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got carbon fiber?

STANG KILLA SS

~THE SCALE SHOP~
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Mansory does some incredible work, and with this Aston Martin DB9 they transformed it completely with a ridiculous amount of carbon fiber dubbed the Cyrus. There’s no doubt the idea came from their previous work and accomplishments on the Bugatti Veyron Vincero and Bugatti Veyron Linea Vincero models. Their work is amazing and one of the most stunning Aston Martin DB9 models we have ever seen. The car was recently released at the Frankfurt Auto Show and received the attention it deserves. It was completely re-done with all carbon fiber for every piece of the body. Except the rear fenders which couldn’t shape the carbon fiber accordingly, Mansory glued on carbon fiber panels that are two inches wider with adhesive exclusively from Lamborghini.

Along with the mind-blowing body work, Mansory also added 28 hp to the Aston Martin DB9 with some simple engine and ECU tuning. Adding to the exterior customizations are 20 inch alloy wheels in the front, and 21 inch alloys in the rear. The interior received extra aluminum and carbon fiber pieces with the Cyrus title stitched into the headrests. You know that all this carbon fiber will not come cheap, and Mansory has priced the Aston Martin DB9 at 380,000 euro! From the factory the stock Aston Martin V12 goes for 124,000 euro.

For an additional $560,000 to spend in order to transform your $200,000 DB9 into a $1.4 Million dollar look alike, despite the rediculousness of spending almost three times as much money modifying a car as you do purchasing it the math does work out, that even leaves some money left over to pick up a Jaeger-LeCoultre.

Mansory has upgraded the DB9’s suspension with a set of adjustable coil overs and a rather large set of rims to house wider rubber. The exterior of the Mansory Cyrus is both powerful and aerodynamic incorporating flared fenders, side skirts as well as a lightweight hood with larger vents and a One-77 inspired front bumper while the rear skirt is upgraded with an integrated diffuser and four stainless steel tail pipes.

The exhaust system amongst a few other tricks has raised the DB9’s output by 28 HP, bringing it up to almost 500 while the interior gets extra helping of racy lightweight materials like aluminum and carbon fiber.

The car squats on large 9x20 front and 10.5x21 rear ultra-forged rims wrapped in 255/30ZR20 front and 295/25ZR21 rear Dunlop Sport Maxx tyres. The coilover suspension has been adjusted to lower the centre of gravity and improve road holding.

Mansory's definition of luxury extends to the interior where tailor-made carbon fibre parts are found. They include some bits from the dashboard, the centre console and the re-designed steering wheel. Foot pedals are made of aluminium while the door sills and head rests feature embroidered CYRUS logos. Hand-stitched leather covers the seats, parts of the dashboard and inside the door panels.
 
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Holy carbon fiber batman, I need a new keyboard now. OMG that car is so sexy!
 
thats sexy im surprised they didnt do carbonfiber rims lol, theres a few companies that make full carbon kits for like rx7's and such
 
if it is a full dry carbon, which i am sure this aston is, it should be lighter. i think what binaryterror is referring to is some of the companies that make carbon fiber bolt on parts for cars. these are usually heavier, since they almost always use a few layers of fiberglass for structure and to cut costs.

as for josh's question, if they just did all the panels, i can see it dropping a 75-125 lbs. if its the full unibody, i would say about 300-400 lbs depending if they are still using metal subframes and structural supports


EDIT: i just looked up some more stuff on this car. it seems to be an overlay over the pillars and rear quarters, meaning the factory sheet metal is still there. only carbon panels are the hatch, hood, bumpers, roof and fenders. even the doors are just outer skins.

there is a full carbon kevlar f430 at one of my buddies shops here in SD. I might have to run down and take some pictures once my gf shows up from work and i can borrow her camera. i know that car dropped about 650 lbs. however everything is carbon kevlar
 
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if it is a full dry carbon, which i am sure this aston is, it should be lighter. i think what binaryterror is referring to is some of the companies that make carbon fiber bolt on parts for cars. these are usually heavier, since they almost always use a few layers of fiberglass for structure and to cut costs.

as for josh's question, if they just did all the panels, i can see it dropping a 75-125 lbs. if its the full unibody, i would say about 300-400 lbs depending if they are still using metal subframes and structural supports


EDIT: i just looked up some more stuff on this car. it seems to be an overlay over the pillars and rear quarters, meaning the factory sheet metal is still there. only carbon panels are the hatch, hood, bumpers, roof and fenders. even the doors are just outer skins.

there is a full carbon kevlar f430 at one of my buddies shops here in SD. I might have to run down and take some pictures once my gf shows up from work and i can borrow her camera. i know that car dropped about 650 lbs. however everything is carbon kevlar

I didn't know--I just did some brief reading on the subject and thats the indication I got. Plus I was under the impression with the new boeing jetliner thats being built with carbon fiber type of materials that was the big plus---alot lighter than a typical alum. jetliner.
 
Notice how the weave lines up along the whole length of the car? That's really hard to do, especially with all the curves in those panels. Major props.

No way that's a dry layup with all that gloss. The gloss comes from extra resin, which doesn't add to the weave's strength but looks cool as hell.
 
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unless its on a metal overlay the carbon is almost always going to weigh less than alum. even if its got fiberglass for reinforcement.

In another life I used to deal with alot of carbon fiber and even the cheap hack jobs were always lighter than alum. The diffrence is that when only one layer of carbon is used its just not as rigid as alum, thus the fibergalss. Most times even with the fiberglass its still significantly lighter than aluminum.

that aston is bitchin there is no doubt. But I would be pissed to spend that kind of money to find out they just skinned some of the major panels...
 
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