Carbon fiber doors

[IROC]

I'm thinking of making some carbon fibre doors for my car. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with CF doors they have fabricated or bought. My main concern is making them strong enough in case of a side impact.

Your thoughts.

Thanks

Robert

[ZR1427]

Iroc,good luck with the doors i watch with interest.
What is the proccess of making CF panels?,i hear its time consuming.

[IROC]

Thanks for the reply.

I think I'll be using a sandwich lay up with kevlar in the middle. This is what I'm thinking is the safest so far. The CF is very strong, but shatters and flies everywhere when it breaks. The kevlar should hold it all together should the worst happen.

[vetteheadracer]

I spoke to a guy called Dale Edmonds about making CF doors for a ZR1 and he quoted "about £500 per door".

[ZR1427]

vetteheadracer said:

I spoke to a guy called Dale Edmonds about making CF doors for a ZR1 and he quoted "about £500 per door".

Was he the guy from Oxford Geoff was talking too?

[IROC]

That's why I'm out to make my own. It will take some time, but with be a rewarding project. The vast majority of the work is making molds for the first pair.