make your own carbon fiber trunk - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

umeshr85 · 08-04-2007, 01:12 AM

http://g35driver.com/forums/showthre...=149576&page=3

you'll need carbon fiber material or cloth

resin

exacto knife

anything else?

Rdizzle · 08-04-2007, 01:19 AM

HA! Then my super lightweight ones bitch slaps it. I hate carbon overlay crap, it is totally againt the point of carbon fiber

95WhiteCamry · 08-04-2007, 01:45 AM

seriously, it's pretty lame. all show and pointless.

don't rice your camry out. fix it first.

[khumbmela] · 08-04-2007, 02:49 AM

there you go.. i have been thinking of doing it on my headliner since my headliner are so dirty.. i dunno why.. i might try this project if i can find another headliner at junkyard..

Venom_5 · 08-04-2007, 12:24 PM

you can use a similar process to make an actual trunk ... my friend makes carbon fiber parts for his crotchrocket, and it weighs nearly nothing now since he replaced 1/2 the parts with CF ones that he made

its not terribly hard, its just really time consuming and kind of pricey ... and if you mess up then you have to start over

but i thought about taking my hood off and having him make a CF replica, but i never got a chance to ask him and now he's across the country

213solider · 08-04-2007, 12:44 PM

pointless...all show

CrawlingEye · 08-04-2007, 12:54 PM

a good way, and method I'm considering using to make some fiberglass parts in the future (possibly a hood) is to use the expanding foam. you can buy this from marine sites in various weights.

the process roughly includes taking the actual piece you want to replicate and making a foam "mold" if you will of it by covering the object and spraying the foam over top (garbage bags should work or even newspapers) then spraying the inside of your foam once it's cured with PAM or a similar lubricant that your epoxy won't adhere to and laying the fiberglass in there.

I think I'm going to first try the project out on the plastic under-carriage piece, like toys did, mine's pretty badly beaten up.

Venom_5 · 08-04-2007, 02:33 PM

yeah .... my buddy makes foam moldings, then CF's a layer over or under them depending on the shape ...then you have the CF part and just have to cut any necessary holes or add any bolts

bigbird · 08-04-2007, 02:51 PM

i can understand things like shift knobs and dash covers and the ocasional side mirriors, but CF'ing ur trunk to make it look CF is lame IMO. props for being creative though.

midnightmach · 08-04-2007, 04:28 PM

After laying the material isnt it the shape?......so cant you use it as a trunk by itsself?

Maim Menu · 08-04-2007, 04:34 PM

It takes some talent to do this, but I think a guy that owns a G35 should have enough money to buy the real thing.

Don't close your trunk too hard at car meets, the huge thumping sound will give it away

bigbird · 08-04-2007, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by midnightmach

After laying the material isnt it the shape?......so cant you use it as a trunk by itsself?

well ud have the outer shell of it so it would be a little big and it would be way to brittle and thin to screw anything into. plus where would u put the reverse lights ot trunk latch? this is close to the way companies make real CF stuff. cept they make a mold of the outside.

grandmaburner · 08-04-2007, 10:52 PM

Im accually doing this on my interior after it is painted on the exterior (mommy seys one project at a time or nothing gets done...) IM just going to do trim pieces and such. I figure if i can get a glossy cool look inside i will start to like the car more. (right now i think it was the worst buy of my life)