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made this last night. (carbon wrapped strut brace)
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:22 am
by d_dan
I had some extra 2x2 twill carbon fiber and found an old strut brace so decided to wrap it in carbon.
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Oppinions?
Re: made this last night. (carbon wrapped strut brace)
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:44 am
by Astron_Boy
Looks good. nice work.
Re: made this last night. (carbon wrapped strut brace)
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:55 am
by Gholdwayne
I like! Maybe I should do something like this sometime...
Re: made this last night. (carbon wrapped strut brace)
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:17 pm
by d_dan
be sure to use high temp resin
Re: made this last night. (carbon wrapped strut brace)
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:26 pm
by Taz
looks good dude - just the one was done? i would have to do my front and rear at the same time it would drive me crazy having them different
Re: made this last night. (carbon wrapped strut brace)
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:54 pm
by aza013
Taz wrote:looks good dude - just the one was done? i would have to do my front and rear at the same time it would drive me crazy having them different
But you can only see one at a time
Re: made this last night. (carbon wrapped strut brace)
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:42 pm
by Taz
aza013 wrote:Taz wrote:looks good dude - just the one was done? i would have to do my front and rear at the same time it would drive me crazy having them different
But you can only see one at a time
true, but its just one of those things that you know is there so its always gonna bug ya
Re: made this last night. (carbon wrapped strut brace)
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:09 am
by Valandis91
would there be enough flex in the material?
Re: made this last night. (carbon wrapped strut brace)
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:28 am
by dstocks
This ^^
Re: made this last night. (carbon wrapped strut brace)
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:57 am
by d_dan
Yea... doubt the bar is really gonna flex all that much but there is a little play in the material when it harden's
I could do the rear but this brace was just knocking about so gonna finish it off tonight/ tomorrow and sell it on id say