Carbon Fibre.


ek9sharkey

ek9sharkey

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Hi guys, right :

Yesterday I ordered the Seibon Carbon Boot lid for my car (carbon trunk to the good american folks reading this, my bad lol)

Anyway ... a friend of mine is selling a spoon carbon fibre bonnet. I was wondering, do companies manufacture their carbon in different ways? will there be a noticable difference in how they look? Should i buy a seibon bonnet (hood) as oppose to the spoon one?

Anyone got experience with this? :D

Thanks
 
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your not gunna see both at the same time when they are fitted. so shouldnt be a problem ????
 
teg boy said:
your not gunna see both at the same time when they are fitted. so shouldnt be a problem ????
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But you could still look at the front, then the back and know it didnt look right!!

Plus it would annoy the **** out of me if I knew it didnt look right .....
 
Spoon uses a 1X1 weave while the last Seibon offerings I've seen use a 2X2 weave.

It's going to look off. Unless Seibon has changed that recently, but IIRC at the 2007 SEMA show I attended, I made the stark comment that they're still using this "big checkerboard weave..."

Spoon's clearcoat is not as thick either...and tends to fade/weather after a little while.
 
i have been told the weave between seibon and spoon are different . i would go and buy the seibon bonnet to match mate

i jus bought the varis oem carbon bonnet just waiting on it being delivered
 
J700OCK said:
i have been told the weave between seibon and spoon are different . i would go and buy the seibon bonnet to match mate

i jus bought the varis oem carbon bonnet just waiting on it being delivered
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Just couldnt let me be different could you? :angry: haha only joking man !! See you up at Crail soon id imagine?


Spoon uses a 1X1 weave while the last Seibon offerings I've seen use a 2X2 weave.

It's going to look off. Unless Seibon has changed that recently, but IIRC at the 2007 SEMA show I attended, I made the stark comment that they're still using this "big checkerboard weave..."

Spoon's clearcoat is not as thick either...and tends to fade/weather after a little while.
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Do you think the "big checkerboard weave..." looks bad? Not that it matters ive bought the trunk lid now lol
 
I personally do not like the 2x2 weave. I was surprised to see it make it to production on the Audi R8 sideblades.

It's a matter of personal preference, but I honestly think it doesn't look nice after seeing the tighter 1x1 JDM weaves.

This is just wet carbon too... I would be in convulsions, peeing my pants if they made affordable dry carbon bonnets and boot lids....
 
wet = resin used to harden it .... think fiberglass

dry = heat and pressure used to form it...think Formula 1

dry carbon is also lighter and much stronger.
 
how much and where did you get your boot from? I have a seibon bonnet and a genuine spoon spoiler, I can't say I've ever noticed the difference, but I'm going to have a good look tommorow!
 
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