Carbon Trunk Swap?

[ThatYeti]

Picked up a VIS carbon trunk that has a garnish not meant to accommodate the factory backup camera, any chance someone out there has the opposite problem and wants to trade?

[Ernest72]

You could mod it to fit the camera. It’s a small piece.

[ThatYeti]

Originally Posted by Ernest72

You could mod it to fit the camera. It’s a small piece.

Ya, just not excited about the idea of cutting into carbon for fear of cracking it, etc.

[HaXx]

dremeling carbon is super easy, ive done a shit load of it fitting a carbon fiber belly pan onto a s1000rr. its not nearly as bad as you think its going to be, doesnt fray, doesnt crack, just cut a little square hole to fit the camera. i was petrified before trimming it too, but its underwhelming actually doing it

the chance of someone trading you a carbon fender garnish with a camera cutout for a carbon fender garnish without a camera cutout is non existent.

[DarkPira7e]

We did this on my friend's CF trunk. It's not as brittle as you're imagining

[ThatYeti]

Originally Posted by HaXx

dremeling carbon is super easy, ive done a shit load of it fitting a carbon fiber belly pan onto a s1000rr. its not nearly as bad as you think its going to be, doesnt fray, doesnt crack, just cut a little square hole to fit the camera. i was petrified before trimming it too, but its underwhelming actually doing it

the chance of someone trading you a carbon fender garnish with a camera cutout for a carbon fender garnish without a camera cutout is non existent.

Appreciate the info gents, any advice on doing it? Tape it first? Just use a small drill bit to start?

[HaXx]

Originally Posted by ThatYeti

Appreciate the info gents, any advice on doing it? Tape it first? Just use a small drill bit to start?

taping a border around the square you want to cut out would be a good start, then use this attachment to cut one side of the square at a time. then test fit the camera and trim a little as needed

[ThatYeti]

[QUOTE=HaXx;3372987]taping a border around the square you want to cut out would be a good start, then use this attachment to cut one side of the square at a time. then test fit the camera and trim a little as needed

Ok, and so i'd be safer just starting with the cutting wheel as opposed to drilling a bunch of holes around the border then 'punching' it out? Concern is that it'll be a really small hole and using a wheel like that might lead to it being bigger than needed.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by ThatYeti

Ok, and so i'd be safer just starting with the cutting wheel as opposed to drilling a bunch of holes around the border then 'punching' it out? Concern is that it'll be a really small hole and using a wheel like that might lead to it being bigger than needed.

ALWAYS start smaller. and test 4x's as frequently as you think you need to.

when making cutout's, i usually alternate between a fiber-reinforced cutoff wheel for extremely rough shaping, and these for the more precise shaping:

https://www.dremel.com/en_US/product...93-carving-bit

https://www.dremel.com/en_US/product...94-carving-bit

when getting within 1/4" of where it needs to be, i'll shift from power tools to hand tools like sandpaper/files to get the final depth. i've found it's much easier to control without going over to easily.

and test fit often!