Any vender interested in doing a carbon fiber trunk group buy?

I need one for my e36 M3

I am doing a Hood GB for all bmws. I'll talk to VIS to see what i can do

i have a feeler for it.

I would love one.

I would love one.
^2

Awesome. Lets see if we can get one going then :cool

cal mike shaw at MAshaw.com

I want one if the price is right.See if he will do a deal with the C/F spoiler?
Martin

I Got a Sample sitting in Customs and will be released in 2 weeks

I'll Get you pics then

im in for both if the price is right......but prolly it wont go through, they never do....

the Hood Will go through

The trunk I'll work on it in the afternoon to see what kind of number i can get.

The Hoods
will be for
e34
e36
e39
e46.

But some bad news Guys.
The price of a Carbonfibre has gone up alot of money about 70% then this time last year.

the reasons several.

The price of oil has gone up about 30%
takes oil to produce it in one way or another

AirBus new superliner is all carbonfibre

the 2 new US fighters that are in production now the f22 and the JSF almost exlusivly use CF
those 3 planes also are eating up the worlds supply of titanuim.

I'll do my best but the Roll of 60' twill weave is going for over 3 grand
i can snag 50" twill weave for about 2500 a roll.

My manufacturer is one of the best in the world so the quality and fitment is perfect.

I personally hate VIS hood. Their trunks are good but their Hoods SUCK. I'm not saying this because i have my own maker. But for this reason I OWN A VIS hood.

est. cost?

i am in too if the price is good...

Ebay has VIS CF trunks for $402.00 +$150 for shipping and insurance. so thats roughly $550.00 delivered. If you could do like $450.00-$500.00 shipped im in for sure. I screwed my car's rear end up so its in the shop now, using this as an excuse to get a CF one. Might be in for a CF spoiler as well if you could do a combo deal?

Yes I'll have several group Buys Running

I'm in if you can do better than ebay...

I'm in for a trunk

I'm in :buttrock

I'll let everyone know monday the pricing

Put me down for both as well

Anyone got any info on this? I need my trunk! Shop is working on my car so I need the trunk, lol.

checked with VIS i called 3 times never got a straight answer

checked with VIS i called 3 times never got a straight answer

i Have tried VIS myself. they are bastards. They don't support group buys directly, unless you are going to buy in bulk from them and then distribute. Probably not worth it at that point.

Ill tlak to one of my buddies and see what he can get us

what about MAshaw?

I say screw VIS and go Mashaw. I'm really hoping for an PTG Evo Adjustable and a coupe trunk.

Keep us posted Steve.

Jonathan :redspot

Any updates on the trunks?

Did this just die or what?
Martin

Doa....

if this is still up i'm interested in a hood and trunk...pricing needs to be reasonable tho

Update.

Each trunk the cheapest price i could quote from VIS was 600 shipped I tried sorry guys
or if 2 people where to get a trunk shipped to the same address 1075 shipped
So the only way you guys can save any real money is if you got people near you to come together on the shipping

But some bad news Guys.
The price of a Carbonfibre has gone up alot of money about 70% then this time last year.
they use a diffrent carbonfibre then what you get on your cars.
they use a much MUCH heavyer weight then these things will ever EVER need.
sorry, i'm venting I know how much CF takes to make, how much it costs to make etc etc etc.

they use a diffrent carbonfibre then what you get on your cars.
they use a much MUCH heavyer weight then these things will ever EVER need.
sorry, i'm venting I know how much CF takes to make, how much it costs to make etc etc etc.

They used a heavier weave of course but its still the fact that they are using carbon fiber.

its just like gas it costs trickel down to everyone

all of the CF and CF+K venders I know of still charge the same per yard.
find me links?

I love these forums, I love CF.
So I'm not trying to throw 'junk,' around. :banghead:
however the price of carbon fiber isent that high, esp for what we should be getting.

1)The Fiber I highly doubte that the trunks or any parts of these cars will use a 6k or greater weight weave.

2) the Epoxy Resin/hardner used to make this stuff is CHEAP dirt cheap and gets cheaper bye the gallon.

3)Sticking it all together this I wont argue with. :shifty This depends on if its simply an Overlay, or really trully is vac-sealed and heated.

http://www.fiberglasswarehouse.com/aramid_carbon.asp
http://www.shopmaninc.com/carbonpage.html
http://www.jamestowndistributors.com
http://carb.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.-102/.f
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and in the very least these forums have HEEPS of people who do CF work. and they will ither back me up or tear me down.
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le'fin.

I love these forums, I love CF.
So I'm not trying to throw 'junk,' around. :banghead:
however the price of carbon fiber isent that high, esp for what we should be getting.

1)The Fiber I highly doubte that the trunks or any parts of these cars will use a 6k or greater weight weave.

2) the Epoxy Resin/hardner used to make this stuff is CHEAP dirt cheap and gets cheaper bye the gallon.

3)Sticking it all together this I wont argue with. :shifty This depends on if its simply an Overlay, or really trully is vac-sealed and heated.

http://www.fiberglasswarehouse.com/aramid_carbon.asp
http://www.shopmaninc.com/carbonpage.html
http://www.jamestowndistributors.com
http://carb.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.-102/.f
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and in the very least these forums have HEEPS of people who do CF work. and they will ither back me up or tear me down.
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le'fin.
Although i respect your opinion,
The supliers for carbon fiber that you provided are not an everage composite supplier, they don't deal with certain resins and material that would make GOOD quality carbon fiber.
Although there are many people on this board that are experianced with carbon fiber work i highly doubt that any of them are experianced enough to make a two piece mold in order to mkae a trunk out of carbon. I won't even address the overlay issue because that is not Carbon Fiber work, that is a silly sticker, overlaying a piece in cabron is a waste of time and money beacause carbon is so amazing because of its strength to weight ratio not its good looks. Not to mention a crappy wet lay up that would have all kinds of distortion in the weave pattern.

If you purchase the improper resin the product will get a greenish/yellowish tone to it and the avergae resin that u see on these sites doesn't have a strong enough UV gaurd in it to protect the quality of the work.

I have personal experiance with the jamestowndistributors carbon fiber material and it sucks! it takes way too long to recieve and the price is so high to make a good quality trunk it would cost a fortune. Let's say that you purchase the carbon fiber from the JamesTown Distributor, you will be using a minimum of 2 linear yard of carbon alone(which is not enough because of the material would be thin and light would shine through) then fiberglass/kevlar then your resin. By the time you make a piece the proper way, you woudl have made a very expensive mold, and a very expensive part that you would not be able to amke money if you sold it for a reasonable price on this cut throat market.
At this point it would be cheapier to purchase from a vendor with guarentees, return policies and much more experiance then any hobbyist on these forums

You can Get Cheap resin. This Resin is not clear and is looks a Redish Orange or yellow. It pits much easier and offers no UV protection.

well what the f*ck
why not just go with OCLV 55 carbon fiber.
They better use Loctite 9430 to bond the joints.

As for getting rid of those nasty bumps that the Fiber leaves behind when you paint it, you gota call poche on that one as they hold the patten on the paint that alows for smoooth coats ontop of CF
Bleh...

what happened to this group buy? i have one e36 carbon fiber trunk for coupe if anyone is interested. link in my sig and email ONLY.

I'm in for a trunk for a 4 door E36 !

I'm in for a trunk for a 4 door E36 !

I don't believe anyone makes a CF trunk for a sedan. It's bad enough there are very little companys even making the hoods for sedan let alone a CF trunk. Theres just no market for the sedans since most people race coupes.
Sorry.