Carbon door cards

[salmon]

Was over at hhc yesterday and whilst there had a bit of a nose round their cars. They have a red tuscan which has some very snazzy carbon look door cards. Looked miles better than the flocked ones in mine so does anyone know who makes these?

[dvs_dave]

Could always be a bit of 3M carbon look film stuck on?

[salmon]

Did cross my mind, but if it was a DIY job it's really well done. Was also a matt finish which made me think they are properly made as all the vinyl stuff I've seen is gloss finish. That said not really looked into it do probs wrong!

[F1SERB]

Hi I recently visited a work shop in Southampton
that custom made carbon door cards for cerbera s give them a call their products are top notch
Maybe they do Tuscan too

Google "carbon cerbie"

[Basil Brush]

salmon said:

Did cross my mind, but if it was a DIY job it's really well done. Was also a matt finish which made me think they are properly made as all the vinyl stuff I've seen is gloss finish. That said not really looked into it do probs wrong!

The 3M stuff I've seen is matt.

[TheGroves]

I have a set of door cards in my garage that I was looking to sell.

If somebody wanted to try doing that without butchering theirs!

Mike

[geoffphead]

salmon said:

Was over at hhc yesterday and whilst there had a bit of a nose round their cars. They have a red tuscan which has some very snazzy carbon look door cards. Looked miles better than the flocked ones in mine so does anyone know who makes these?

try looking up ph member nightspirit, he made a fantastic set for his tam,look at his blog http://night-spirit.co.uk/tamora_blog/ on here.He did a really pro job on his interior

[tvrbod]

Hi Mike how much were you looking for these and where about's are you. Thanks Steve.

TheGroves said:

I have a set of door cards in my garage that I was looking to sell.

If somebody wanted to try doing that without butchering theirs!

Mike

[TheGroves]

tvrbod said:

Hi Mike how much were you looking for these and where about's are you. Thanks Steve.

TheGroves said:

I have a set of door cards in my garage that I was looking to sell.

If somebody wanted to try doing that without butchering theirs!

Mike

Have Pm'd you Steve.

Mike

[coco79]

Will MKII door cards fit straight on a MKI?

[salmon]

Cheers for all pointers, have spoken to tony at HHC and they were apparently a factory option. I would reckon to get them made would be expensive so may have a go myself. Must be possible as the bits nightspirit made look ace, however I can't see if being anywhere as easy as the guys in the vids here make it look!

http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Departments/carbon-fib...

[spartridge]

I think raceproved may be having a look at doing Carbon fibre door cards for the tuscan so might be worth having a word with Brendan over there.

Could even be worth polling interest on here as a group buy would help all parties I guess?

I may be interested in this for MkII plus other bits like the cards under the B post etc

[EvoOlli]

salmon said:

Cheers for all pointers, have spoken to tony at HHC and they were apparently a factory option. I would reckon to get them made would be expensive so may have a go myself. Must be possible as the bits nightspirit made look ace, however I can't see if being anywhere as easy as the guys in the vids here make it look!

http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Departments/carbon-fib...

Yes, you are right. I've done several parts withe the Carbon Mods kit, but you need a LOT of practice to get it right. You can do it at home without vacuum, but it isn't anywhere as easy as in the video. And it's very time consuming if you want good results.

[magpie21]

spartridge said:

I think raceproved may be having a look at doing Carbon fibre door cards for the tuscan so might be worth having a word with Brendan over there.

Could even be worth polling interest on here as a group buy would help all parties I guess?

I may be interested in this for MkII plus other bits like the cards under the B post etc

I'd be interested in this too, for a MK1 though.

[salmon]

At 90 a go for the larger kit (1m2) it wouldn't take too many failed attempts before it would be cheaper just to get some made I suppose..

Could also try a company called Fibrelyte, used them years ago to make some parts for an RC car at a reasonable cost. I believe they are still in operation and do larger stuff for race cars etc.

[Basil Brush]

EvoOlli said:

salmon said:

Cheers for all pointers, have spoken to tony at HHC and they were apparently a factory option. I would reckon to get them made would be expensive so may have a go myself. Must be possible as the bits nightspirit made look ace, however I can't see if being anywhere as easy as the guys in the vids here make it look!

http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Departments/carbon-fib...

Yes, you are right. I've done several parts withe the Carbon Mods kit, but you need a LOT of practice to get it right. You can do it at home without vacuum, but it isn't anywhere as easy as in the video. And it's very time consuming if you want good results.

+1

I bought a carbon mods kit to skin a few bits in my Tuscan. So far I've done the dash pod but it was a fiddly job and needed quite a few layers of resin to get a decent finish. It's quite easy to rub through the resin if you're not careful on the curved surfaces. I'm going to do the radio pod next but may leave the centre console and door cards as I'm not sure I can get a good enough finish by hand.