Camaro Carbon Fiber Hatch
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Camaro Carbon Fiber Hatch
What do you guys think of this?
Camaro Hatch
The stocker is fiber glass... one is carbon.... but we all know the rear end of our cars are pretty light anyway... so how would this help? We need some Carbon Fiber T-tops, and door panels. That would help out allot.
Camaro Hatch
The stocker is fiber glass... one is carbon.... but we all know the rear end of our cars are pretty light anyway... so how would this help? We need some Carbon Fiber T-tops, and door panels. That would help out allot.
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Re: Camaro Carbon Fiber Hatch
Just a guess, but I bet the glass in the hatch may be as heavy/heavier than the actual hatch.
You could probably save more weight by replacing the glass with plexi glass or something.
You could probably save more weight by replacing the glass with plexi glass or something.
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Re: Camaro Carbon Fiber Hatch
Or you can go with a "notch" type rear like the one RKSport sells. I looked on their website [raceonusa] and they sell Japanese Camaro bodykits.
http://www.raceonusa.com/index.asp?P...&Category=1104
http://www.raceonusa.com/index.asp?P...&Category=1104
Last edited by Camarocracy; Sep 18, 2005 at 11:59 AM.
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Re: Camaro Carbon Fiber Hatch
Originally Posted by aggiez28
since its fiberglass allready i wouldnt bother replacing it with cf
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Re: Camaro Carbon Fiber Hatch
carbon fiber (or fiberglass) t-tops would be cool since you could paint them to match your car and not have to worry about those stupid inserts for the sun.
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Re: Camaro Carbon Fiber Hatch
Originally Posted by Camarocracy
Or you can go with a "notch" type rear like the one RKSport sells. I looked on their website [raceonusa] and they sell Japanese Camaro bodykits.
http://www.raceonusa.com/index.asp?P...&Category=1104
http://www.raceonusa.com/index.asp?P...&Category=1104
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From: Chesterfield Twp, MI
Re: Camaro Carbon Fiber Hatch
Truthfully, if I ever win the lottery, I'm buying that hatch for cosmetic purposes. Then I would just need a carbon fiber spoiler, and a carbon fiber front bumper... and a carbon fiber hood like the one I have (Zroc/Stinger) Hrrrm and maybe a carbon fiber C-pillar, too.
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Re: Camaro Carbon Fiber Hatch
It seems close to impossible to believe that is a stock hatch wrapped in CF, that is VERY impressive work if so. If you take a stock item and wrap it in CF, you're going to change the size of the item because you're adding an additional layer of "fiber" and then the resin on top of it. Chances are they did a mold and then used carbon fiber and fiberglass...
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Re: Camaro Carbon Fiber Hatch
It would be alot more money than that if that were true.
Look at the rest of they're stuff, that's how they make it (wrapping original pieces).
It doesn't change the size much at all, the original piece is sprayed black and a thin wrap of carbon is all it takes. They're not the first company to do this.
If you want a light hatch, vfn makes a pin on one, but lexan must be used with it. It can't handle the weight of glass.
Look at the rest of they're stuff, that's how they make it (wrapping original pieces).
It doesn't change the size much at all, the original piece is sprayed black and a thin wrap of carbon is all it takes. They're not the first company to do this.
If you want a light hatch, vfn makes a pin on one, but lexan must be used with it. It can't handle the weight of glass.
