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Old 01-23-09 | 01:22 AM
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its ok i wouldnt have the cash for a long time any ways. but thank you for being so nice. ive been having a shitty week. dislocated my jaw yesterday on my b day then 2 day this old guy at my work back in to my rx8 .hopefully i just need the rear bumber painted and new clips for the wheel well(sp?) and exhaust area. any ways iam not paying lol.

cant wait to see more pics. if i ever get over seas i wantto make my way to your neck of the woods just to see it in person, and hear a 20b inperson.
I see.

Yeah, would be to meet yah guys. If it ever happens, we should try to gather all the rotary guys around here at a track day or something like that.

Drive our cars on track, having fun on daytime with the cars, barbecue, talking and some beers at the night..
Old 01-27-09 | 05:28 PM
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The rear hatch is now done and ready for installation on to the car.

Some pics of the final result.



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Old 01-28-09 | 06:03 AM
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how much weight is this saving you.

at this rate you should just make a giant mold of the the car.
Old 01-28-09 | 10:20 AM
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+1 million for giant carbon mold of entire car. That would be what... only a few bucks right...
Old 01-28-09 | 12:42 PM
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Looking great! once again ... as far as a complete carbon fiber shell, its not about the cost of making it, but making molds for a 1000 pieces and then try to piece things together. Better off making a full monocoque from scratch.
Old 01-28-09 | 01:41 PM
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Looking great! once again ... as far as a complete carbon fiber shell, its not about the cost of making it, but making molds for a 1000 pieces and then try to piece things together. Better off making a full monocoque from scratch.
That is right. Its not only to make a mold of a car, a lot of details to think about. And also have to think about how to get the mold of the shell again.


Next winter will be CF doors, and CF roof..
Old 02-01-09 | 01:31 PM
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very sweet project. i just went through all 12 pages.
Old 02-01-09 | 07:30 PM
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SInce im getting so god damn good at making stupid gF parts for my FC-drifter you can hire me for some "shell"-making haha.......
BTW, those sideskirts we made has alooot better fitment than the once from raceonusa Im gonna fix my molds so i can skip all the tape!
Old 02-02-09 | 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Sindregutt
SInce im getting so god damn good at making stupid gF parts for my FC-drifter you can hire me for some "shell"-making haha.......
BTW, those sideskirts we made has alooot better fitment than the once from raceonusa Im gonna fix my molds so i can skip all the tape!

Haha, You can come over and help me whenever you want

That is great, tested them on the car? when you get rid of the tape on the mold, you will get a much better result than we got this weekend.
Old 02-02-09 | 10:36 AM
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yeah i removed the extras and just easy testfitted... looks good.. Unfortunatly is my wallet even slimmmer than i thought so i dont know if i can afford painting it at all!
Old 02-02-09 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Sindregutt
yeah i removed the extras and just easy testfitted... looks good.. Unfortunatly is my wallet even slimmmer than i thought so i dont know if i can afford painting it at all!

Not good, specialy not when you have a hobby like this... You have to spend less money on vodka, and more on your car

I can get you some nice, fancy orange paint.. Its quite cheap as well.
Old 02-02-09 | 01:11 PM
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Hey I have question, where do you get your supplies from? how do you layer things on there before vacuuming the part. We always have problems releasing the mold from the part.
Old 02-02-09 | 02:25 PM
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Its important to use a proper slip coating on the mold. Im not sure what he used making that part but im using Maguires its 50uSD a liter!

And roar! NOO, No more orange rx7`s! okey? =P Cheap-*** black and red like we talked about
Old 02-02-09 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Sindregutt
Its important to use a proper slip coating on the mold. Im not sure what he used making that part but im using Maguires its 50uSD a liter!

And roar! NOO, No more orange rx7`s! okey? =P Cheap-*** black and red like we talked about

Slip coating is VERY importan, also that the mold is nice and smooth, and polished helps a lot..I'm using reichold products, they work brilliant.


Orange Rx's are cool sindre..
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you mean reichhold right?
Old 02-02-09 | 06:00 PM
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Reichhold yes! But i cant say that the megauir`s is a bad choice! Well, Roar is the fiber-guy! Im just is retarded slave =D If you have issues with slip when pulling the part you definatley should polish real good to!
And, no, there are enaugh orange rx`s in Norway now! hehe..
Old 02-03-09 | 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Sindregutt
Reichhold yes! But i cant say that the megauir`s is a bad choice! Well, Roar is the fiber-guy! Im just is retarded slave =D If you have issues with slip when pulling the part you definatley should polish real good to!
And, no, there are enaugh orange rx`s in Norway now! hehe..
Richhold is the thing...Going a little fast around the corners sometimes
Never tried the Megauir's stuff, but heard good things about it.. But i have felt in love with the reichhold products.

If you are using slip coating, and still having problems getting it appart, then there is either a problem with the mold, or that you're not using the slip-coat in the right way, or what do you say to that SINDRE?
Old 02-07-09 | 07:14 PM
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you guys should be glad that you're living in the states right now... There is a big chaos over here at the moment...

it has just comed down 60cm of snow here the 2 last days... just a big chaos in the traffic here right now...
Old 02-07-09 | 10:26 PM
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Actually dj55b (and myself) live in Canada, so we are quite used to getting snow dumped on us. Keep up the updates, car looks great.
Old 02-07-09 | 11:20 PM
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I forget...whats snow again? :p

Best of luck getting through it, I used to live in a cold area, I know it can get bad.
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heha! I know how to do it the WRONG way! Maguires is the one we used on my parts Roar!
Talking about snow, have to get out and "move" some :S
Old 02-08-09 | 01:53 PM
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Haven't done to much on my car lately since I have been working on a CF roof for a friend of me. The roof is for his Subaru Impreza Wrx.
The weight of the roof is now little less than 2kg.

Some pictures of the roof:

First layer laid up in the mold.
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Finished sanded down, ready for clear coat.
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Nice and shiny here
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Old 02-10-09 | 01:27 PM
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how are you planing to secure it to the body wouldnt it destroit the structural integrity of the car?
Old 02-10-09 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by rotarycrazy
how are you planing to secure it to the body wouldnt it destroit the structural integrity of the car?
The car is a full racecar, and has a full roll cage that are carrying the whole car.

The front and rear of the CF roof is going underneath the front and rear windshield.
And the roof will be glued with a high strenght epoxy for aircraft use.
Old 02-10-09 | 04:25 PM
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What a badass project! Thanks for posting pictures and keeping us up to date on this wicked project!



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