Carbon fiber parts?
 

Does anyone know if carbon fiber parts wil be a dealer option? If it is not, what parts would you like to see made of carbon fiber? I'm thinking the rear spoiler would look nice

I doubt it and if so it'll be heavy cf not the good stuff.

Considering that this car was made to be cheap, CF options would drastically change that.


TRD does have that beautiful CFRP Strut Brace. It's pricey though...

What about aftermarket? I'm trying to gauge interest in what parts people would like to see in carbon fiber. I know a manufacture that can produce cabon fiber parts and want to know if it would be worth it

Trunk
Spoiler
Hood

Pre preg? Otherwise no care.

And if pre preg I doubt so anyways due to pricing. Not worth it for most.

I'm function > form though.

Flat undertray, "real" diffuser, body panels, seats, dash?

I would love a carbon dash... How much would that save?
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...9,r:3,s:0,i:80

Do not see a point unless you wanna bling bling your car a bit

Hood and trunk are aluminum already I believe so almost no weight savings for price

CF duckbill would look sexy tho

Too shiny. Needs moar flocking. :)

How are you going to drive after installing that? You'll be missing an arm and a leg! :lol:

I was considering a Siebon CF hood. We have one on the TC in our showroom. Super light. But hearing the FR-S is coming with an aluminium hood, I've changed my thoughts.

One thing I would love...
Oh... wait a minute. $12,000!
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I just want to have the option to win AMLS races with my daily driver. You never know?

I would like some "real" carbon fiber to replace the phony carbon fiber on the dash. Would look good, but probably pricey.

I've heard people say the trunk is aluminum but I haven't been able to confirm this anywhere. Do you or anyone else have a source?

Ideally it would have aluminum or reinforced plastic front fenders, an aluminum trunk, and a carbon fiber roof. But as far as I know those parts are all steel on this car.

wow those are some awesome wheels, carbon fiber > Magnesium . oh yeah, hit one curb and there goes $3,000 of wheel lol.

I don't think the dash is supposed to be imitation carbon fiber, i think it is just a better alternative then flat plastic... personally, i am going to wait for real carbon dash panels to come out, if this ends up taking too long, costs too much, or looks cheap, I have a great vinyl wrapping guy... the weight savings are negligible and you can peel it off in one minute to return to stock. (even though its cheating, you get the look you want for less- money which goes straight into performance mods.) ask my old Celica....

It's actually a bunch of little 'T' shapes. Not a fake CF print.

^that. And it's all over the car :happy0180:

I think you might run into an issue with the passenger airbag as well. I wouldn't want to effect how the airbag would deploy. I also do not like that fake carbon fiber on the dash.

wow those rims gees $12,000 .. i wouldn't drive with then on...

i would want a CF vented hood... hahaha ...

It's not, I checked with a magnet right after I got the car

I thought so. What about the front fenders? I'm pretty sure those are steel but they might be aluminum?

Nope, just the hood :(

Bummer. To be honest, I would prefer they be plastic! Mitsubishi is starting to use plastic front fenders in their cars and I think that's smart. It's much lighter, more flexible for bumps and dings, and much less expensive!

i just saw a CF hood earlier today its on ebay

heres the url

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cfx-Carbon-F...91b47f&vxp=mtr

wow that price although still a little high isnt as inflated as all the other aftermarket parts coming out right now. looks great but unless its lighter......waste o crash!

yea it looks cool but i agree if it isnt lighter its a waste of a grand:bs:

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Honestly that dash looks cool but I would hate the glare.


As for myself I would really like a CF hood, roof, and trunk but they would need to have the fitment near or the same as OEM. I'm aware good quality CF cost a lot but I think that's my only option. I hate bad fitting CF parts. I'm kinda hoping ASM makes parts for the 86 because their CF parts are honestly the highest quality stuff i've seen coming from an aftermarket brand, but they cost an arm and leg

If the OEM hood/trunk is really aluminum then I would only go roof.

I opened the hood of a frs yesterday and it was heavier than I thought it would be. I can almost guarantee you guys that a carbon fiber hood will be lighter.

someone needs to donate a frs to me so i can start ripping everything out of it and posting weights for everyone seeing how it seems im the only one dumb enough to gut a new car :):burnrubber:

I already ordered all my carbon parts
Hood trunk fenders roof

I would love a rear diffuser. The OE one annoys me.

I think the hood is perfect the way it is. It is already very light, if on a budget that same money could be directed to a trunk or dash paneling, which looks awesome. In all honesty, you want to be very careful to not upset the weight distribution of this car. After all it has been very carefully engineered to be as it is.

The interior dash panels on the FR-S are not designed to look like CF, they are paying tribute to the AE86 's front grille which had a very similar design in it.

As far as other parts are concerned, in the BMW world, CF air boxes are really big. It saves weight, looks awesome, and it keeps the intake charge cool... big shiny pipes with a filter on the end make a cool noise and look cool, but get heat soaked worse then the stock intake ever could. (unless you are running a turbo/super with an intercooler.)

Carbon Fiber intake box with a high performance air filter and a Samco boot is a winning combo =]

not only the price is a lot but in all my years selling aftermarket car parts I've never heard of that brand...so we still doing even know about the fitment, CF design...

Yeah thats a key thing... even known brands have fitment issues, regardless of the actual quality of the carbon fiber it is made of. On top of the price of the part it is always safe to assume it will cost more money for proper fit and finish at a quality body shop... most of the time cheap/unknown brands of CF body parts end up costing double their original price in shop labor to get them to fit...and it never looks perfect. Go with a quality product for this car its worth it, even if it means waiting!

How much weight savings will you see with CF hood, trunk, doors? Seems like it'd be easier (and cheaper) to just add more power instead of trying to trim the weight. Frankly, I'd pull the carpets and insulation before I started in with carbon fiber body parts...

...and I've got a lot of cars with a lot of carbon fiber. Just doesn't seem to fit here. :)

Roof? Where can you get the roof and how would you install it? Is it just a cover?

i plan on doing all of the above starting with tearing out all the weight then shaving it pound by pound while adding hp :):burnrubber: