lool

 

yes you can paint over carbon fiber........or get it faded.....or have it weaved in like the red g below....

 

Here's a question I don't think I've seen asked before: how much lighter are the carbon fiber body pieces than the regular (steel?) body pieces? Seems like since one of the major problems with the G's performance is its weight, maybe carbon fiber replacements could help increase the power to weight ratio. Thoughts?

(Don't think I'm thread jacking...)

 

i dont have numbers to back this up but ive heard quite a few times that the cf hoods are not THAT much lighter than our stock hoods. it would be easier/cheaper to lose some weight

our hoods are lighter than my 99 corolla's hoods..or so it feels..lol

 

Our cars hood's are very light, and some AM carbon hoods are even heavier than our stock hoods. For the Z, theres AM companies that make every single panel of the Z cept the roof and the quarter panels. You wouldnt accomplish much weight savings without spending insane amounts of money.

 

lol - good point.

 

Our OEM hood is light but carbon fiber hood is for sure lighter, as far as I know Seibon's hood is lighter then the OEM.

 

What do they make the body panels on the Ford GT40 out of? I remember reading that they were extremely light for some reason...

 

Carbon fiber itself (the actual fibers) CANNOT be dyed or painted. However, pigments can be added to the resin which is used to manufacture hoods, fenders, lips, etc. IMHO, I have dealt with carbon fiber (actually made a chair out of it) and if its not molded the proper way (epoxy resins, cured at high pressure in an autoclave) it is useless as far as weight savings. The reasons aftermarket CF hoods cost $500 and not $10,000 is because the construction (layup) is just the same as it is with fiberglass, in which you get the carbon cloth in the mold and squeegee polyester resin into it and pull it out. That does very little for weight savings, as you are left with excess resin and air trapped in the cured resin. The Ford GT is indeed carbon composite and honeycomb (i believe) and made the proper way. 99.9% of all carbon fiber car accessories are for pure aesthetics, and maybe will shave a very minimal if any amount of weight.

 

back from the dead...So does anyone know how much lighter carbon fiber hoods are compared to our stock hoods? and how much lighter are the carbon fiber

trunk lids compared to oem? anyone actually weigh them?

 

On A Side Not I Just Had My Steering Wheels Done In Cf, Synthetic.

 

post some pics

 

our hoods are already pretty light. someone posted this info but i dont remember the numbers. but the conclusion was that cf hoods are purely for looks as they dont save that much weight

 

I believe our hoods are aluminum, which is why you dont save much weight going cf.

 

ill do it tom