[gt1]

What weight saving can I expect to gain from a carbon fiber bonnet? Just looking to see if it justifies the price.

 

[turbo]

take off the bonnet and weight it haha

 

[aardvark54]

I like that simplistic approach turbo!

 

[turbo]

haha had 2 b said

 

[penfold]

a mkv golf cf bonnet is about 10kg lighter, you'd be looking at a bigger wait saving on the roc, trouble is a lot of the bonnets look pants in terms of panel gap

 

[Flux]

I'd say between 10KG-15KG but the craftsmanship must be next to none, because it will look awful and it may not seat well.

 

[gt1]

10kg is around what I thought but can't see it justifying the cost.

 

[Flux]

Yup it aint going to be worth it mate, the best option is just to plate it with CF sheeting... its what I'm doing to my grill and side sills.

 

[wigit]

you'd be better off getter lighter alloys flux :mrgreen:

 

[RobRoc]

you'd be better off getter lighter alloys flux :mrgreen:

:lol:

Flux could you make a mould from an original bonnet and make a CF from that?

 

[Flux]

you'd be better off getter lighter alloys flux :mrgreen:

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No Comment! LMAO

Flux could you make a mould from an original bonnet and make a CF from that?

Seriously? If so I guess you could, But it will have to be perfect frankly, there will be some bridges to cross but should be possible, however, it will be a long job

 

[Andy]

How do you think the Pro's do it?

They make a blank using an oem bonnet and then produce copies from that.

 

[Flux]

Exactly pro's lol, i aint a pro with CF seen as so i aint ever worked with it but i'll give it ago then let you guys know

 

[RobRoc]

Seriously? If so I guess you could, But it will have to be perfect frankly, there will be some bridges to cross but should be possible, however, it will be a long job

Yeah, i know from making a few fibre glass panels before if you make a mould using an original piece by just laying fibre glass over the top the get a lovely smooth mould to work with, obviously the scale is slightly bigger and i've very little experiance with CF. Theres some amazing composite guys at work so ill have a word with them tomorrow.