custom CF/Fiberglass trunk concept
i was contacted by this local shop in signal hill called mastergrade about making a custom CF/Fiberglass trunk. what they want to do is to chop my mint blue wing in half and integrate the wing into the trunk. so its going to be a one piece trunk with the look of a wing. kind of like the autobahn trunk and the M3 CSL trunk. i am going to drop off my car on the 28th of this month and its going to take two weeks for them to have the first finished trunk. they use vacuum bag technology so the weave always come out perfect (can be done in 1x1 or 2x2 weave), and since its vacuum bag and not hand laid, you will not seen any resin as you might with the typical CF pieces. it will be made in both CF or Fiberglass, and the fitment is guaranteed. (or however the oem trunk fits, if you look at your oem hood, its not a perfect fit as in one side might have a bigger gap than the other, etc etc...) so what do you guys think? would you all be interested in something like a wingless trunk with the look of the wing? let me know guys! this shop is thinking about becoming a vendor on our forum and make full replacement CF interior/exterior pieces where the oem pieces can be replaced. to Mods: please PM me about how much it is to become a vendor? thank you!
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Woot! Woot! More interests in our cars! Good luck being the pioneer. I hope it turns out well.
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it better turn out good, they are chopping my authentic cf mint blue wing in half!! lol
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not sure what I think of this but I'm curious to see how it turns out.
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oh boy, the jedi has spoken. now i have to wait until deedub ngorx to get to this thread.
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the one piece cf mint blue wing+cf trunk will definitely gorgeous.
but one piece cf spoiler+cf trunk is not a new concept, re-amemiya made those since late 06, and i am having it. |
sounds interesting, will it be available without the 3rd brakelight?
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Originally Posted by BRGREEN8
(Post 2023250)
it will be made in both CF or Fiberglass, and the fitment is guaranteed. (or however the oem trunk fits, if you look at your oem hood, its not a perfect fit as in one side might have a bigger gap than the other, etc etc...)
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Originally Posted by Rotary Rasp
(Post 2023395)
Your hood doesn't align properly because you've had your car dismantled 13 times.
hood alignment is adjustable btw. lol |
I keep forgetting to align mine. damn shop didn't do it right and I've been too lazy to fix it.
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this sounds like a great concept.....cant wait to see pics
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Pics will be the only real way to judge whether it will be a hit or not.. ( I need to adjust my CF hood myself.. ) Any tips?
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im excited to see this....soon!
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I'm considering a CF trunk and would like to see the pic's when you get this done. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by Rotary Rasp
(Post 2023395)
Your hood doesn't align properly because you've had your car dismantled 13 times.
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but not in cf
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Originally Posted by d j
(Post 2023350)
sounds interesting, will it be available without the 3rd brakelight?
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relocate it on the middle of the spoiler instead.
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Signal hill? Cali, Longbeach? Mazdatrix?
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? the company is called mastergrade
they've done some nice stuff for 350z's and s2k's |
nice i have heard of mastergrade from what i remember good stuff .... you have any pics of your car??? i am having trouble picturing it and i am search impared this morning.... lol ... sounds like i will be subscribing to this thread
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https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/wash-car-today-here-some-pictures-113692/
first post, third picture. imagine the trunk and wing integrated into one piece, and with the wing chopped in half. thats what the cf trunk will look like. its not going to stick out too much so it will be a very subtle look. |
ahh yes i recognize those pictures... and its the spoiler that i thouhgt it was... i am down, this should be great... i have seen the spoiler in person and if it was 2/3rds the length it would be perfect
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Haaaayyyy.... BRGREEN8.. I seen you and your frend driving on the 91 W. a few weeks ago... It was on July 7th to be exact because i was going home from a friends house from watching the Winky vrs. Hopkins fight... We where sitting in some bullshit ass traffic. I had the Galixy Grey 8 that passed you on the right...
Nice car BTW... I would be interested in something like that.... I would like to see how yours came out first... |
his mintblue spoiler is the only authentic body piece he has on his car..hahaha
btw, masterbate, errr mastergrade does good body work. He has a nice widebody kit for a 350z and the s2k..good Ruck fobb..hahaha |
Yes, lets see it.
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damn sounds like a great idea :)
I just sold my mintblue spoiler cause I cant see drilling holes into my carbon trunk |
the trunk would be made without the third brake light, so relocate of the third brake light is necessary!
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oh and i am dropping my car off this wednesday for the trunk to be made, they said it'd take about two weeks for them to finish the product. when it is done and installed on my car i will take pictures of it. to mods: please pm me on the fees for vender and how to apply to be a vender, thanks.
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they already have your car ?
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yes, the car has been dropped off. i should have pictures of the custom trunk in about two weeks time. the final product should be something closely resemble the M3 CSL trunk (wingless trunk with the look of a wing integrated into it), the third brake light will be eliminated also. fiberglass version will be available. this shop is thinking about becoming a vender on our forum.
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3rd brake light eliminated?
HELLO ticket! |
its gonna get relocated dude.
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DUDE!!!! lol
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is this what you are thinking the truck will look like?
http://www.la-strada.biz/images/tuning/41_CSL.jpg http://thinkcar.org/images/impreza/scoob_csl.jpg |
yep, i expect it to look very similar to that. except its to the shape of a half mint blue wing ( the full wing sticks out too far )
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snapped some pictures today of the prototype trunk. i am not going to sevenstock but one of my buddies is going to drive my car to SS10 to show off the trunk. i will post pictures of the prototype later tonight if not then tomorrow morning. a interest group buy thread will then follow. when the trunk is done and i have all the spec to it ( how much it weights, the final product etc etc ) i will start a group buy thread.
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You fobb hahaha
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im excited.... it better be good!
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hmmm, should be interesting
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:scratchhe
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looks like it will be nice once finished and painted... why is the car so dirty? looks like they didnt even take the trunk off when working on it... nice coat of dust over the back. Also looks like stuff is on the edge below the trunk... blue paint or something? I'm sure they'll clean it up and all, but seems like they shoulda thrown a cover of some sort over parts of the car.
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yah it looks like it'll look good once it's painted
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the blue thing is just blue paint tape.
and thats actually my oem trunk with the mint blue wing chopped about 3/4 off. its a real-life rough sketch. my car's gonna be at SS10 with the final product on. so you'll all see it by then. |
very interesting, billion times better than the mintblue wing. haha
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nice :) but it'll looks good with 3rd brake light like AutoExe trunk and RE ;)
ps:don't tell me you got the idea from their trunk j/k http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/338...efromdbzr8.jpg http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/300...efromdbvu5.jpg |
no, thats actually just mint blue chopped in more than half the length.
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looks good. just relocate the 3rd light to behind the rear window.
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