Fibreglass/Carbon fibre wings and bonnets.

[Breaderzz]

Hi Guys.
Ive seen alot of threads about composite panels but they don't ever seem to materialise.

Basically I nailed a dear in my polo last night and am taking it as my cue to finally order the fibreglass panels I've been meaning to get. Thought I'd try and make a bit of a group buy out of it so here we are......

Prices are
£160 for fibreglass wings
£190 for fibreglass bonnet

£350 for carbon fibre wings
£450 for carbon bonnets

No minimum numbers but more than 10 will give a small drop in price.

Let me know if your interested and in a week or two ill start taking £50 deposits and get the ball rolling.

They require full payment on commencement of the order.

Cheers liam

(I assume this will need moving to group buy section?)

[xrrich]

Any details on the quality of their work
Thickness of material used
I've seen a lot of shoddy made panels
If it is a respectable company I am in

[Breaderzz]

Quality is good.
As for thickness I am meeting him ASAP to discuss details and will be posting up as soon as I have worked it out with him.

[Breaderzz]

Here's some photos of his work.

Mostly Honda stuff I'm afraid.

[Breaderzz]

Ok. Met with Alex today to discuss things further.

Material thickness is generally OEM thickness although they can be thinner if you prefer.
Bonnets will be exact replicas made using a two peice layup of the outer skin and the internal webbing, meaning that you can mount them using standard hinges and catches should you so desire, of course bonnet pins are going to be preferable for peice of mind.

The quality of his work looks to be top notch, he has over 10 years experience in the field and it shows!

Lead time is going to be a month or so as he is very busy and runs the business in his spare time.

If your interested let me know via PM what you would like and I will put your name on the list.
I will look to take deposits in a week or two. At that point I will get him to make up the moulds and possibly do my set as a tester.
Upon placing the order he will require full payment. When complete the parts will be sent out to you via or you can collect depending on how close to somerset you are.

Any more questions let me know and I will pass them on.

[cheddarcheese]

There is a good reason why they don't ever seem to materialise, they want to much money for something of less quality than the original, The only benefit is the weight saved and most carbon bonnets don't last very long the resin goes cloudy within a year so better just sticking with plain fiberglass panels.

And why are the bonnets more expensive than the wings its harder to make a wing than a bonnet?

and why are carbon panels twice the price of normal fiberglass the only difference is one has a layer of carbon fabric on top the other does not?


 

[Breaderzz]

You are wrong on both counts there.

Carbon panels are completely made from carbon not carbon skinned.

Bonnets are a two stage lay up. Once lay up for the skin itself and another for the webbing underneath. Making them atleast twice as time consuming.

There are plenty of way to protect the resin including UV filtering resin and laquers (although not cheap)
Of course you cab paint the carbon if its just the weight saving your afte

[Tav]

If you make wings and a bonnet to a high quality in GRP I'll buy them.  I won't be putting money up front though.  If you are confident in the product then shouldn't be an issue shifting a few if you make them.

[Breaderzz]

Is not me making them mate. Im having them made by a small company near me.
Im probably just going to get some for myself now tbh.
I wasnt trying to make any profit or anything. Just trying to spread a good deal around with a few like minded people.im sure as hell not going to put myself out of pocket for a month and a half just to be a non profit making middle man.

[cheddarcheese]

Carbon panels are completely made from carbon not carbon skinned.

Why do they do thats sounds like a waste of carbon fiber unless they pressure cock them (F1 only and very fucking expensive and would require metal molds) then its pointless and no stronger and they would be better of just to use one layer of carbon for the carbon look and the rest normal fiberglass to keep costs down.

And still the bonnets are way fucking easier to make than making wings trust me wings are like 2 to 3 part molds due to the angles and shape but bonnets are only one part so much easier to make same with the under bonnet brace.

[Breaderzz]

The bloke makes them for a living and that's what he says. And he's still doing them cheaper than most places.
If someone wanted a carbon skinned on I'm sure he'd be happy to oblige.

If your such an expert feel free to crack on and make your own.

[Justin14100]

Good work in finding a nice solution for this Breaderzz, most fiberglass panels for these cars are made in Germany and a total ball-ache to get a hold of, I would be very tempted if I was still in the UK with my car.

Hopefully others will jump on this, rather than just being pretty rude about it. Hope it works out.

[scotsjohn]

Have to agree with Justin on this; maybe more interest over on CP. Good to see someone taking time and trouble to put something together.

[Breaderzz]

Cheers guys.

[gofasterpinch]

if the bonnets have a proper inner skin on them, i'll be interested. I have a single skin one at the moment and its a right faff to get on/off and bows in the front when your driving