Chinese New Year Ang Pow

Here's a picture of my full carbon bonnet straight from the mould. The bonnet's been more than a year in making due to the high standards my bro and I have set for ourselves. Can't lose out to the likes of Varis, C-West or even ASM now can we? This will also hopefully prove that Malaysians can also produce carbon products of world class quality.

Will probably spend my CNY spare time finishing it. The sanding, finishing and clearcoating is going to be a real a pain. This is a full carbon bonnet and weights about 5+kg. There's no fibreglass (CSM) in it. Top bonnet skin is 4 layers of carbon cloth alone. Even the underframe is carbon. This will hopefully show that not all carbon bonnets are the same and that a bonnet which cost RM1K or less is not the same as those used in actual racecars. Most local produced bonnets are all CSM with one layer of carbon on top purely for aesthetic purpose and nothing much else.

Picture of the top layer and underframe before joining process

Closer side shot

Closer front shot. Weave quality is really straight eh? Surface quality is excellent IMHO.

Sneak shot of the underframe after joining.

Final arty picture of the bonnet basking in the soft morning sun

More pictures to follow once I complete the finishing process. Praying hard the fit is perfect else it'll be another consignment to the thrash bin. Stay tuned..