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I have done fiberglass and carbon fiber fabrication in the past. The skill is time consuming but not overly difficult. There are numerous web sources that are helpful if you are interested in doing the work yourself.
Most weight savings are more economically done by jettisoning the obvious unneeded items such as spare tires and sound deadening material.
Replacement comes next for items such as batteries and window glass as well as comfort items such as air conditioning and power windows and door locks.
Once you have completed such steps, then the structure and drive train are next. But, at that point, you might as well go for a radical redesign as the time/cost benefits can be extrapolated into the passenger packaging and aerodynamic improvements.
With all that being said, the advantages of carbon fiber over steel/aluminum construction are only beneficial in the most extreme of cases. However, the cool factor is priceless.
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