dimedude Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 So I have been talking to a carbonfiber guy about making some oem style fenders (non-flared ) he currently makes 510 fenders but only in a flared version his price would be $420 for a set also taking to him about making a hatch for a wagon as well that would be $480 his work is high quality my buddy has a hood from him for his fd rx7 and it looks great and has held up really good with no problems he wants 10 people interested before he starts so let me know Quote Link to comment
ariascarlos1990 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 I'll buy a hatch. Quote Link to comment
paradoxx Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 if shipping was not an issue for me, I would be in for a set of fenders. dang! Quote Link to comment
DottiBlue Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 How much are his flared fenders? Quote Link to comment
dimedude Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 if shipping was not an issue for me, I would be in for a set of fenders. dang! What is the shipping issue ? Quote Link to comment
dimedude Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Flared are $500 should have some picture up soon Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 What is the shipping issue ? He is just a little south of us. :lol: Quote Link to comment
dimedude Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 He is just a little south of us. :lol: I believe that he will ship out side of the US Quote Link to comment
ariascarlos1990 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Is shipping included in the prices? Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Since Pare is gone be nice to see this. Unless he has nice photos and parts on hand it be hard to really get this done as most 510 guys are cheap. Figure Mario at TSR would have this covered or DP Products also Quote Link to comment
yellowdatsun Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 He's going to have an excruciatingly hard time selling them for that price. Datsun people are cheap. It may sound cool an all, but the reality is that very few people will pony up that kind of money. If you/he does do it, get deposits FIRST, don't go by people just saying they'd want them, because 90% of them will back out. Quote Link to comment
Dime Dave Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 You mean a stock 510 fender in CF? FutoFab already makes them. Not cheap at $440/each, but constructed with the process we use, they will not be. FutoFab's CF parts use 100% CF fabric, no fiberglass filler layers or glossy gelcoat. They are vacuum bagged to create the lightest possible weighing stock fender we could, only 3# each. Link to web page: FutoFab's 100% CF Stock Fenders 1 Quote Link to comment
dimedude Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Here is a picture of the flared fender should have better ones tomorrow this guy also makes 510 hoods and trunk lids Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 wow looks good Im not in to those type of flairs but looks good Quote Link to comment
dimedude Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 So I probably should have said this in my original post but oh well I contacted this carbon fiber guy for two reasons the first being I personally like the look of carbon fiber and his prices were cheaper than others reason two and probably the more important reason is that parts for 510 are becoming harder and harder to find and I figured it would be nice to have another company making body parts at a reasonable price that being said here are some more pictures of what they are currently making for 510's this is to show the quality of the companies work still trying to get 10 people interested in non flared fenders and wagon hatches Quote Link to comment
five10freak Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 sweet, I've been lookin for this company for some time now, they used to sell there stuff on eBay Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Damn they look great. best is to have him post his stuff on his WEBSITE and not go thru Rumers of Im gonna make them ect. have it on the website with photos and a price and if in STOCK(not I have to make them in 2 months type of deal) they look greayt and price be honest is good. Love the hood. but key on this one is the reinforcements so the high doesn BOW up at High speed and is it a bolt in useing the stock hoodlatch and the threaded holes to mount the hood. Otherwise no deal. So he must have a car to mock this stuff up. love the airdam also. I got that style myself but carbon fiber not needed on them as most people will paint match the dam to the car( I hate black airdams and car id another color) On the spooks it seems OK Quote Link to comment
dimedude Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Just want to make this clear I'm not selling any of these parts the pictures of the parts were posted to show the quality of work I'm trying to see if people are interested in non flared carbon fiber fenders and or wagon hatches Quote Link to comment
KyushaKai Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I'd be in for a hatch. Quote Link to comment
freekwonder Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Seen some of the stuff on ebay, would love to see some more detailed pics of the weave and the back sides. Would LOVE to get my hands on those interior panels. Does he only sell on ebay or does he have a website? Quote Link to comment
Lee R Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 You mean a stock 510 fender in CF? FutoFab already makes them. Not cheap at $440/each, but constructed with the process we use, they will not be. FutoFab's CF parts use 100% CF fabric, no fiberglass filler layers or glossy gelcoat. They are vacuum bagged to create the lightest possible weighing stock fender we could, only 3# each. Link to web page: FutoFab's 100% CF Stock Fenders How crappy is that for a company to thread jack anothers just to show off they make the same product? Sorry but that is real bad taste. 2 Quote Link to comment
dimedude Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 How crappy is that for a company to thread jack anothers just to show off they make the same product? Sorry but that is real bad taste. I agree but what are you going to do, its nice to have a comparison between different qualities of work anyways good news the non flared fenders are a go he is going to start with the molds next week Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 How crappy is that for a company to thread jack anothers just to show off they make the same product? Sorry but that is real bad taste. Dave brought up good points to consider (which dimedude hasn't addressed one way or the other regarding the parts he is sourcing from this other guy). Besides, this isn't a for-sale thread, nor is dimedude even the guy making or selling the products. It is more of an interest thread and Dave simply is plugging another option (albeit his own parts). It would be nice to know who this other guy is that dimedude is referring, and the parts shown do look to have a crazy thick gel coat 1 Quote Link to comment
dimedude Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Dave brought up good points to consider (which dimedude hasn't addressed one way or the other regarding the parts he is sourcing from this other guy). Besides, this isn't a for-sale thread, nor is dimedude even the guy making or selling the products. It is more of an interest thread and Dave simply is plugging another option (albeit his own parts). It would be nice to know who this other guy is that dimedude is referring, and the parts shown do look to have a crazy thick gel coat Not sure what points I have not addressed let me know and ill try to answer them the best I can and your right I'm not selling these I'm just trying to get cheaper parts made and won't make any money off this what so ever and as fare as this "other" carbon fiber guy its actually a carbon fiber company in LA not one person they make a boat load of cf parts for other cars but not much for the 510 so what I'm trying to do is have this company make more parts for the 510 that's all. Quote Link to comment
DARIN 510 Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Restored makes some really nice cf stuff. Pricey but it's made in Japan Quote Link to comment
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