How odd is this

gb-gta · Apr 26, 2021

Opened passenger door on my QP at weekend to hear something drop and found this. Passenger side carbon door trim just fell off! Last time I looked at it it was unmarked, lots of cracks now.

Car had not been used for a few days, it’s not often anyone else is in the car.
Very odd. Anyone had this before?

spkennyuk · Apr 26, 2021

Are the fitting studs on the back of it or has the glue broken down and come away from the studded bar it attaches too.

If the cracks are just in the clear coat finish then a local body shop should be able to sand it back and re laquer the carbon fibre for you. You will just need to bond it back onto the studded bar then.

gb-gta · Apr 26, 2021

The panel is still firmly attached to the door.
It seems the glue has given up the ghost. What’s odd is all the cracks. Hopefully just the clear coat as you say.

CatmanV2 · Apr 26, 2021

gb-gta said:
The panel is still firmly attached to the door.
It seems the glue has given up the ghost. What’s odd is all the cracks. Hopefully just the clear coat as you say.

Cracks from hitting the ground?

C

gb-gta · Apr 26, 2021

Maybe, but there is multiple cracks over 50% of its length. Must admit, I’m no expert on the cracking properties of carbon fibre panels!

conaero · Apr 26, 2021

gb-gta said:
The panel is still firmly attached to the door.
It seems the glue has given up the ghost. What’s odd is all the cracks. Hopefully just the clear coat as you say.

Yes we see this a lot. Door caps seem to fair worst.

I beleive the sun is baking the glue.

I feel your carbon skin has shattered on impact.

allandwf · Apr 26, 2021

Maybe it fell off last time the door was shut and got trapped, hence the cracks, then fell out when you opened it.

Scaf · Apr 26, 2021

I used a place in Northampton to refurb some carbon winglets for my old GTS, can hunt out their details if that helps.

gb-gta · Apr 26, 2021

Thanks. Hopefully there will be a carbon fibre place a bit nearer to me in south Manchester/Cheshire. There should be, there’s loads of carbon fibre strewn range rovers all over the place round here!

As far as sun baking the glue goes, it did get to the heady heights of 18 degrees round here at the weekend. I even wore a short sleeved shirt. (It was -1 the evening before though..)

MarkMas · Apr 26, 2021

gb-gta said:
Maybe, but there is multiple cracks over 50% of its length. Must admit, I’m no expert on the cracking properties of carbon fibre panels!

Years ago, when I thought that I might be able to afford a Ferrari 456, someone pointed out that if you have a front-end shunt at anything over 5mph, the carbon fibre bonnet shatters in the corner nearest the impact and then you have an £18k bill. Rather off-putting.

Gazcw · Apr 26, 2021

Scaf said:
I used a place in Northampton to refurb some carbon winglets for my old GTS, can hunt out their details if that helps.

We have all the skills in Northampton. It gets a bit thin as you move out towards Wellingborough. Earls Barton is the cut off between skilled and not so skilled.

Gazcw · Apr 26, 2021

gb-gta said:
Thanks. Hopefully there will be a carbon fibre place a bit nearer to me in south Manchester/Cheshire. There should be, there’s loads of carbon fibre strewn range rovers all over the place round here!

As far as sun baking the glue goes, it did get to the heady heights of 18 degrees round here at the weekend. I even wore a short sleeved shirt. (It was -1 the evening before though..)

Carbon fibre does not cope with knocks at all unfortunately.

Zep · Apr 26, 2021

Gazcw said:
We have all the skills in Northampton. It gets a bit thin as you move out towards Wellingborough. Earls Barton is the cut off between skilled and not so skilled.

The irony here is that the place Scaf is probably talking about is Streamline Carbon in........Earls Barton

Gazcw · Apr 26, 2021

Zep said:
The irony here is that the place Scaf is probably talking about is Streamline Carbon in........Earls Barton

Northampton side of Earls Barton though!

CatmanV2 · Apr 26, 2021

Gazcw said:
We have all the skills in Northampton. It gets a bit thin as you move out towards Wellingborough. Earls Barton is the cut off between skilled and not so skilled.

I thought Earl's Barton was basically the (or at least a) peak of expertise. Certainly in
Batteries
Aircon
Brake upgrades
VCDS
Inordinate amounts of vodka (I think) and........
Pizza!

C

gb-gta · Apr 26, 2021

Gazcw said:
Carbon fibre does not cope with knocks at all unfortunately.

Yes, it seems, as conaero says, the small drop to the floor from door panel cracked it all over!

Zep · Apr 26, 2021

CatmanV2 said:
I thought Earl's Barton was basically the (or at least a) peak of expertise. Certainly in
Batteries
Aircon
Brake upgrades
VCDS
Inordinate amounts of vodka (I think) and........
Pizza!

C

Pizza should be at the top, obvs.

Gazcw · Apr 26, 2021

Zep said:
The irony here is that the place Scaf is probably talking about is Streamline Carbon in........Earls Barton

Real carbon. Pah! Its like a chocolate rich tea. Weak and not up to the job. Now hydrodipping thats the chocolate hobnob. Dunk me. Dunk me again c'mon

Gazcw · Apr 26, 2021

gb-gta said:
Yes, it seems, as conaero says, the small drop to the floor from door panel cracked it all over!

I paddled carbon kevlar slalom boats for years and every one of them had to have an aluminium strengthener bonded into the nose and tail where I snapped them off.

Gazcw · Apr 26, 2021

CatmanV2 said:
I thought Earl's Barton was basically the (or at least a) peak of expertise. Certainly in
Batteries
Aircon
Brake upgrades
VCDS
Inordinate amounts of vodka (I think) and........
Pizza!

C

I did say thats the cut off. Just after and they are all dribbling baffoons.

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