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I had custom front fenders made in carbon, but they are embossed for shields.

 

I’d take your old fenders and bumper

 

I had a custom engine cover made for my Esprit about 12 years ago. It came out stunning and, if I recall, was a non-destructive process. Obviously I had to ship them the factory cover to make a mold. These days they might just scan and print a mold. Anyway, there are boutique shops out there that do this, but the level of effort and cost is high.

 

I know you said not outside us; but superformance.co.uk over here. just in case you havent seen.

 

Do you wan nice ones — pretty exposed weave - or light ones? That would drive my decision.

 

I would assume the superformance stuff is rough and ready. .

 

If you use the chat function on their site they will answer you, they have tons of emails coming in.

 

Superformance composite body panels are pretty low quality stuff. More appropriate for beater race car stuff where quality is secondary.

 

For fenders, that will probably just mean they need more prep work and fitting before they are useable.

For a hood it could definitely be more of an issue. You don't want it to flex or warp and show gaps. What type of internal structure are they using?

 

For fenders, if not built correctly, you might save merely 1lb per side.

Ask them to weigh it with pics on a scale.

 

And if they don't fit will would end up even heavier if using body filler in an attempt to fix.

 

Not fit well or wavy… body filler/primer … there goes your weight savings.

 

Problem with my embossed fenders is you need to buy shields, which aren’t exactly cheap.

 

Good, exactly where you need to be

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