'69 Camaro Temper

[CamaroAJ]

So I made my first carbon fiber infuse part. It is one layer 2x2 then two layers of 12k plain weave. It's pretty strong, but flimsy so I won't be using it. The weave laid down almost perfect so I got that part figured out. I'm going to be laying up another one once I get the mold prepped and the carbon gets here. This time I'm adding a 2mm core and another layer of 12k to it to stiffen it up. As it is right now my iPhone 6 weighs more than this part.

I also chased a vacuum leak for a long time and never got it perfect, which caused some fixable problems in the outer layer. This second part I'm going to envelope the whole mold and that will take care of any leaks I had in the joint. Hopefully more updates on it in the next week or so with a perfect usable part.

[GregWeld]

That’s so awesome!! Good for you for tackling a project like this!

[CamaroAJ]

Bumper 2.0 turned out much stronger. I used a high quality 12k fabric and a 2mm core material along with adding an additional layer of 12k. So it's 1 outer layer of 3k 2x2, 2 layers of 12k 1x1, 2mm honeycomb core, 1 layer of 12k 1x1. it eliminated a lot of the flimsy feel and made it a lot stronger. It has a few blems on the ends, but this is getting painted black anyways so I'm not worried about it. Now that I have my rear bumper done I'm going to move back to the tail lamp housings. In full carbon.

[Goosesdad]

Awesome!!!!

[SRD Art]

Very cool and inspiring!

[214Chevy]

Aye, that bumper looks like s#!t. Ugly too!! Send that one to me and go back to the drawing board....start over.

[CamaroAJ]

Thanks guys, I'm liking how this carbon stuff is working out for me. Good thing too since I have a lot more of it to make on this car.