Quote:
Originally Posted by thespud
A Real CF hood cannot be cut and bonded easily. I deal with CF Arrows for archery every week (remembering that these are only 6 layers thick, a CF hood is something like 600 layers thick) and we need a 5000rpm cutoff disc to cut it and if any slower the CF will shatter.
Also once cut, CF cannot be re bonded without a lot of hassle. The easiest way would be to get a stock hood, do it to that then put a CF look sticker on it 
The black hood looks OK - not a huge fan of the whole white car + CF/Black hood look anyway.. |
i'm not sure i agree completely...... the process that you use to create CF arrows is probably much different than the process to make a hood....
the amount of "layers" would be nowhere NEAR 600 for a hood...... there are varying sizes of threaded carbon fiber sheets.... so you could make it with potentially as few as 2 or 3....
for carbon fiber hoods, there are 2 ways that they are made (for the most part... i'm sure most companies vary little here to there, but there are basically 2 ways it's done):
1) a cf/fiberglass hood..... most people who want a CF hood really only want it for the look and possibly because it's 'lighter' than stock..... these are much more mainstream....
essentially the hood and support systems are made of fiberglass via a chop gun.... then probably vacuum bagged.... then after that is done a layer or 2 of fine carbon fiber is layed over the top to give it the fiberglass look.... this might also be the case on the underside to fool most... but one you cut into it it's all fiberglass
2) it's a full carbon fiber hood..... for most strength/least weight I would guess that the support system and the actual hood are made seperately (probably 3-5 layers of CF each, vacuum bagged each, then bonded together).... this would be MUCH more expensive and only a few pounds heavier
now if you say that the CF arrow would "shatter" when you cut it with a slow cutting wheel, then I would assume that the process for making the arrow uses WAY too much resin.... using composites with too much resin will make them a bit more flexible but NO tensile strength...... the purpose of vacuum bagging a composite part is to get both excess air and resin out of the composite material.... there is a fine line of too much/too little resin... and going either way can have drastic effects of that parts strength.....
also, cf and fiberglass can both be bonded to if you're bonding other composite materials to it (CF, fiberglass, bondo, etc...)
Where to get this kind of hood?
any thoughts?
Linear Mode
