Carbon fiber Roofs

[mclarke]

Hey Guys I have a 2009 Mazdaspeed 3 and I'm in the middle of getting a mold made for the 04-09 Mazda 3 hatchback roof. Its going to have them make it in carbon fiber for me then i will be ripping the roof out and at the same time i will be doing the head liner do to i cant stand the color any more so it will be going suede black and all the plastic is the car will be going from egg shell white to black.

[mazdageorge]

Sorry were you posting a question??

Welcome BTW

[Thrizzl3]

?????

[boyracer]

Head hurts. Need interpreter

[greaves82]

So apparently he is in the middle of getting a mold made out of carbon fibre, and once the mold is made he is going to be ripped the current roof off. When the new roof is install he is changing the roof liner to a black sueda and repainting all the plastic in the car from black to a egg shell. If I understand correctly.

Dont think he's asking anything

[S.F.W.]

Dont think he's asking anything

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...ht=#post896014
Any one new a good place to have things made in carbon fiber there or to get carbon fiber parts.

[mclarke]

I'm not really asking question I'm more stating on what I'm doing to the car at this point in the build. The roof mold is coming from Georgia as well as the first carbon fiber roof. The cost for the Mold is $3,500 but i own the mold now and the cost for the first carbon roof is $2,000 and it's $2,500 for the install on the roof but i will be getting 65lbs out of the roof so that's the up side to all of this.

[Hyperion]

I'm not really asking question I'm more stating on what I'm doing to the car at this point in the build. The roof mold is coming from Georgia as well as the first carbon fiber roof. The cost for the Mold is $3,500 but i own the mold now and the cost for the first carbon roof is $2,000 and it's $2,500 for the install on the roof but i will be getting 65lbs out of the roof so that's the up side to all of this.

Holy Shhheeeeet
Are you sh*tting money or have you grown a money tree? Because that's rediculous.
You've have to rent that mold like 10 times to break even on the mold alone.

[loki]

So you paid 8 grand for a roof......

Congrats

[Takumi616]

That's one expensive roof....

[Kiyomi]

wut is the point of this? get a carbon fiber vinyl, and save you like 6 grand, which can be spent on actual performance parts.

[RedRaptor]

To each their own. I don't understand why you guys are crapping on this guy. Maybe he is made out of money.

Haters are gonna hate.

[Kiyomi]

To each their own. I don't understand why you guys are crapping on this guy. Maybe he is made out of money.

Haters are gonna hate.

its not hating, its just being reasonable. he could get a lightweight battery and two awesome aftermarket seats, and still have enough to get a brand new fmic and bigger turbo...

[ottoyu34]

Kudos to you!
don't forget to post some pics when it's done.

[pearl3]

8k for a roof!?! That's too much for taking 65lb off.

[thanu31]

its not hating, its just being reasonable. he could get a lightweight battery and two awesome aftermarket seats, and still have enough to get a brand new fmic and bigger turbo...

or he can do it all,.. jus sayin lol

[mclarke]

Hey so how every said vinyl that just a wast of money there because once you get a stone chip in the vinyl you need to rip up that hole section because if not it will rust and hey a rusty car is a shitty car. And the other thing is i already have other people looking at the roof to buy from me so this will be turning into a money making thing on the side and look man be one day you guys are going to be like Clarke can i get a carbon roof man do to i'm the only one in the would that has this roof there for your car think about that.

[rzapata]

Do you have pictures of the roof? Or even just the mold?

[-RJ3-]

Hey Guys I have a 2009 Mazdaspeed 3 and I'm in the middle of getting a mold made for the 04-09 Mazda 3 hatchback roof. Its going to have them make it in carbon fiber for me then i will be ripping the roof out and at the same time i will be doing the head liner do to i cant stand the color any more so it will be going suede black and all the plastic is the car will be going from egg shell white to black.

Email John. Midnightfxjohn. I think that's his username. He may point you to the right direction.

[mclarke]

The mold is in Georgia being made i have sent him a blank tin roof so he can copy it off of that it going to be nuts i can say that.

[mclarke]

Don't Worry once i get pictures you guys will see them i have talked to a couple of guys at Mazda and they want to know once the first one is done so they can see it.

[krimsalt]

You should mold the entire body of the car in carbon fiber!

[greaves82]

Would love to see this in person once its finished

[Noisy Crow]

I'm really confused here.... what do you mean by "replacing the roof"? The actual roof, including all of the structural elements? Or just the sheet metal? I can't see the sheet metal weighing 65 lbs. And altering the structural parts is probably not a good idea.......

[standsideways]

roof panel: with sunroof-600
without-750

carbon overlay from local business-500

saving $8000....priceless..well not really as you can tell...

nextmod has done a carbon roof on a 3 hatch, so you wont really be the first