Would you buy aftermarket Carbon Fiber parts?

[gdi2290]

If I were to make Carbon Fiber parts for the BRZ which parts would you prefer and how much are you willing to pay :P

[Subaruwrxfan]

That fake rear diffuser (the black piece) in all carbon fiber would be hot as long as the price wasn't $$$$$$.

[gdi2290]

well there is real carbon fiber and then there is fake ones which are fiberglass with carbon fiber on top to look real. the later is cheaper I forgot to put an option for fake carbon fiber

[feedbag]

Anything that can both significantly reduce weight and be reasonably affordable.

[gdi2290]

before when I was looking online I found that any (real) carbon fiber part cost about 1k while the fake ones were a lot less. I'm asking because I might have a way of making these parts to sell

[tranzformer]

Fake = posing/ricer style
Real = worthwhile if quality carbon fiber is used as well as well designed.

I would rather take aluminum over fake CF (would never want fake CF).

[SVTSHC]

I hear the hood is light enough but I'd def be interested in a CF hood anyway, ONLY because I'd be interested in a CF hood, trunk, front splitter and diffuser also.

[RRnold]

How about an option for none. After being exposed to the elements, they'll start to weather quickly and look like shit.

[86'd]

Maybe a low-key front splitter, but that's it.

If I was crazy and rich, I'd put on some real dry carbon, CF fenders or doors, but paint them of course to match.

[gdi2290]

Originally Posted by 86'd

Maybe a low-key front splitter, but that's it.

If I was crazy and rich, I'd put on some real dry carbon, CF fenders or doors, but paint them of course to match.

are you willing to pay for dry carbon fiber? they cost a lot :/

[tachi1247]

Maybe I would get a front splitter, but pretty much everything else would either be too expensive or impractical.

A carbon fiber roof is not really a feasible aftermarket upgrade as the roof is an integral part of the chasis. You can't just take it off and replace it with a CF one like you would a spoiler. It would be extremely expensive to have it done right and that money would be better spent on other performance upgrades first. I suppose if you have $250k to build a real race car then all bets are off, but for the weekend warrior it isn't feasible.

Same goes for most of the rest of the stuff. A quality CF bumper or trunk would be far too expensive to justify its cost on a weight savings basis. Again, just spend the money on more power. The hood is already aluminum if I recall, which means that you aren't going to be saving a ton of weight there either.

Even the front splitter, if i get it, would be merely cosmetic. This car doesn't have enough power to accelerate on the straights to hit speeds where a splitter would even be functional. Same goes for the spoiler, which doesn't really do anything other than slow you down (extra drag) until you start hitting 140+ mph. The shape of the car alone will create enough down force for most weekend racing.

One thing that I would like might be the underbody panel that they are putting on the european and japanese cars that we can't get here due to crash standards. My understanding is that the exhaust on the cars in other markets are set further back (as in protrude past the bumper) and that isn't allowed here in the U.S. (crash standards) therefore they had to eliminate the rear underbody panel in order to pull the exhaust towards the front of the car.

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[gdi2290]

Originally Posted by tachi1247

Maybe I would get a front splitter, but pretty much everything else would either be too expensive or impractical.

A carbon fiber roof is not really a feasible aftermarket upgrade as the roof is an integral part of the chasis. You can't just take it off and replace it with a CF one like you would a spoiler. It would be extremely expensive to have it done right and that money would be better spent on other performance upgrades first. I suppose if you have $250k to build a real race car then all bets are off, but for the weekend warrior it isn't feasible.

Same goes for most of the rest of the stuff. A quality CF bumper or trunk would be far too expensive to justify its cost on a weight savings basis. Again, just spend the money on more power. The hood is already aluminum if I recall, which means that you aren't going to be saving a ton of weight there either.

Even the front splitter, if i get it, would be merely cosmetic. This car doesn't have enough power to accelerate on the straights to hit speeds where a splitter would even be functional. Same goes for the spoiler, which doesn't really do anything other than slow you down (extra drag) until you start hitting 140+ mph. The shape of the car alone will create enough down force for most weekend racing.

One thing that I would like might be the underbody panel that they are putting on the european and japanese cars that we can't get here due to crash standards. My understanding is that the exhaust on the cars in other markets are set further back (as in protrude past the bumper) and that isn't allowed here in the U.S. (crash standards) therefore they had to eliminate the rear underbody panel in order to pull the exhaust towards the front of the car.

send me more info on the underbody

I'm asking about carbon fiber because my mechanic are restomodding a 1967 fastback mustang with a 2012 5.0 mustang so the option for carbon fiber is on the table. Awhile we're at it I might have some carbon fiber parts for my BRZ perhaps tubes and other stuff

[Draco-REX]

A CF hood won't reduce much weight if any unless it's Dry Carbon which would be very expensive. CF fenders could help as those are still steel.

I'm not a CF junkie, so I probably wouldn't buy anything. But there are lots of CF addicts out there that will buy anything as long as it's made of long carbon chains suspended in resin.

[Giccin]

Maybe just the roof... but dry carbon roof. Lol

Also..

Ichi's duck-tail spoiler.