loooking for a carbon fiber front lip
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Why not just spend the extra hundred and save yourself the time and hassle of wrapping it.
Why not just spend the extra hundred and save yourself the time and hassle of wrapping it.
Cf is stronger than fb. And if you factor in supplies and material + time it = to about the same. Plus unless you know how to lay it out good or even at all it might look like crap.
Edit: Also even if you wrap the fb version with cf, Hit a bump or curp or speedbump wrongly hard enough its still going to break.
Edit: Also even if you wrap the fb version with cf, Hit a bump or curp or speedbump wrongly hard enough its still going to break.
Ya but you can do the same for fb way cheaper and just paint match. Cf is hard to lay out good. Thats why it cost money and shine's prices are legit.
I love my shine auto lip and ive already cracked it. If your low its easy to crack.
I love my shine auto lip and ive already cracked it. If your low its easy to crack.
One layer of carbon fiber replacing a layer of fiberglass for cosmetic aero is not going to make any noticeable difference in impact resistance or weight. Either way you go your going to spend nearly the same amount unless you can get a fiberglass lip for next to nothing.
Not too many CF lips out there for the MK3. There was the ones that duane had done may years ago for the Pre 89. I think recently I saw a MK4 with his lip vinyl wrapped with a dry carbon look which did not look too bad.
Can anyone source of pictures of these carbon fiber lips? Just interested in seeing how it goes along with the car in general.
A front lip is a body part prone to damage. If I had the druthers, I'll opt for a fiber glass version since it'll be a lot easier to repair in the event damage do occur. And if the vehicle is a daily driver, then the risk for damage increases, and may just happen on your trip to the local fast food store.
I have a friend who does anything in cf such as doors, door sills, cf wiper cowl,etc but i will recomend you to post in some other area of the forum since this is not technical. Thrust me i been warned because of this before
hvyman;1617337 said:
Wrong. It will depend on how it's made. I made my front bumper out of fiberglass and while on the freeway hit a semi tire, TWICE and no cracks, nothing.
Duane
for CF being such a strong material it sounds like it breaks easy....... dont understand it lol.. hit a bump, it breaks, hit a curb it breaks, hit a semi tire its totally fine, a little spit to polish it off and your good to go. let the stig drive it and you will need a new bumper because it will shatter "happened when he drove a KONNININZEGGZEZE CCX into i think a tire stack"
upgradedsupra;1618423 said:Wrong. It will depend on how it's made. I made my front bumper out of fiberglass and while on the freeway hit a semi tire, TWICE and no cracks, nothing.
Duane
Story time?
Cf is a really strange beast, most of the durability and strength comes from how its done. You can get cheep cf which is really nothing more then resin with a few layers of cf and its not going to be strong at all, then you can get full cf either vacuum infused or auto calved or both and it will be really strong. Resin is brittle and cf is strong. Think of an F1 car the control arms/trac arms are cf and so is the body, that is one of the strongest setups you can get, but that is also unidirectional cf and its vacuum infused in an auto clave. But some food for though, I am working on a lip for my wifes car and I am going to put it on a spring loaded system that will let it move back and up if it gets hit on say a speed bump, if it works out I will let everyone know. If you have seen it think of a vette lip newer ones are on springs to move them away from impacts.
upgradedsupra;1618423 said:Wrong. It will depend on how it's made. I made my front bumper out of fiberglass and while on the freeway hit a semi tire, TWICE and no cracks, nothing.
Duane
I never said it will break every time. But they do break and people have broken them. And some from semi tires.