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Old 03-14-2014, 11:58 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
Body is already aluminum. Seems like a lot of cost-effort for very little gain.

Welcome to the forum, those latter year first gen Insights are rare.

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Originally Posted by sarguy01 View Post
Carbon?? Seems like a lot of work. Do you have experience with it?

Welcome!
Yeah I figured I wouldn't lose a lot of weight but I've made carbon parts for my cars in the past and enjoy doing it. I typically use fiber glass and tooling gel to make the molds and then use an epoxy and plain weave carbon for the part and then hand trim it using a inline router.
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