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Mueller
post Mar 15 2006, 02:53 PM
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QUOTE (Howard @ Mar 15 2006, 12:59 PM)
I asked this before, but never really got a straight answer. Why C/F?

Pick one:


  • when I bought mine, I had more room on my credit card than common sense in my brain (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
  • some young punk at Starbucks called me Sir and I figured the C/F lids would make me "hip" and "cool" and knock 10 years off my age
  • i wanted the cute asian girl in the honda down the street to notice me


I have since sold mine...combination of needing the money and sold 'em for what I bought 'em for and have decided to put the car back to stock looking more or less.....until I change my mind again....
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post Mar 15 2006, 02:59 PM
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slight hijack...

but Mike, or anyone...
what weights have people seen on their stock lids.
I started working on my race car front lid last sunday to shed lbs.. and came up with 35lbs as my stock before weight..

what weights have people measure on stock front hoods?

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post Mar 15 2006, 03:01 PM
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QUOTE (brant @ Mar 15 2006, 01:59 PM)
slight hijack...

but Mike, or anyone...
what weights have people seen on their stock lids.
I started working on my race car front lid last sunday to shed lbs.. and came up with 35lbs as my stock before weight..

what weights have people measure on stock front hoods?

brant

stock front 31
stock rear 30 or switch those around......no hardware, no bondo, just clean lids

both Getty lids weighed 15..no hardware
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post Mar 15 2006, 03:10 PM
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hmmmm....

my stock front must be fat.
plus my scale is probably not all that good.

can't wait to finish my little experiment and see what my metal hood comes down to.

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post Mar 15 2006, 06:09 PM
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QUOTE (Randal @ Mar 15 2006, 12:46 PM)
Don't know if anyone mentioned that the Getty CF group buy was a pretty good deal at $1,000 for both the hood and trunk.

Wonder if Neal would do it again?

I would be in to get a set if anyone else it at that price! I spoke to Getty about 3-4wks ago and he had no carbon fiber and didn't know when he would - agreed that I should call back in a couple months when I was closer to really needing them.

Anybody else looking to get a set to maybe get a group buy going?
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post Mar 15 2006, 09:49 PM
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I was part of the group buy from Getty, feb of 05. For me it was the look, clear coat on a all black car. It's a cF theme, with the hoods, dash face panels, and a carbon fiber center vinyl on the seats, and door panels. Look around, there is carbon f on everthing. My orthotics, my sons soccer shoes and my wife's vibrator are are made with that wonderful space aged material, that some people believed was left behind from some alien visit. Put here to help us somehow impress the friends and young ladies that may be in our lives. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)
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post Mar 15 2006, 10:20 PM
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I spoke to Getty about 3-4wks ago and he had no carbon fiber and didn't know when he would - agreed that I should call back in a couple months when I was closer to really needing them.


Apparently a LOT of people are having a hard time getting any carbon fiber whatsoever. It turns out that Boeing and Airbus are consuming a HUGE amount of the stuff, as well as military aircraft. The problem is compounded because the supply hasn't increased increased to compensate and won't increase for some months or a year!

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post Mar 15 2006, 10:38 PM
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QUOTE (sk8kat1 @ Mar 15 2006, 12:00 PM)
you have two diff plates .. why is that ?

In Indiana we only have the rear plate. You can have whatever you want on front (within reason) so I put the plate from my old 73 914 (RIP) on. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif)
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post Mar 16 2006, 12:47 AM
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C/F is very hard to attain. My carbon Fiber DTM shrouds have slowed way down in turn around time due mostly to the war. My tech is a C/F guy at Rockwell and if he didn't have his "hook up" we'd be all out of luck...
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post Mar 16 2006, 07:57 PM
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QUOTE (TonyAKAVW @ Mar 15 2006, 08:20 PM)
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I spoke to Getty about 3-4wks ago and he had no carbon fiber and didn't know when he would - agreed that I should call back in a couple months when I was closer to really needing them.


Apparently a LOT of people are having a hard time getting any carbon fiber whatsoever. It turns out that Boeing and Airbus are consuming a HUGE amount of the stuff, as well as military aircraft. The problem is compounded because the supply hasn't increased increased to compensate and won't increase for some months or a year!

-Tony

yep, I am hearing the same story elsewhere. So apparently airframers and vibrator manufacturers are chewing up all the inventory.
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post Mar 16 2006, 08:03 PM
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QUOTE (mack914 @ Mar 15 2006, 07:49 PM)
I was part of the group buy from Getty, feb of 05. For me it was the look, clear coat on a all black car. It's a cF theme, with the hoods, dash face panels, and a carbon fiber center vinyl on the seats, and door panels. Look around, there is carbon f on everthing. My orthotics, my sons soccer shoes and my wife's vibrator are are made with that wonderful space aged material, that some people believed was left behind from some alien visit. Put here to help us somehow impress the friends and young ladies that may be in our lives. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)

Mike, Mark, thanks. It gives me insight and is a bit disturbing (not the C/F) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)
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post Mar 16 2006, 10:10 PM
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I realize that the Carbon fiber vibrator would be lighter but does it also make it go faster?

Or do the yellow ones remain the fastest.
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