Hi.
Ive been secretly working away on a carbon bonnet for my car, after a few faliures, ive think I have got it right! Its hand laid carbon with a fibreglass frame. There is a seam right the way down the centre of the bonnet as I could not find a supplier of carbon cloth any wider than 1 metre (can anyone help me there?)
I only have a mould for the early impreza at the moment (93-96). Hopefuly it will be in production very soon.







Cheers, Rob.

[Edited by rob oneill - 12/21/2002 5:44:06 PM]

 

Nice one mate - I only live down the road from you in Knutsford, I'll have to keep an eye out for you.



P.S Either your smoking a large Cuban cigar in that last picture, or you appear to be suffering from a slightly smoky engine ... ?

Paul Houbart
Gecko Motorsport

[Edited by BoxerFlat4 - 12/19/2002 6:50:26 PM]

 

Cheers Paul.
Saving my cuban for christmas! think I put a greasy print on my lense. Ill look out for you too if you tell me what u got.
Cheers, Rob.

 

AH!!!!

Nothing finer than a Cuban cigar hand rolled on the thigh of a young.... did I say that out loud!!!

back on topic:

Well done Rob, just let me know when you are doing the Bug-eye shape, cause I WANT ONE!!!!!!!


Rice Rocket

 

looks good what sort price would this come out at ?

Ali G

 

rob -

No worries, mine's a plain STI 1 Wagon, silver. Been lusting after your latest front bumper for awhile now, although I may speak to you about a custom bumper design I've got in my head.

I contact some of my trade suppliers, I know a couple of companies that might be able to sort out a better source of c/f for you. Anything specific I should know about the material before asking ?

Rice -

[Homer Mode] Mmmmmmm, cigar's..... [/Homer Mode]

Paul Houbart
Gecko Motorsport

[Edited by BoxerFlat4 - 12/19/2002 11:49:32 PM]

 

Will you be doing a bonnet for 97-00 cars? Looks great as usual Rob. What sort of £ are these things going to come out at?

Steve

Edited to add, if you need a model for a 97 car I'd be willing to volunteer.


[Edited by stephen30 - 12/20/2002 2:02:05 AM]

 

I'm toying with the idea of a carbon fibre bonnet, esp as i just mangled my WRX bonnet! Lol.
What price will these work out at, and how long til I could buy one??
Cheers,
Jon
Ps. Your car looks amazing!

 

Rob, what about a carbon intercooler scoop?

 

what about a larger i/c scoop for the early models????

Spender

 

LOL @ Rice Rocket! I think you need some help boy!
I do have plans to make moulds for all models so you can expect to see them in a couple of months.
Price wise, you will be looking at about £450.00, that includes the finishing and laquering.
Paul,(or anyone else who can help) the carbon I am looking for is Plain Weave, 200g/M.sq.
Jon, thanks mate I will probably have one available by mid january, as Im having a nice break at the moment! Also, I want to run my car for a few more weeks with it on just to be sure there are no heat problems. All looks good at the moment though.
Unfortunatley I wont be making a carbon scoop, its too complex a shape, very difficult to mould in carbon.

Merry christmas to you all, Rob.

 

FYI,
www.kastleskorner.com in the USA offers CF scoops that are about 3/4" taller than the regular scoops. He also offer fiberglass versions that are cheaper. You may also want to take a look at LNR in the US, also.

 

You can't really compare American prices to us in the UK, a place where petrol costs the same per gallon as it would per litre for you guys. Trying to get the bonnet here from the states would make mr taxman lick his lips and laugh all day long to the bank..

 

Whoa that's the dog's dangley's mate,

Is that the WRC kit you have on there, i'm looking to be buying a kit for my WRX soon but can't decide which one...

Cheers,

John.

 

Hi John.
Thanks mate,
The kit is an MRO kit, I make them. Email me if you have any questions

There will be lots more info and pics on the web site in the next few days, but unfortunatley I cant upload to it at the moment due to technical probs
Happy new year, Rob.

[Edited by rob oneill - 12/31/2002 4:57:14 PM]

[Edited by rob oneill - 12/31/2002 4:59:39 PM]

 

Looks well tasty, very "Fast and the Furious"! How on earth do you post such high resolution piccys? the JPEGS must be very big?

 

Cheers, thats the idea, my faverout film! They are about 180Kbs each, I dont use any jpeg compression when saving them.

 

Nice m8, how much for an my97 if you will do them??????

 

Hi,
Im just going to see how this one sells for the moment to see if its worth making up a mould for the newer shapes. Keep an eye on the www.mroscoobystyling.com website for future info, I will probably post it on here too.
Cheers, Rob.

 

Rob,

To let you know I've just tried your site & its just giving a directory listing- some directories there but empty.

Johny.

 

Cheers mate,
Its all sorted now thanks.

 

if you are going to put a my97 into production i will take one off your hands

 

bttt for nick200

BTW, these are now in production.

[Edited by rob oneill - 1/12/2003 5:15:12 PM]