Drilling through carbon fiber! help?

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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 03:59 PM
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Default Drilling through carbon fiber! help?

im going to be installin a cf lip and trunk on my lude soon and i need to know in case i need to do any drilling what precautions do i take? also what kind of bit do i use and that thanks.
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Old Apr 1, 2006 | 11:12 PM
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Sharp bit, tape the edges and drill throught the tape, helps keep the edges from crackin..

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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 12:18 AM
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^ yep!

i use a couple layers of paper masking tape then i start the hole in reverse which will tear the CF less as it doesn't catch as hard. makes for a much smoother hole. also whichever direction you spin the drill, use very light pressure, take your time. and don't forget to support the other side of the CF piece your drilling, or cracks galore!
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 08:20 AM
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sorry guys im not understanding the tape method. so if i had to drill a hole i would first put a few layers of tape over were i have to drill then drill through it?
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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yes put tape
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 12:39 AM
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yeah tape the spot you want to drill then drill through the tape into the CF.
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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expletive all that noise , just use a dremil with the corect bit.

dril tiny hole with smal bit and then with the dremil open up the hole, did this on my hood!
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