what is a dry carbon fiber hood?

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03-24-2005, 12:55 AM

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what is a dry carbon fiber hood?

like title said.
what's the different between a dry cf hood and a regular cf hood (wet?)?

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03-24-2005, 02:40 AM

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About 500 dollars...

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03-24-2005, 03:23 PM

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Dry carbon uses considerably less resin to hold the layers of CF together and instead uses a high heat and high pressure oven to cure the CF. This results in a much lighter CF piece. It's also more labor intensive, so like Ruckus mentioned, it's a lot pricier!

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03-24-2005, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruckus,Mar 24 2005, 03:40 AM

About 500 dollars...

Really now... the Amuse Dry carbon hood is $3279.00 from Bulletproof, someone want to chime in how much the same thing from Seibon is in wet carbon layup?