Carbon Fiber Roofs (93-00) Classics Only
 

I tried a while back to find a company to produce affordable carbon fiber roofs and was trying to arrange a group buy but didn't get that mush interest and the company took on other work so i left it at that.

But recently i was looking around and have now found another company that have made and sold said roofs with plenty of good feedback.
One whom can confirm the quality is Andy from Richard Henry Autos based Bradford.

I have asked this company about group buys and they are happy enough to do so. I asked for them to tell us a bit more about them and the product and this is what they replied...


'We are a new company established march 1st this year, ACR Composites. We have been manufacturing fibreglass items for around 6 years now. and have around two years experience with carbon fibre parts. We do all of our own pattern making and mould tooling inhouse. We are a small family run business.

I dont currently have pictures of one fitted or being fitted, but if anyone wants any info from a third party on these roof's, Andy from Richard Henry Autos is about to fit one to his sprit car.

Needless to say we have looked at alot of carbon fibre made by other companies and feel that our carbon work is of very high quality. We also have experience of carbon fibre repairs and have done numerous diffuser/ splitter repairs and probably around 20 carbon bike frame repairs.

We only use the highest quality carbon, this is something we have spent alot of time in trying carbon off a number of companies and now only order the best quality.

If you wanted to look up the resin infusion process, which is what we use, you can see the benefits of this over wet lay and compare it against pre preg.

We are not a company that mass produces, everything we make is manufactured to the highest quality, needless to say i could probably manufacture 3 per week.

We are currently manufacturing a carbon roof for our evo 9, i could put together a fitting guide from that and pictures of the finished product if this is any help to your buyers.

On say a group buy i would require deposits from each individual.

We are also currently looking into matte lacquer and should hopefully be able to offer this finish in addittion to the gloss finish.'


Pics attached are of actual product made by 'ACR Composites' except the 1st one of a carbon roof fitted to a classic with vortex strip. That one is just to give you an idea of what they look like fitted.

Group Buy Discount...

These will retail for £550 each

5 Buyers = £500

10 Buyers = £450

Please note these are real replacement roofs and not just overlays!!

To fit this... front and rear screens out and headlining down, then drill the spot welds out and take off the steel roof skin and bond on the carbon roof and a few rivets down the gutter, under the trims. re bond screens back in and refit headlining.

Manufactured using the highest quality 2x2 Twill woven Carbon Fibre and Epoxy Resin.

The roof is also finished with a 2 Pac clear laquer to ensure that it is UV stable and will not discolour over time.

Approximate weight is 2.5KG

Not only a fantastic looking addition to your car but will save weight and lower the centre of gravity.

Put me down for one please for my classic type r

Cheers

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very tempting

WOW now thats a bit special!

2.5kgs... how much weight saving is it over stock roof? Have you got a weight of the metal you'd be loosing?

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I don't know myself im sure someone will post the weight soon. If not the hopefully Andy from 'Richard Henry Autos' will tell me the weight once he has his removed.

Martin dont do this to me u no I like a bit of carbon. Just spent prob around 2 k this week lol

Martin? Who is he? Lol. Go on Rob has to be done. 2k? Ouch

Martin lol I was talking to my mum about a martin then typed it lol. I can't multi task lol Alan will u fit mine lol

I think i would prefer to go on a diet for a week and gain the benefit and not have to do all the hard work and spend money, and i would be saving money not eating too bonus lmao

Cut the crap Rob lol. But yeah im sure i have some super glue and duct spare haha!

To be honest if i was doing this mod it would be purely for the sex! Imagine how turned on the gals would be when i explain the roof is made of carbon fibre!!! Pwoooaaarrrr just thinking about it gives me goosebumps :P LOL

if we can get to the 10 price i think i may well be having one.... not top of my list but hard to resist cause it would look nice

chris

Count me in, if shipping to the Netherlands is somehow possible (at a reasonable cost)

I will ask mate. But if i was you road trip would sound more like it lol. I wouldnt like to risk it in the hands of so many couriers lol.

Rob you cant afford to miss out on this!

If there's a big enuf weight save I'll consider it... fcuk me I have tried diets, but I love kebabs and beer too much lol

Waiting for a Andy to give me a labour price before I put my name down, would they be ok with a roof vent?

So these are pre-preg baked in an autoclave jobbies?? If I had some spare cash I'd definitively have one, but I haven't. :(

banny i spoke to the chap who makes these at Richard Henrys, and he said to me fitting a roof flap to it will be no problem and he would give me a hand, when his newage roofs become available, so assume classic roofs will be fine. :)

subscribing incase Aerosim research & i don't get this delete plate done. Wish you guys had put this up earlier.

Particularly good mod for those with uk cars that have sunroofs ;)

if we can get 10 i'll 100% have 1 ....

Would like to hear on how much you get quoted aswell please banny :)
did you mean will it be ok to run a roof vent? Or if you meant can they fit a roof vent unfortunately not mate i did ask already but no luck.

You lost me at 'So' lol. Im sending him an update tonight so will ask and post his reply. Come on you know you want one lol.

Its not Richard Henry's that makes them they are one of the first to buy one for their project car and will be fitting theirs soon and offering a fitting service. 'ACR Composites' are the people that make this.

Lol i tried a group buy a while ago with not much luck but this is looking promising :)

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I would like to hear about shipping to Denmark, this groupbuy is really something :)

[QUOTE=AkCustomz;10267024]Its not Richard Henry's that makes them they are one of the first to buy one for their project car and will be fitting theirs soon and offering a fitting service. 'ACR Composites' are the people that make this.
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Sorry i didnt mean Richard Henrys , the guy from ACR Composites was down at Richard Henrys with his evo before TOTB and i had a good chat with him and he described how they were made and how he would do me one for my car, he mentioned he could help make my roof flap fit it :)

I don't think he will ship them over the water mate. Due to insurance and mad prices. Unless you can arrange your own collection somehow? I will ask him though..

Yeah this roof stuff is only the start there are plenty more bits to come :P

Ok guys got Chris at 'ACR' to answer some of the questions you lot had. Im just going to paste them into this so happy reading lol..

' im unsure on the weight of the standard steel roof skin, i spoke to Andy and the steel roof skin which incorporates a sun roof weighs 20Kg which he removed '

' The roofs are manufactured using a resin infusion process and oven post cured. These are not a pre preg material neither are they autoclave baked. Unfortunatly i can't quite stretch to a £50K autoclave big enough to get these in. lol. As for pre preg being the best carbon you can get i would say this is aload of nonsense, the resin infusion process produces a part with mechanical properties almost identical to pre preg. They use this technique to produce boat hulls and wind turbine blades, so its a tried and tested manufacturing technique. '

' Alan i need to say that Andy isn't offering a fitting service, i did however ask him and he didnt sound too keen, please could you update the group buy '

' Ive just spoke to a local glass company, the best price i can get for screens out and replaced once the roof is fitted is £190 For us to take down the head lining, gutter trims off, and drill the spot welds to take off the old steel roof and re fit bond and rivet the new carbon roof on and re fir the trims we'd be looking at around £260 so all in all fitted price woulkd be £450.

I do need to stess though that the glass company cannot garuntee not to break the screens taking them out and will not cover the cost if the unthinkable should happen. We can also not cover this cost, this is something you need to advise the lads in the group buy. '

I take it he means fitting price of £450 as opposed to fitted?