Originally Posted by Sennaspirit
Now Woody...that's all well and good, but don't you need some sort of folding endplates on this thing to finish the effect...hehe.
Looks great bud...I'm half and half about the color thing. For a racer I'd say don't paint it. For my daily, I'd paint it. (Any color) since the design (IMO) gets disrupted with the pattern in CF. Don't know much about the CF molding process, where'd ya get the Kiln (or whatever) to cook it?
Waiting for the CF hood next bud.
Don't think I hadn't considered the endplates, I can feel another photoshop coming on.
Yeah, im still not sure about the paint/no paint, but most seem to think the CF look is the way to go.
I didn't use a kiln/autoclave as I was using hand-laid raw CF mat and epoxy resin, rather than prepreg mat which requires the resin to be activated with heat whilst in the mould. I just laid it up in the mould, vacuum bagged it and heated it with an infra red heater.
I've just finished the top section, but am not really happy with the finish, so I will be doing another when I am in less of a rush (I was juggling the moulding with welding and gearbox rebuilding activities on my VW.) I needed an initial set to mock up the mountings with anyway and I guess it can end up being the a painted one!
I need to clear some garage space before I can attack the bigger panels, hence the activity on the VW!
More pics soon...