Fs: Carbon Fiber Steering Wheel Oem, Take A Look Hot!
because when you make a mold of something it may cost up to 500$ per mold. and since this is the ONLY PIECE made that transfers over to the price. (high school econ) but if there is 50 pieces made then the mold price is split up in 50 meaning 10 extra per steering wheel. then you take into consideration on how much it'll cost per steering wheel so people will actually pay for it. some might say 300/steering wheel. if one was made then that is 500 +300. if 50 was made then it's 10 +300. see the difference.
Wet carbon is layed up like fiberglass where dry cloth is layed on the surface and resin is then applied. It can also include vacuum bagging and autoclaving which improves strength. It could also be where the resin is drawn in from one end to the other by the vacuum in the vacuum bagging step. This is almost as good as pre-preg, and will be lighter and stronger than normal layup and resin application..
Dry carbon is prepreg, it's carbon cloth with presicely controlled amounts of resin applied already. You just lay it up, vacuum bag it and autoclave it. It's lighter and will be as strong as possible thanks to the exact right mix ratio of carbon and resin.
dry carbon is more expensive since it's harder to do from my experiences. it's a pain in the A$$ to make stuff dry. but the end results looks the same.
basically the same damn **** if you vacuum a wet carbon piece. but most people don't do that so... well atleast i do when i work with CF
Dry carbon is prepreg, it's carbon cloth with presicely controlled amounts of resin applied already. You just lay it up, vacuum bag it and autoclave it. It's lighter and will be as strong as possible thanks to the exact right mix ratio of carbon and resin.
dry carbon is more expensive since it's harder to do from my experiences. it's a pain in the A$$ to make stuff dry. but the end results looks the same.
basically the same damn **** if you vacuum a wet carbon piece. but most people don't do that so... well atleast i do when i work with CF
Yes, dry carbon and vacuumed wet carbon essentially have the same look. Why i am asking is because esthetically, wet and dry carbon look different, and your pics don't show it too well. Wet carbon that isn't vacuumed has a 3d look to it like you see on most CF hoods, but dry carbon has a very flat pattern, and looks somewhat like a print of carbon rather than its normal look, which some will say is not as nice looking because the pattern is pretty bland. Its mainly used for light weight applications rather than show applications, and also produces a part with a more even weave pattern
someone can also put a flood coat of epoxy if they wanted to make it not look so bland then it wouldn't really show any real difference.
anyways this would be a VERY good deal if there was only one of these made. if it was layered on then...
anyways this would be a VERY good deal if there was only one of these made. if it was layered on then...
Last edited by USANSealKYoon; Feb 28, 2007 at 07:07 AM.
what ever happened to your other thread. I believe some dry applications use the the plain weave rather than the twill 2x2 weave, which could be the reason why it looks blend. I wouldnt worry about dry or wet on a small piece like this.