carbon fiber09.05.2011

Want to win our carbon fiber funnel?  We’re giving it away to the first person who can win our little scavenger hunt.  First person to post the correct answer in response to this post on our Facebook page will get the funnel.  Only one guess per person, so make your first guess count.

Ready to play?

Clues:

1. We’re looking for a number.  It is a number between 1 and 1652.
2. I have personally posted this number somewhere on the internet.
3. Chances are, I posted this number on the oCarbon Facebook page, in the oCarbon blog, or on a major forum we sponsor (www.audizine.com, www.euroaddiction.net, www.ctsvowners.com, and www.cadillacforums.com).
4. This number can be found in an image I personally posted.
5. This image was posted in the last 3 months.
6. The number takes up the majority of the image.
7. The image contains a lot of the color red.

carbon fiber08.31.2011

A few months ago, there was a pretty funny post on Audizine involving a funnel (I’m sure a few of you know what I’m talking about).

To celebrate what has become an inside joke on the forums, we went ahead and made the worlds best carbon fiber funnel and we’re giving it away to one of our Facebook fans.  It is guaranteed* to speed up your oil change times, as well as improve your engine’s performance.

We’re not sure how we’re going to give it away yet, so we’re looking for ideas.  Should we have a funnel themed photo contest?  Another random drawing?  Maybe you’ve got a better idea on the fairest way to give this bad boy out.  If so, post up your ideas on our Facebook page and let us know what you think.

*not a guarantee

audi, carbon fiber03.29.2011

I have been promised better pictures this weekend when the owner has a bit more time to take proper ones.

He says he is very happy with the pieces.  They all fit perfectly and the install was “a breeze.”

He did note that there were some subtle differences between the fabrics but they are unnoticeable once the pieces are installed because they are not adjacent to each other in the cabin.

bmw, carbon fiber03.25.2011

and it will be shipping out shortly.  We just need to give it a few days to cure before it gets a final polish and gets shipped out.

I’ll make sure to post a bunch of pictures after everything is installed.

audi, carbon fiber03.18.2011

and I couldn’t be happier.  I’m sorry these aren’t the best photos, but I wanted to post these up today because of how great they turned out.  I’ll get the mini studio setup later this weekend and take some better photos and post them on Monday.

MMI piece re-assembled.  I will not be including the button if you ordered a set of these, you’ll have to pop in your own.  I just stuck it in so you could see what it looked like installed.

I’m pretty happy with the gap and how flush the piece is.  There is still a very slight overhang as the carbon piece is just ever so slightly thicker.  I’m going to see about ordering even thinner mounting tape and will continue to see if I can improve this aspect of the piece, but I don’t think anyone will be unhappy with how it currently is.

It is nice to see the detail in the ridge of the piece along the bottom and right hand side.  It was nonexistent on the hand laid pieces, but is perfect on these ones that have been vacuum bagged.

I took some more photos of the vent piece under the same lighting for comparison.

Love how deep the gloss is.

I was concerned before I started these pieces on whether or not I could get the chrome ring flush or not, but as you can see after the fact, it turned out perfect.