'90 325i sedan. (bronzit content)

[theryp]

:'(

[jaywood]

Everything I did today was a complete fail...I guess that's what I get for taking a break from composites....

Well I shaped the pieces today







All done with this piece



And than?????

The bottom wasn't flat enough to stick to the center console, so I put it on the belt sander. Well, it got sucked down in between the table and the belt. F**k.

And you might wonder what happened to this piece?



Well, I was on my last round of buffing and it got caught in the buffer and flew around my shed. Picked it up and the corner was chipped.

So yeah. Today was a fail....

So I got out some more carbon and layed up another sheet.



Hopefully I don't run out of resin/hardener in case of low spots.

:(

[jaywood]

I usually would use a dremel...but since I wanted straight lines I used a band saw and a belt sander

[!kid]

so what did you end up using to cut the carbon fiber? last time i had to cut some CF up i just used a Dremel tool with a cutting disc.

[jaywood]

Hmmmmmm

What do you get when you add this



With this



And this



?????

A clutch stop :)

Take the old one out





New one in and adjusted:



Feels much better now...

Fixed some more trunk rattles with this



And worked on the carbon....sanding rough shape and laying up another layer of resin



Gunna cut this piece to shape tomorrow....forgot to where long sleeves today. I hate how your skin feels after sanding this stuff.

[jaywood]

whats plan b???? :D

You'll see :)

where did you get your CF from? I've never seen it sold local.

Got it from some website awhile back...I forgot what site. Ebay always has some.

[!kid]

where did you get your CF from? I've never seen it sold local.

[theryp]

whats plan b???? :D

[jaywood]

That looked like the start of something cool... what was it going to be?

I'm still gunna finish it, but I'll just have to do it a different way. It's going to be some interior bits.

[Butler]

That looked like the start of something cool... what was it going to be?

[jaywood]

Well, my great idea for cutting the carbon failed....so I might have to go with plan b.

:(

[docleary]

whats the carbon fiber gonna be used for?

[jaywood]

Well, I drag on the updates.

I like carbon fiber. So I'm making a couple pieces of it...

Get the carbon all cut...I used tape around the edges so they don't fray



Set up your area with newspaper so resin doesn't get everywhere



Since I'm making a flat sheet, I'll be using two pieces of aluminum to sandwich the carbon



Wipe the aluminum with some release agent



Weigh out the resin



Saturate the pieces of carbon and place them on top of the bottom piece of aluminum



Sandwich it all together...and weigh it down

[jaywood]

Hows the black out tape holding up? Im sick of fiddling with paint on some of the trim!

It's good, there are a couple spots where it started peeling up, but it's holding up a lot better than I thought it would.

[craiggroves91]

Hows the black out tape holding up? Im sick of fiddling with paint on some of the trim!