Carbon Fiber Products
The camera doesn’t really do these pieces justice (my cheapo digital that is covered in resin coupled with fluorescent lights in the warehouse). The look like a bright red and blue, but in person they are more of a deep, subtle color. Once I add the resin, they will darken up a bit as well.
I’ll continue to post pictures of these sets as I run through the production stages.
Got the 8HS B8 trim clearcoated a little while ago and it turned out pretty good. These pieces should look very similar to the OEM carbon fiber trim, minus the faux metal piece that sits on the edges of the OEM set.
Just got done clearcoating the first set made with the new 5 harness satin (5HS) fabric I just got in. It is a 6k 11oz fabric, so it is pretty high quality. At first I wasn’t really sure how I felt about it from an aesthetic standpoint, but now seeing these pieces finally clearcoated I’m pretty happy with how it looks. It is still pretty obvious that it is carbon fiber, as the fabric has a nice thick weave to it, but because it is woven differently than a standard twill, it has a very custom look to it.
Really looking forward to installing this set.
Those of you that are following the blog know that we’ve been making a bunch of sets with new, custom fabric. Now we’ve got the first B5 set with the 8 harness satin (8HS) weave. It is the same type of fabric found on the B8 Audi S4 and S5 OEM carbon fiber trim, so it is kind of cool to see it in a B5. Keep in mind these pieces aren’t finished yet, they still need to be polished up, so there are a few imperfections still on the surface.
Stay tuned for more sets on different makes/models with this fabric.
These last two shots are comparison photos of the 8HS and the 20oz 2×2 twill.
I had posted up about a few custom B8 sets we’ve been working on and we finally got the first one wrapped up. I’m really happy with how it turned out and can’t wait to get some pictures back of it installed.
I hope to have the other custom B8 sets finished by the end of the week.
You can compare these new 20oz shots to some older 11oz 2×2 twill B8 sets we made a few months ago.
