Carbon Fiber Dashpad
Here is the step by step on the dashpad. I thought about buying a new one but this was just too easy.
1.I first took off the vynal and was going to bag carbon on the rubber foam but it had dissintegrated too badly so I removed it from the steel core.
2.I shaped an extruded foam piece to replace the original and used expanding foam for the ends. Much easier than trying to shape styro to the ends. Either foam is a good enough substrate.
3.I vacuum bagged the first layer of carbon on the core to give me something to fill and shape to the final desired shape.
4.After filling and shaping to the desired shape, I bagged a final layer of carbon on the core. The blue cloth is the peelply and the white is the bleeder cloth.When it was cured I sanded and sealed it with a final coate of epoxy.
I hope this helps or inspires yall
Andrew
Here is the step by step on the dashpad. I thought about buying a new one but this was just too easy.
1.I first took off the vynal and was going to bag carbon on the rubber foam but it had dissintegrated too badly so I removed it from the steel core.
2.I shaped an extruded foam piece to replace the original and used expanding foam for the ends. Much easier than trying to shape styro to the ends. Either foam is a good enough substrate.
3.I vacuum bagged the first layer of carbon on the core to give me something to fill and shape to the final desired shape.
4.After filling and shaping to the desired shape, I bagged a final layer of carbon on the core. The blue cloth is the peelply and the white is the bleeder cloth.When it was cured I sanded and sealed it with a final coate of epoxy.
I hope this helps or inspires yall
Andrew