carbon fiber reflector panel? - Page 9

Reaper930 · 09-06-2011, 07:36 AM

Damn that looks good!

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Originally Posted by agrimmitt

Juicer: I still need to do a little more weather stripping adjustment due to my custom RSR rear deck lid. But over all it installed without issue; your need to be very carefully with the top edge and not flex it during mounting or leveling. But I'm happy with the look,

here a (3) shoots.
Questions drop me a email or message
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agrimmitt@pelican
9/3 Sat 11:30am pst>CA

JP911 · JP911's Garage

Just received mine. Great product in all respects! Thanks to the D-zug crew.

Script-free version. Here's some crappy iphone shots:

pkracer21j · 09-09-2011, 07:16 AM

JP, Looks great without the script!

s_morrison57 · 09-09-2011, 08:04 AM

WOW, just went through the whole trhread and am ordering mine today. Just bought new turn signal lenes and this is going to look great.

Don't be too tough on Mark guys, his car must be perfect and besides he's an a$$hat

Can't wait to get mine!
Finn

juicersr · juicersr's Garage

Just an update for those that have ordered the red kevlar units. They are in the final stages of clear coating. We should be shipping out tuesday or wed.

Glad all that ordered are happy with the carbon versions

ski wagen · 09-18-2011, 06:28 PM

Wow, they look nice! Any chance you could post a pic of one next to an original reflector just to compare?

juicersr · juicersr's Garage

The properties of the Kevlar necessitate more coats of the clear than the carbon, so we are going to do one more coat of clear before shipping, but here are pix of the (almost) finished product test mounted....

jsveb · jsveb's Garage

Super nice. Best of both worlds.

juicersr · juicersr's Garage

Well guys, the all red kevlar reflectors are pretty much done. We re-worked the clear coat a couple of times until we were happy with the results. They really look good!

Bling... Bling

quattrorunner · quattrorunner's Garage

I'd buy one.

aseem · aseem's Garage

Wow. Fantastic. Is there a weave pattern in the kevlar as well?
A close up perhaps?

quattrorunner · quattrorunner's Garage

Got one. Just waiting now. Thanks.

juicersr · juicersr's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by quattrorunner

Got one. Just waiting now. Thanks.

Quat, your will be shipping this week

Another one mounted...

We are spraying with a slight tint to make the kevlar 'pop' better after clearing, gives a nice tint to reflective lettering when illuminated. Looks like the 964 reflectors do in daytime with red script

pdqcarrera · pdqcarrera's Garage

[QUOTE=juicersr;6228045]Some of you asked to see better shotz of the red/black, so here they are. We will not technically be offering this option, but if u really want one in this, let me know. We will just be offering the traditional black and red, which should be done by next week.

Ordered one of these too... :-)
FWIW - This is the pic that convinced me.

juicersr · juicersr's Garage

As an update to this thread, thought some of you might be interested in our new replacment reflector, made from a composite known as 'Texalium'. Kevlar proved simply too difficult to work with for volume production, namely from the standpoint of creating clean edges and consistent resin impregnation. So we turned to a product created by the Hexcel Composite corporation, known as 'Texalium'. Essentially, it’s a fiberglass-basic fabric that has a proprietary finish and a thin coating of aluminum on the surface. The aluminum coating is 99.99% pure and approximately 200 angstroms in thickness (One angstrom being a billionth of a meter). This coating produces a highly reflective surface, allowing it to mimic the prismatic red characteristics of the factory reflector. We back it with a layer of 12k Carbon Fiber for rigidity.

The results are quite nice:

We will now be offering this Texalium composite reflector in addition to our carbon fiber version.