Carbon Fiber Scoops on rear deck lid

[Brando]

I noticed this in the build manual pg. 371 rev. G.

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The Carbon Fiber as shown here is exactly how I would like to have mine.
Did the deck come like this or did FF5 wrap this piece prior to creating the build manual?

[Erik W. Treves]

those were one-off actual pieces of carbon fiber....I would suggest wrapping it if you want this effect

[Brando]

Thanks Eric. Is that something best to outsource or is it a DIY

[Erik W. Treves]

that's up to you :)

[EricScottZehnder]

Thanks Eric. Is that something best to outsource or is it a DIY

I've seen videos on how to create your own carbon fiber parts and, in my opinion, is a very advanced DIY project. Can you? Yes, but it's very expensive, time consuming and has a steep learning curve.

Also, for those particular parts, you're not really saving weight as you're replacing already light parts. It's not like a steel hood vs. carbon fiber hood.

[RM1SepEx]

These were placed OVER the existing fiberglass, increasing weight. Easiest solution is to wrap it with vinyl in CF pattern

[Brando]

I should have been more specific in my question. Is vinyl wrapping with a CF pattern a pretty straight forward DIY?
Any idea on what kind of weight were talking about for the vinyl?

[ktm]

A couple of things you may consider-
1. CF adds ounces, not 10's or 100's of pounds-- so, really, who cares?
2. Vehicle wrap adds ounces, not 10's or 100's of pounds--- so, really, who cares?
3 Either CF or Vehicle Wrap looks really cool--- so, really, that's everyone cares about! :):)

No seriously--

Working with (vehicle) vinyl is just like working with a giant sticker. It depends on how good you are at putting large stickers on. Vehicle wrap is fairly easy to work with. I've only used 3m Controltac, though. If you make a mistake, just peel it back up quickly and then try again. Thing is, each time you pull the wrap back up, it stretches a little. Pull it up a lot and stretches more and more each time. You get the idea.

If you want to try it, go to a sign shop, ask for remnants of whatever they have. Make sure it's vehicle wrap and not regular vinyl. There is a big difference. Clean the surface of your practice substrate, then give it a whirl. Start small, 1'x1, then go larger and larger. You will get the feel for it. I'd suggest starting with something flat, then going to compound curves. It's not bad at all, but you will want to practice a bit.

I've used vehicle wrap a fair amount for a business we have, but haven't wrapped a car. Could I wrap a car? Yeah, I think so. It's tedious and will take time to get it right. I plan to drop it off with someone we know to have it done well.

[RM1SepEx]

My point was that rather than making the rear cover out of CF and reducing weight they made some covers out of CF and added the lightweight covers

since we have nice smooth fiberglass with gel coat the CF vinyl would look great and be very effective to get the desired look

[Harley818]

This looks great and would be a good place to start to try out the CF look in vinyl.