Carbon Fiber Celica Project

[kenny86_2004]

I want to make a complete carbon fiber celica, i need a body kit, fenders, hood, hatch, and doors. does anyone know where i can find any of these? Thanks

[91 Celica St]

lol good luck, best bet is to learn how to carbon fiber things, you can get hoods off ebay, other than taht youll ahve to get it cuzston made....what kind of celica, there are 7th gen cf fenders but thats about it

[C-Stylez]

If its a 7th gen then ther is a complete kit that u can buy. It consists of fenders, hood, bumpers and side skirts. I've also seen a hatch made from CF on ebay. Its very expensive for all that CF stuff. I also had a crazy plan to do the same thing but I'm not a millionaire nor do I have about $5-$7 G'z just layin around with nothing to spend it on. lol carbon fiber is very hard to obtain because there is a worldwide shortage of it. Appearently the U.S. government is buying it all up and making cool stuff for the military. When this bullshit in Iraq or whereever it is comes to and end, we should be able to get it at a better price.
Here is a link to that website where u can get the full body kit...
http://www.onderground-design.com

[91 Celica St]

lolo good liuck finindg 5th/6th gen shit, most ive seen is hoods and expensive ass fneders

[kenny86_2004]

i have a seventh gen sorry for the confusion. i have found it all thanks for all the help hood 550 on sportscompactonly.com, fenders for about 500ish, body kit for 1800 on carbon creations and hatch on andysautosport.com for 750 thanks for all the help

[brusko24]

Hey Kenny! let us know how everything comes out, will you have the CF painted on to still get some lovely color on it? I have an import tuner mag here where they featured an NSX with CF body kit painted pearl blue so the CF would still be noticable. it looks good.

I love the Celica. its my favorite toyota car.

[6speed]

what about the rest of the car?

[jwaj2002]

Originally Posted by 6speed

what about the rest of the car?

doors are about all he could replace after the hatch, hood, fenders, and body kit, you can't weld cf quarters, roof and the rest of the non bolt on parts onto the car

[SigmaProjects]

cut & bolt, hahaha.

[C-Stylez]

You could make a fiberglass mold of the car and then make a CF shell from it, but you would still need a chassis to bolt it to. I'd like to do the same thing to a full frame 1st gen lift back and drop a 3sgte or
2jzgte in it

[jwaj2002]

why spend the money? its cheaper to just have it all painted carbon fiber

[6speed]

Originally Posted by C-Stylez

carbon fiber is very hard to obtain because there is a worldwide shortage of it

i keep reading this and i just cant wrap my head around it. carbon fiber is made by people, correct? it is not dug out of the ground like oil or something, so why can't you just make more of it? how can there be a shortage of something you just make with fiberglass and some sort of woven material?

[jaybratt]

CF is a cloth like material with resins used to harden it. It is similar to kevlar and that is why it is so strong. So it would be easy for there to be a shortage since companies have to manufacture it and that isn't cheap. As for the top he could just coat it very carefully and use the resin to harden it in place. Oh and don't forget to get a cf gas door either.

[brusko24]

Originally Posted by C-Stylez

You could make a fiberglass mold of the car and then make a CF shell from it, but you would still need a chassis to bolt it to. I'd like to do the same thing to a full frame 1st gen lift back and drop a 3sgte or
2jzgte in it

or have a whole roof custom made out of CF. that would be awesome!

[jwaj2002]

I say just paint the car, carbon fiber is fairly easy to paint onto a car