if someone can do this i am very interested.

 

i was kinda hopin to keep this thread to be about the carbon fiber wind deflector .. thats what the poll is about .. its nice that people are making other suggestions .. none of which seem reasonable for me .. the reason im doin this is cuz i want somethin to replace the mess that i made out of my wind deflector .. i want carbon fiber cuz i wanna match my hood and front lip .. i think it would be a reasonable build .. i already have my bracket (frame) available to have somethin go on it .. simple screw down or adhesive .. not sure how smooth the back of the thing would be if its fiberglass .. but we will see .. gotta get more companies interested so we can get this built .. i dont want it to take a half a year .. i would like to get somethin done within the next few weeks to a month or so .. nice to see some people are interested tho .. no on the glass overlay .. that wouldnt work for me .. im lookin for fiberglass, carbon fiber wrap .. then gell coat .. or somethin to that affect, so it looks the same as my hood/lip ..

 

I'm gonna try to work on getting us a metal version of it, custom painted to what you want.

 

i dont think this would be very hard...
i think the most efficient way is to create a hard ABS plastic version of the deflector and then have it Carbon wrapped.
when traveling on the highway these deflectors see highspeed winds and rocks...if you have the hard ABS then you will have a better longer lasting product.

 

sounds like a good idea .. the question is .. who will make it? tryin to find a place ..

 

Delta-make one in CF and i will test it out for you

 

heres a suggestion if nobody makes it in time for ya... get a universal splitter/scrap plate made in carbon fiber and cut out the same dimensions as the pc. you need... its thin enough to work. If you have questions as to what it looks like, just PM me =) good luck though!!!

 

i contacted a guy who should be posting up soon that does CF parts... maybe he could do replacements for the other glass pieces... make a fully functional CF sunroof.

 

Will CF actually withstand the impact of a rock though without damaging it? And would it be sturdy enough to not flex during high wind speeds?

 

well i talked to the guy from importtrenz.com .. he said that for a small quantity to be made, a mold has to be made .. along with the tooling .. and that was going to be almost 5000 dollars .. so if i only had him make 16 pieces .. it would be $5000 divided by 16 .. so its not cost effective to get somethin like this done unless its an actual company willing to put the $ in for the mold and market the piece .. he also said that havin the piece made overseas would be cheaper .. what i actually did today is order a piece of black Lexan .. and im gonna have that milled and installed .. should work much better then the piece of plexi that i had (that piece only cost me like 40 bucks) .. wish i woulda done lexan in the first place .. the piece of lexan was cheaper then i expected .. a 48" by 8" sheet (the actual milled piece is about 45" by 7") was 50 dollars .. gettin it from portland glass in salem new hampshire .. and the last time i had that plexi-glass milled and shaped, only cost me like 70 or so dollars .. which is what i figure it will be this time .. so not horrible for somethin that looks like glass and wont shatter on the highway .. lexan is supposed to be a very strong plastic .. i will share what happens .. im sure ill have a better result ..

 

awesome, keep us updated!

 

Just a thought. Wouldn't CF deflector crack easy? If it is light enough, the wind might just take a junk out of it.

 

We can do it in CF .. it will be clear coated just like our hoods which withstand rock chips very well .. It looks like its attached to the sunroof brackets by double sided tape.. and then the weather stripping is attached too.. maybe by glue?

So keep that in mind.. you would have to align it properly with the tape and also re-attach your stock weather stripping onto the new piece

 

The brackets are attached to the glass all along the horizontal top and bottom of it.. so it provides it with quite a bit of support.. so I doubt there would be any chance of flexing with a CF piece

 

yeah i don't get any type of flex on my cf piece even at high speeds but its best not to anyway, well with aerodynamics and don't want to take the chance, but i have forgotten a few times and no problems at all. I'm checking into recreating it in cf so i will let you guys kno.

 

What if a rock hit it or something. I presume that CF will have less sustainability to physical contact than the OEM glass, right? Just curious.

 

A rock wont break the CF piece.. the most it will do is chip the clear coat.. but thats if its a big piece... and thats no different than if it hit your bumper or windshield...

 

I spent a year building CF Horizontal stabilizers for the Boeing 777.they are around 3/16 thick and will withstand a blow from a sledgehammer over and over again.......3/16 is around the glass thickness and it should be a nice easy piece to replace.Once it was bolted to the mounts it would have very little flex at road speeds.........remember the 777 lifts off at like 300mph and has a lot of force on the flaps.........a lot of force.........

Another product to look into would be Kevlar.......also used on the wings of the planes.......same process to manufacture and same cost in materials.........the hard part is getting a company to tool a mold for the part..........look around for a aircraft sub contracter that works with CF.we built a lot of parts for other stuff with it as well........

either material can be clear coated and sanded smooth as glass........it would be beautiful and strong........could be a big money maker for a company.

 

That's thing, we have to so show the companies there is a strong enough want for this product before they will decide to make it, and I just don't think we have enough interest to be honest with you.

 

Ok, I just sent a contact request in to a company that makes a few really carbon fiber pieces for the tC already that said on their pg if you have suggestions let them know. So I told them what we are looking for and gave them the link to this thread so I'm waiting to hear back from them, lets keep our fingers crossed.

Company is https://www.shop.retro-spec.net/cate...?categoryId=22 Prices seem reasonable to me b/c I don't know how much real CF things go for. Their products are not decals or plastic.

EDIT: Just noticed the original link didn't work, new link has been inserted.