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lil_g
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-CORSA-CARBON-FIBRE-DOORCARDS-DOOR-CARDS_W0QQitemZ160153089463QQihZ006QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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they nice. wouldnt mind them
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as fuck and i dont even like carbon stuff
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wounder if he can get them all the time as he says please specify if you have electric or manual= must have more than one?
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Someone is making a killing off them, as they are not even pure carbon fibre
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quote:
Originally posted by ardenc20xe
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Haimsey
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quote:
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Originally posted by ardenc20xe
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Daniel_Corsa
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Yum yum, be nice in a stripped out corsa!


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me and jenko were talking about getting some made up a while back, but they needed like £95 per mould ontop of the 100odd per side aswell not sure i want them now theyre on ebay as everyone will have them soon
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Wonder if more parts are to follow?
Kurt
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just asked the seller that question matt

asked for rears and door pockets

[Edited on 05-09-2007 by Kurt]
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would be cool if there where rears to match
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They are so
grogan
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lethal them like, anyone remember the pic a few weeks back of that car with carbon fibre dash and all that?
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quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
Someone is making a killing off them, as they are not even pure carbon fibre
Here we go again. It's common practice to lay up carbon with fibreglass to increase strength. I'm not sure why he is saying it reduces cost because a lot of the time fibreglass is just as expensive in it's plain form. Plus that's quite a reasonable price because did you stop to think how much time it takes to make a good quality mould and how much time it takes to lay up the materials and set the mould up to get a good quality cosmetic weave like that?
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Dear andip111,

hi,
yes, i could make the rear cards, the only problem is that they fix on with those push pin things, so customers would have to take the brackets off their original rear cards and bond them onto the back of the carbon ones, i wasnt sure if people would be willing to do that.

i could make the door pockets allthough they would have to be made in two pieces,

i'm also looking into making the a,b,c pillars and possibly the parcel shelf and the headliner could even be made. i can make most things in carbon, but its all a matter of interest, if people want them then ill start making them,

best regards, gary


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ive also sent him the link to this thread in the hopes of a group buy

[Edited on 05-09-2007 by Kurt]
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quote:
Originally posted by Haimsey
quote:
Originally posted by Robin
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Originally posted by ardenc20xe
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sorry "wonder" it was late in my defence
Fro
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They would go well with my carbon bits
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cant see the link at work, are they in the shape of standard door cards? or just flat?
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In the shape of the original door cards
I'd have a set... but way too out of my price range
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ohhh sounds good, whats the price of them? sorry for being a pain
lil_g
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£190 + £15 p+p
Hamish
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
Someone is making a killing off them, as they are not even pure carbon fibre
Here we go again. It's common practice to lay up carbon with fibreglass to increase strength. I'm not sure why he is saying it reduces cost because a lot of the time fibreglass is just as expensive in it's plain form. Plus that's quite a reasonable price because did you stop to think how much time it takes to make a good quality mould and how much time it takes to lay up the materials and set the mould up to get a good quality cosmetic weave like that?

yea ok i understand that, but once you havce the mould your laughing. At a complete guess thats gunna cost 2k? At least 10 people off here would buy them, let alone all the other people off ebay
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I would buy a set but noting much carbon in my interior, won't go with leather as well as my alcantara etc.

Would look better in a rally slag or something!




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2k for carbon fibre, not at all, if you find jenko's thread i got a quote from another company for a few hundred..

edit: found the link http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=379064

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Originally posted by Kurt
just got this email back

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andy,

thanks for the interest in the door cards. Yes it's possible for us to produce you some contoured door cards for your corsa, but as you may expect its more expensive than flat panels. I'd need to have production moulds made in the shape of the original door cards, and then I'd be able to sell you a pair of carbon panels. The cost of this one-off moulding is £150 per side, and then £95 per side for each part. As you can see the initial costs are high, but if you can generate more interest in these then I'd be able to split the moulding costs, or even cover them myself if you can organise a 'group buy' of 10 or more sets.

I hope this helps, please let me know if you have any questions or if there's anything else I can help you with.

best regards, Mike


group buy anyone...


so these ebays ones are cheap for a pair but i guess he already has the moulds

[Edited on 05-09-2007 by Kurt]

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