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Interest Check: Carbon Fiber/Fiberglass Pre98 trunk lid

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CSVT#49

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I'm about to invest some serious coin into a mold for a pre98 trunk lid. Just curious if there is interest if I were to make extras. Probably looking at around $350+shipping... I'll know more once I get into the materials. I'll be making a carbon fiber exterior with a fiberglass interior and a steel latch assembly. Hopefully I should have pictures by the end of the month of my carbon fiber version. I will most likely be creating a lip spoiler as well. So with that...

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rexxdoggy said:
SUPER interested. When will these be made, just a rough estimate.
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Well once I'm happy with the mold and it creates a nice part... realistically probably looking at a turn around of about 2 maybe 3 trunks a week since I still have my real job to get to ;). If all goes well production could start in August sometime.
 
tredsvt98 said:
how much would it be for both peices, the trunk and spoiler?
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Not sure it all depends on how much material is needed to make the pieces. If I had to just ball park I'd probably say $350 for the trunk lid and $100 for the spoiler, which would probably be on the high side... but again until I actually make a piece these are very rough. If enough people are interested I could buy the carbon fiber and fiberglass in very large rolls, the resin and gel coats in 5 gal buckets, etc all of this would help bring the price down.
 
What will you be doing for the license plate panel? A third piece? some might like just that for a cheap aesthetic mod. It would be anice money maker to given they can buy both the panel and spoiler for a couple hundred, then get the trunk at a later time.

I would interested in all of it, if this takes flight. Something that would need to be planned into the budget.
 
TourEnvy said:
What will you be doing for the license plate panel? A third piece? some might like just that for a cheap aesthetic mod. It would be anice money maker to given they can buy both the panel and spoiler for a couple hundred, then get the trunk at a later time.

I would interested in all of it, if this takes flight. Something that would need to be planned into the budget.
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I was actually going to mold it in for a smooth look. However if people are truly interested in just buying that piece... I'd almost prefer to wrap the part rather then messing with making a mold for it. Because at that point people are just looking for the aesthetics of it not for weight savings.
 
CSVT#49 said:
I was actually going to mold it in for a smooth look. However if people are truly interested in just buying that piece... I'd almost prefer to wrap the part rather then messing with making a mold for it. Because at that point people are just looking for the aesthetics of it not for weight savings.
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Personally I'm only interested for the weight savings, as my car will be a dedicated track car... What kind of a response are you looking for to actually build these?
 
dlphnfn said:
Out of curiosity, what is the expected weight savings?
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Not sure, but I'd expect the trunk, depending on what materials I make them out of, to weigh about 5-10lbs.

nasty1 said:
Personally I'm only interested for the weight savings, as my car will be a dedicated track car... What kind of a response are you looking for to actually build these?
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I'm curious to know how many people would be willing to spend $350 for a trunk lid. If there is enough interest that will dictate how I buy the material. If it's just going to be me I'm not going to make the mold bullet proof to produce a number of copies and I'm not going to buy the raw materials in large bulk quantities. If there is interest to purchase 5 or more trunks then I'll collect deposits after I make a prototype and then purchase enough material in bulk quantities to cover the requests.
 
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