For sale is replacement valance/grille assembly. Carbon fiber valance and grille frame piece fits perfect and restores the most desirable early Euro look of your X. Easy repairable if damaged. Clear coated carbon, can be painted any color. Grille mesh is long lasting shock absorbent plastic.
I make it upon request. The pictured one goes on my 1981, but it should fit on all year models I think, if later models are converted from aluminum rails to bumperless or Euro. Offering brand new turnsignals too, nicer looking than the old originals and after slight unnoticeable mounting mod, you'll have new and available turnsignals for many years to come, see photos.
Not just those, I would like to make all body parts, thats why I bought pricy, but accident free car, but it is a big job and I don't know if there will be market for all this. And here is the craziest, I can make the ENTIRE car out of CF, I mean the monocoque structure, or CF body over light steel space frame. Have done it before, see the attached pics of Viking TT and Alpine A110, I made every part myself. If you know an investor, I am willing to move and do this on serious business bases.
Guess you are asking about the bumpers or the grille, not the targa top the guys above are discussing. Price is before shipping obviously, but grille/valance assy is feather light and ground shipping shouldn't be much. Also I may drop the price slightly depending on requested finish - clear coat or not, uniform CF weave etc. BTW the set of CF rear blockless bumpers is sold and owner have them installed (see photos) , but I am taking new orders.
My estimate is that CF targa will be 2 to 3 times lighter than the original and much stiffer, the problem is the massive amount of material needed for the original trim attachments and they are all perpendicular to the plane of the roof. I am re-engineering it now to avoid the so common stripped threads in the fiberglass. I also think to install the rubber weather seal as one continuous piece on the targa, as a big U (left-rear-right) with incorporated corner seals on it instead on the pillar seal. The door seals will end at the top corners of the pillar with a small rubber plug no across seal, just edge trim. This will make much more reliable seal when installing the targa. But can you guys give me a rough clue (with no obligations) what the price limit on CF top should be? 20 years ago I began making one for myself, but if I counted even the lowest possible rate plus materials, it was not worth it to make them for sale. Now I am willing to calculate again.
