Thanks Matt. Looked at Pegasus and all of their sheets are thin, non-reinforced. Need something a bit more substantial so it does not flex.

 

The factory RSR piece is not super stiff (I have one) and way less than 1/4" thick. It's not a cored piece. It gets the rigidity from having the ADL bolted to it in 3 places, and being bolted to the dash.

It's really easy to make a nice flat sheet of carbon fiber. It's a lot cheaper than buying prefabbed. You can even put a foam core in it. Dragonplate is super overpriced in my experience. Look around online or if you want a fun project make a sheet yourself. The materials are not particularly expensive and flat pieces are easy. If you lay up the carbon on a sheet of glass or a mirror it will have a super smooth finish.

 

claykos.... OK, just what I need is ANOTHER project! I'm just about to the "buy it if you can" club given my travel schedule of late!

 

My gauge panel is only 1/16" thick....and it does not flex etc .... IMO a 1/4" panel would be overkill... another dash was built for a Cayman GTB the same except the gauges were installed without the Longacre base...and used the same thickness... no issues. The other source was Pegasus and my invoice shows I used them vs. Dragon Plate due to much better price (as Matt noted). Quality of the plate is nice.

 

Nah...give Toby three or four martinis and he'll lay up virtually anything...

 

No martinis..... Opus One or Insignia? ENTIRELY different matter,