Hey...no offence meant...just askin

Good to hear that you can do regular CF

Duh...........Don't know how I missed #69 but it didn't say the resin was black??

 

Nope, just said that the resin would make the CF invisible. CF swathed in black goop would be pretty darn invisible.

Again, it's not me doing this. Shine Auto Project is making the molds of the Burnout kit I purchased... we're testing the fit on my 2006 RX-8, and they're making changes that I request in order to make the kit much easier to mount and more durable. I do not have a background in bodykit design. I photograph cars and write articles for a living. I have seen a BUNCH of bad bodykits which STILL manage to win awards at carshows (how that happens escapes me). Shine Auto Project is being extraordinarily nice in doing these modifications, instead of straight knock-off pieces. The original Burnout pieces were nice, but their mounting ideas left a great deal to be desired.

 

i like this better than the type 1. looks good, i want to maybe pick up these skirts. noice!

 

I'm not sure there's any or much of an SCCA market. I'd like to do something as I'm running out of allowable performance mods. I hit so many cones that flexible is good, but weight is bad. The Autoexe TypeS looks nice, but it's fiberglass so I worry about it's strength. There are some others I like too, but again I worry about how well they'd hold up to abuse.

 

I'd guesstimate that the Shine Auto Project Autoexe front bumper weighs a pound or two less than stock, despite being "deeper" in the front. You have to see their videos on their eBay store to understand just how much these pieces will flex. It's amazing! I don't think a cone will break one.

 

OK, I thought you were referring to the actual Autoexe bumper, not a Shine replica

hmmmm ....

 

Here's a link to one of their "flexible" videos. http://videos.streetfire.net/video/5...12CE3B5AB9.htm

And a link to their eBay listing for the Autoexe Spec A front and rear fascias.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...spagenameZWDVW

They have an eBay store with 63 listings in it. If they're all separate pieces, that's an impressive catalog of parts! They don't have another website but hey, if it keeps the cost of aero parts down, that's fine by me.

Again, I don't work for them so whether you purchase or not is immaterial to me. I like the quality of their stuff... I've held this nose and bumper cover in my hands and felt its light weight. It looks like very high quality stuff, made with long strand fiberglass mat and their cool flexible resin. For someone accustomed to fiberglass parts which will break if handled incorrectly, this stuff is eye-opening.

bTW-Happy New Year Rotorheads!
Eric

 

I checked it out earlier. I can't run the Autoexe replica because I'm not allowed to remove the bumper brace. I'm waiting to see how the Autobahn replica turns out in the Group Buy forum ...

 

Oh, you've got to remove the entire bumper brace for the Autoexe? That sucks, I really like that kit. What about the replica Mazdaspeed 2 kit from Acolade? Wonder if that one will work without removing the brace.

 

You can trim the Autoexe kit to fit around the bumper brace (and paint the visible portion of the brace black). They had one Autoexe nose sitting there already trimmed that way at one time when I was there. Once trimmed and mounted, only the lower edge of the brace is visible through the radiator opening.

 

hey photomunkey, could u possibly get another pic of the burnout front, kind of a 3/4 angle but a bit more of the side than you have in the pic you already posted?

 

You mean like this? Bear in mind that this is an unpainted piece, straight from the mold. There are no screws holding it in place.

 

The hybrid chemicals that we use to make our parts have high viscocity. To make CF parts without distorting much of the carbon weave. You need low viscocity to get it to look nice, which is what having a CF piece is all about.

 

Translation: They're very sticky! Ken, you've got to use little words for us in here... :D

 

Or thick

 

sticky and thick and the seat buzzes... sorry combined threads...

all i can hear is go faster,,, faster.

beers

 

Actually, Ken did use "sticky" on the phone today, and that's why the word "stuck" in my mind. Someday we'll have both pretty and flexible CF in the same formula... mark my words. You heard it here first!

 

pm

beers

 

The kit looks great!

Once we pay at this point, how much time are we talking before arrival?

What condition will the kit be in when we receive it? (i.e. primed and ready for paint or basically nude where sanding, etc. is necessary)

Once painted, is this something I can install myself or should it be completed at a qualtiy body shop?

I'm trying to figure out what my costs will be after I spend the $800.

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

I'd imagine you'd want the parts painted after the install, to minimize paint flexing, right?

 

Absolutely.

 

screw that, I would paint it off the car, not on ...

 

If the parts are flexible though wouldn't it be a bad idea to paint a flexible part off the car if there is some bending fitting before it's put on? Or is that the point of test fitting?

I painted my evo-r eyelids off the car and once they put them on the car the cracked and looked horrible. They mentioned a product they can put in the paint to help prevent that but the second time around I had them put on the car first and then painted.

I suppose either way works but to be safe, I'll do what that particular body shop recommends.

 

The parts need to be fitted...and then removed and painted off the car.

The paint for flexible parts needs to have flex agents added to the paint or it will crack and fall off.....as well as the proper primers

 

kind of like body panels on a Saturn?

does that mean it would cost more to paint these pieces?