Carbonfiber Veneers
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Feb 23 2005, 09:25 PM
please share, I fix $1,000,000 boats that crack, how can you stop a lip from cracking?
actually my front lip is fairly flexible, i placed a strip of 1/4" rubber under the lip, and i've hit several bumps and humps along the way without it cracking .
i dont think homemade carbon fiber can be made rigid unlike the properly treated carbon fiber from boats...
here are some pics of me bending a peice of carbon fiber i made a while back and one that mark koch made
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yeah im the one stepping on it. its pretty hard, and i was actually putting some effort to bend it.... obviously within safe amounts of force.
its about 2-3mm thick... i tried to take pics but not sure if they came out right.. here they are though.
the other one i made though has just enough epoxy that the weave wont unravel, so thats why its very flexible
obviously 1 layer is enough for cosmetic purposes such as these applications, i think anything thicker than a couple of layers where you need to use a lot of epoxy will not be very flexible, specially if its rigid as a function, like **** in real cars and boats
its about 2-3mm thick... i tried to take pics but not sure if they came out right.. here they are though.
the other one i made though has just enough epoxy that the weave wont unravel, so thats why its very flexible
obviously 1 layer is enough for cosmetic purposes such as these applications, i think anything thicker than a couple of layers where you need to use a lot of epoxy will not be very flexible, specially if its rigid as a function, like **** in real cars and boats
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Feb 23 2005, 10:25 PM
please share, I fix $1,000,000 boats that crack, how can you stop a lip from cracking?
Its all in the resin. The cloth isnt what determines if the structure is brittle or as flexible as urethane.
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I dont know how you change the properties of epoxy resin to become flexible?
I guess I always assume the worst, tap a curb, fine, hit it and crackola.
stomp on that sill and it will break, stand on it gently and it flexes, its all in the impact.
I guess I always assume the worst, tap a curb, fine, hit it and crackola.
stomp on that sill and it will break, stand on it gently and it flexes, its all in the impact.
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I thought about that. I'm just gonna go ahead and not hit curbs. It's not like I drive my FD to the store or anything. I really only take it out when I'm confident in my abilities and there's a low traffic level. Can't risk ******' my baby up!
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Originally Posted by Sinful7' date='Feb 23 2005, 12:13 AM
That would be very nice looking... But why did they make the front bump out (outline) where the liscence plate is on the stock bodypiece.