Mitchell Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 well lately i have been attracting attention from chavs commenting on my car gutted i am thats all i need chav scum liking my ride hope the loop is not the new nova/saxo replacement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 It wont be will make damn sure of it!! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 Id doubt it ever will be.Theres not so many kits out there for it, no visable washer jets to light up, and to deck it you have to do real work style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted July 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 still dont like it tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 probably its the black bonnet, they thinking its a carbon fibre one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted July 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 nooooooooooooooooooo i dont want to paint it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 carbon fibre sheet ? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArosaMike Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 TBH mate....you could probably make your own carbon bonnet. It might take you a bit of work, but it's not as expensive as a lot of people. Wet lay up stuff is very similar to fibreglass and if you practiced a bit first you could probably do a decent job. You'd need to make a dolly for the bonnet by taking a mould out of something like fibreglass. You'd need strengthening on the back too, but I reckon you could do it for uner £100 if not less.If you have a look at the prices here: http://www.fibre-lyte.co.uk you'll see that sheet is dead cheap. It's the resin that costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 TBH mate....you could probably make your own carbon bonnet. It might take you a bit of work, but it's not as expensive as a lot of people. Wet lay up stuff is very similar to fibreglass and if you practiced a bit first you could probably do a decent job. You'd need to make a dolly for the bonnet by taking a mould out of something like fibreglass. You'd need strengthening on the back too, but I reckon you could do it for uner £100 if not less.If you have a look at the prices here: http://www.fibre-lyte.co.uk you'll see that sheet is dead cheap. It's the resin that costs.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Behave. Making carbon fibre is a specialised job. You need a lot of practice. Even if you get one sheet a little wonky it will wreck the whole bonnet and look crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty b-road Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Giz a go Jon... style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArosaMike Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Behave. Making carbon fibre is a specialised job. You need a lot of practice. Even if you get one sheet a little wonky it will wreck the whole bonnet and look crap.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>It's not that hard! We use the stuff all the time on are Universitys race car style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> As I said....you need practice, but it's not impossible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Im sure I saw a yellow lupo drive through ely today with a whacking great spoiler on the back, looked like a picnic table, I was like 'noooooooooooooooooooooooo how can they do that.......' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Behave. Making carbon fibre is a specialised job. You need a lot of practice. Even if you get one sheet a little wonky it will wreck the whole bonnet and look crap.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>did it at uni, smaller parts are okay but big sheets liek bonneys etc. are hard to get perfect and free of air bubbles unless you have a really good mould and specialist tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj10 Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 would there be demand for a group buy............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_phillips95 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 (edited) old topic never noticed.....post removed style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Edited May 7, 2007 by david_phillips95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC02 FFF Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 just tell them the way u get it to go fast it to take the air filter right off style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> thatll sort em outgrrr old topic >: ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthie Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Erm...I know its an old thread but I may be able to help....I am in the early stages of my company making carbon fibre parts.... You would not get a good finnish with a fibre glass mould, and you would waste a lot of carbon fibre. I am going to be doing a Lupo bonnet in the near future along with many more Lupo parts, I will be taking bits off my own Lupo to make moulds from interiour and exteriour. At the moment I am doing Mk1 bits as this is the main thing I have been asked for but if there is enough interest then the Lupo bits will come quicker!My company is called Carbon Motive limited send me a pm or e mail me at : sales@carbonmotive.com if you have any questions.Cheers, Neil style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69vk Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Carbon lupo bonnets are already available, but if you could produce them without the badge cut out you could be onto a winner style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shades:" border="0" alt="shades.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunalupi Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 And without the silly bonnet scoops...only one I've ever seen had a massive scoop on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picola Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Toastboy needs respect border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 errgh give grannies gash a wash...................................soooooooooooooooowrong so so wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Carbon lupo bonnets are already available, but if you could produce them without the badge cut out you could be onto a winner style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shades:" border="0" alt="shades.gif" />They stopped doing em ages ago. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthie Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 I can make them with or without the badge, and I don't want to do them with scoops so no worries there!The parts I make are all carbon fibre with no fibre glass in. The one for my Lupo will not have a badge cut out as I have a badgeless grille so if thats what people want then they will be available in the near future. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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