Questions about maniacs ride

[maniac]

hi,

i have done only the top section.


I have cut all the orginal material in the top section.
Maked a new board for my gauge.
Now i have covered the top section of the dash with cfk.
Its hard to explain it in english *lol*

[ricola]

Thanks for the extra pic, but what is cfk?

Cheers, Rich

[maniac]

cfk=Carbon Fibre

[LOAF]

How about tell us in german, we can always use leo or someother translator to figure it out..

Still very eage to learn how you went about it..

Loaf

[ricola]

Aha, I thought it was some special version of carbon fibre...

So, did you just do a wet lay-up with a single top skin of carbon fibre cloth and resin or do you have access to vacuum bagging, ovens etc etc?

Rich

[maniac]

ok, i use a online translator:

The carbon is over laminates.
I removed first whole plastics on the top side of the dashboard, to catch up my own dashboard. Afterwards take place the rough cut the carbons fiber from one piece.
The instrument panel is rough properly and degreased afterwards with silicone remover.
Subsequently, I coated the instrument panel thickly with epoxy resin.
Carbon fiber Mate now evenly without folds present.
Next Coat wet in wet.
be aware that there are no bubble or folds in the carbon fiber.
Now we will waiting that the epoxy will be dry (2 Days at 20°C)
You must now use 200 Sandpaper to rough the epoxy and remove the dust with silicon remover.
Next step: a new coat with epoxy.
Wait another day to get the exopy dry.
Now you can use 200, 400, 600 Sandpaper and polish the epoxy.
At last you can use Clear lacquer to get a fine coat.

Hope you can understand what i mean....

[maniac]

Originally Posted by ricola

Aha, I thought it was some special version of carbon fibre...

So, did you just do a wet lay-up with a single top skin of carbon fibre cloth and resin or do you have access to vacuum bagging, ovens etc etc?

Rich

Its a wet up-lay, no vacuum.
If you work very clean, theres no need for a vakuum bagging.
The epoxy will work under 70°C so you can use it in your car.
Better results will be with a vakuum bag and combustion chamber from your painter

[ricola]

Thanks, it makes sense now, how long did it take you to get a finish that good, must have been a lot of work!

Rich

[maniac]

About 40h, was a lot of work

[LOAF]

Makes lot of sense..

Thanks
Alex

[maniac]

Update:

new Wheels ;-)
Tomason 8.5x18"

and new suspension.
Suspension is a coilover from Remmele

[Racelook]

Nice!!!!

Maybe some brighter pic?

Wiebrand

[maniac]

hmm, ive done the pics directly after the modifikations finished.
The car is now going to check at the german "Tüv", to legalize the modifikation for streetdriving.
I will make the pics bigger and better

[Racelook]

Verry nice..

What offset have these wheels? And did you use spacers?

[maniac]

offset is in front 38mm
rear are 15mm

I will use spacer front 15mm, rear 10mm
My fenders are 4cm widen