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I seriously think that if I can get the money together I would get a custom made carbon fiber body for the late model GT I wanna get soon. I wonder how much the actual body itself weighs and how much I would save as far as weight went if I got the cf body... Any feedback, positive or negative is welcome. Thanks!

 

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kingoleer said:

I seriously think that if I can get the money together I would get a custom made carbon fiber body for the late model GT I wanna get soon. I wonder how much the actual body itself weighs and how much I would save as far as weight went if I got the cf body... Any feedback, positive or negative is welcome. Thanks!

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Uh, not to dash your hopes, but a relatively cheap/poor quality CF hood made from a pre-existing mold costs $600+.
Do you have any idea how much a 1-off CF body would cost? You could probably go out and buy a couple brand new 03-04 cobras for what it would run you.

 

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Carbon-creations.com they make fenders for our car and they are only like 400 bucks. saleen made a full kit four car that costed like over 10 grand and it included wide fenders, bumpers, side skirts, roof scoop, hood, spoiler, so you could definatley get a lot of pieces but as for the whole body... Lot of money!

 

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I see fender FLARES at carbon creations, but no fenders.

 

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ok I see 94-98 fenders.

 

Route666

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oh and one more thing, I've seen (from somewhere on stangnet) a link to a full porsche body made of CF that weighed 66lb I think.

 

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Yeah it was the 66lb porsche that sparked the idea in my head. I didn't realize that an entire CF body would be about 3-4 03 cobras!!! I thought maybe $20,000 but not that much. Oh well, I can hope can't I??

 

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kingoleer said:

Yeah it was the 66lb porsche that sparked the idea in my head. I didn't realize that an entire CF body would be about 3-4 03 cobras!!! I thought maybe $20,000 but not that much. Oh well, I can hope can't I??

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Yea, I could be wrong... but I imagine it would be well above 20k for an entire body. No one makes such a thing, so you would have to have the molds custom made and also most final steps that goes into making carbon fiber parts are completely by hand. Imagine if you wrecked a car with a CF body...

Theres a reason you really only see lots of CF on F1s, and custom supercars that cost $200k+

 

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Yea just think of the monster of an engine you could build for the same amount you would spend in just carbon fiber...sounds like a waste to me, other than just a cool conversation piece. Ugh id never drive the thing for fear id screw it up somehow.
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That is true, the same amount of money could probably make a heavier steel car go and stop just as good.

 

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California Mustang sells a 99+ Hood in CF for about 500 bucks. I'd have to see it up close to comment on it, but still, it's a start.