VIDEO: Weaving the Lexus LFA's carbon fiber A-pillar is mesmerizing

GMusa · 10-29-2009, 08:16 PM

VIDEO: Weaving the Lexus LFA's carbon fiber A-pillar is mesmerizing

If you read our First Drive of the Lexus LFA, you might recall an interesting little factoid we threw in to illustrate the OCD-level of detail Toyota used to produce its first ever supercar.

With over 150 years of looming experience, ToMoCo owns a rotary weaver -- one of two in existence -- which it repurposed to create the carbon fiber A-pillars on the LFA. The process is mindbogglingly awe-inspiring and we were finally able to snag video of the device in action. Make the jump to check it out and get a better idea of why the LFA carries its steep $375,000 price tag.

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johnstarnes · 10-29-2009, 08:23 PM

Those fibers are quite flexible....pure carbon? A matrix? I don't understand carbon fiber construction.

F14CRAZY · 10-29-2009, 08:35 PM

wow that was a lot for the eyes

carbon fiber construction is much like fiberglass. You have glass fibers bound together by a resin or epoxy. Both the fibers and the resin are strong by themselves but become much stronger when they bind each other together.

Carbon fiber is just a lot stronger than fiberglass (and is considered cool and exotic)

10-29-2009, 08:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
GMusa 6.2 Liter LS3 V8 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio. U.S.A! Posts: 3,101	VIDEO: Weaving the Lexus LFA's carbon fiber A-pillar is mesmerizing VIDEO: Weaving the Lexus LFA's carbon fiber A-pillar is mesmerizing If you read our First Drive of the Lexus LFA, you might recall an interesting little factoid we threw in to illustrate the OCD-level of detail Toyota used to produce its first ever supercar. With over 150 years of looming experience, ToMoCo owns a rotary weaver -- one of two in existence -- which it repurposed to create the carbon fiber A-pillars on the LFA. The process is mindbogglingly awe-inspiring and we were finally able to snag video of the device in action. Make the jump to check it out and get a better idea of why the LFA carries its steep $375,000 price tag. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/29/v...lar/#continued __________________ -JD My Ride: 2005 Ford Mustang GT Coupe (Getting ready to trade up!) Project Car: 1969 Javelin SST 290 Family's Cars: -2010 Ford Fusion SE (Sport Blue) -2007 Chevy Cobalt Sedan LT -2007 Pontiac Grand Prix GT -1997 Chevy Camaro V6 30th Anniversary Edition -1998 Ford Taurus SE -1997 Oldsmobile Acheiva Sedan

10-29-2009, 08:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnstarnes 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tampa Posts: 5,730	Re: VIDEO: Weaving the Lexus LFA's carbon fiber A-pillar is mesmerizing Those fibers are quite flexible....pure carbon? A matrix? I don't understand carbon fiber construction. __________________ "The only normal people are the ones you don't know well". unknown

10-29-2009, 08:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
F14CRAZY 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dimondale, MI Drives: '89 Buick Reatta Posts: 6,227	Re: VIDEO: Weaving the Lexus LFA's carbon fiber A-pillar is mesmerizing wow that was a lot for the eyes carbon fiber construction is much like fiberglass. You have glass fibers bound together by a resin or epoxy. Both the fibers and the resin are strong by themselves but become much stronger when they bind each other together. Carbon fiber is just a lot stronger than fiberglass (and is considered cool and exotic) __________________ Owner of vehicles powered by a Buick even-fire V6, Chevy 60 degree OHV V6, a big block Buick V8, and a quadrozontal Triple-X08:take your hybrids and shove em up yer ass, i'll take my fuel injection and carburetors, and still make 30+ mpg. and i wont look like a douchebag driving it.

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