Dissident’s Hand-Built Automotive Component Parts Elevated by SHD’s Advanced Materials
SHD Composites, Dissident Automotive and AGN Composites are working in partnership to bring a cost-effective, high-clarity carbon fibre prepreg solution to Dissident's range of exclusive aftermarket Porsche components, designed and hand-built entirely in the UK.
Dissident Automotive designs premium, direct-replacement carbon fibre components for the Porsche 911 and 718 models. It’s manufacturing partner in the UK, AGN Composites, engineers those components in-house at its UK manufacturing facility to exacting, no-exceptions, original OEM standards.
The Challenge: A Premium Visual Finish at a Cost-Effective Price
AGN Composites and SHD partnered to develop a prepreg system capable of delivering showroom-quality surface finish for Dissident’s component parts, without the handling difficulties or costs often associated with premium visual prepregs.
As a UK-manufacturer producing intricate, highly visual exterior parts entirely in-house — from ducktails and splitters to side sills and wing blades — AGN wanted a material that would behave predictably on the shop floor, drape cleanly over complex moulds and showcase the weave beneath a mirror-quality lacquer finish, all while supporting efficient, cost-effective production.
The Solution: Proven Material Performance Alongside Industry-Leading Technical Support
Consistent with SHD Composite's renowned technical service, quality products, short lead times and responsiveness, MTC510-1 advanced prepreg system was developed alongside AGN for Dissident's range of visual components.
SHD's technical team worked closely with AGN Composites to optimise handling, lay-up and processing parameters to achieve the best possible material performance for Dissident, alongside a more efficient, repeatable production process.
The Material
MTC510-1: A cost-effective hot melt prepreg engineered with optimised handling characteristics, purpose-built to produce visual carbon fibre components. It handles comparably to a solvented prepreg system, offering AGN’s manufacturing team familiar, predictable processing, while delivering the exceptional clarity and visual quality needed for Dissident’s showroom-finish components — all at a cost-effective price point that supports original OEM production quality at scale.
The Result
The results speak for themselves. Dissident Automotive's carbon fibre components are hand-built by AGN Composites in the UK to a standard that rivals original OEM parts, combining exceptional visual clarity with strength and precision.
MTC510-1 is now used throughout Dissident's range of exterior and cosmetic components, giving every ducktail, splitter, diffuser and side sill the flawless finish that has become the hallmark of the Dissident brand — produced efficiently and cost-effectively by AGN without compromising on quality.
With market-leading technical support and a proven range of advanced prepreg materials, SHD Composites is the partner of choice for manufacturers producing high-quality visual carbon fibre components.
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