micky boy Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Na dont think anyone is compareing Ricks Carbon to Zep racing's Carbon!..As i said above the Zep one is prity poo quality for the money!Just would be nice if these could be made abit cheaper tbh you could get a full Carbon bonnet for £400ish and id rather shot an extra £240 and get a full carbon bonnet!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pig666eon Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 yeah but even with a carbon bonnet its just fiberglass with a carbon skintbh i looked into this stuff before and tbh i dont know how he would make a profit on 160 which includes delivery, carbon fiber is expensive and to make every layer needed in the stuff is going to cost a bit never mind making molds and professionally making the itempeople cheap out buying the carbon skin and thats ok but if your a true cabon head this is the only way to go and i think thats a very good price for what your getting, id be up for one only i have a variis bonnet there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Fibreglass with a carbon skin have their place and I deal in a fair bit of that. It's really the only cost effective way to do it for panels like wings and bonnets etc. It is possible to get dry carbon panels but you need to be sat down when you find out the price LOL!!!For small items like this though, pre preg is a much better way and the quality is so much better.Just so you guys can see, here are some items made by the same manufacturer. This is the same pre preg carbon that will be used for the vents:This is the underside. As you can see there is no fibreglass used:Just a few more products: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 And here are a couple from the uderside of a genuine ZEP reverse vent:Hopefully you guys can see the difference in quality. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Now i do like the look of them it looks like he same Carbon as my eyebrows and thats what im after Im sure when you have a scoop made up people will be happy with them and happy to pay the price Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 I've got some photos of the top of the ZEP vents somewhere. When I find them I'll upload them and you guys will be amazed at the difference.Trust me, as far as I'm aware the Starlet community has never seen carbon of this quality before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) Hope you dont mind me posting these on here Rick feel free to remove them if soAre these eyebrows real Carbon? they look prity good like and are realy light! Edited November 17, 2012 by micky boy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Hope you dont mind me posting these on here Rick feel free to remove them if soAre these eyebrows real Carbon? they look prity good like and are realy light!I don't mind at all mate. These are a fibreglass base with a genuine carbon skin. The eyebrows I will be selling will be the same. If you look at the carbon on top and then move it in the light, you will see the light move with the weave of the carbon which makes it look 3d. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Cheers mate i just wanted to know the score with them And yeah they do look as though they are 3d lol they are very made on the less and fit the headlights spot on! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Broony Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I didnt think the Zep one at around £180 was over priced so to get a full carbon scoop for less isnt a bad price,Maybe an idea to do a cheaper fibreglass carbon cover one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) No full Carbon haha now im getting to know the score about Carbon i dont think its a bad price either Do you have any idear when you will have these read Rick? Edited November 17, 2012 by micky boy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob H@RCH Engineering Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 This is turning into a school for carbon thread lol as I have said I have seen the Carbon goodies products in the flesh and there amazing quality. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Haha we all have to learn somewhere Like Rick has said the Starlet community has never seen carbon of this quality before so people like me that dont know that much about it i like to ask quetions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 If anybody wants to know anything please just ask as many questions as you like.Be aware though that I am still learning. I bought Carbon Goodies as a going concern last year without knowing a thing about carbon. If there is a question I can't answer though I will find the answer for you.CheersRick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Ok guys, the mould for this is now ready and we are going to be making the first prototype ones over the next few days hopefully. I'm currently after a bonnet that I can keep at the manufacturers so we can check the fit of every one before they go to customer. This is the only thing holding up the process now.CheersRick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 any more news on these Rick? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 The mould is ready and we can start now, but I'm needing to get a bonnet so we can check fitment of each one before the go out to a customer. That's the only thing holding the process up now.I'm working on it though mate.CheersRick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Rick any more progress on these? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 They are not going to be far away. I have now managed to get my hands on a bonnet which is getting wrapped up as we speak. Once we get our hands on that it should be all systems go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 These are now a matter of days away guys. Cheers Rick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 These are now a matter of days away guys. Cheers RickReally looking forward for these cash is waiting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Photos added guys. The first one is now moulded and is just waiting for the fittings to go in. Cheers guys Rick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Thats looks ace as said in pm looking forward to getting one of these Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carbon Goodies Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 These will be ready next week guys. I've only had one made so far which is now sold but I'm sure you can tell from the photos how good these are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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