inside of the cupholder and put the first layer of resin on it. Then I'd cut everything that sticked out of the top flush with the surface. Then lay the CF over the whole piece and do the first layer of resin on it. Then cut out the hole. Then do the rest of the layers, etc. Or the other way (the easy way and cheaper) you could just do the whole thing ignoring the hole and cut it out when done and leave the cup holder not covered inside. Or another possability if you never plan to use it would be to lay some foam in there and mold it to the contour of the spot and overlay the whole thing so you never knew the cupholder was there in the first place. I did one for a guy locally that wanted to mount a gauge where the cupholder went and also wanted switches at the front where the stock lighter and cubby hole were, so heres what I did for him:



Notice where the cupholder was, it is flat now for a mounting surface for his gauge, and at the front, I followed the contour up on the sides so he could have a place to mount switches. And actually, I measured it, and there is enough space there to where he could have put two 2 1/16" gauges there in the front where he was going to put his switches. Just a thought- there are many possabilities out there. Be creative!!!

ChevyChad

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Definately use clear resin if you want to be able to see the weave of the CF. If you plan to paint it, you don't have to use clear. I think I used around 2 or so yards for the pieces in my Vette.