audi10.10.2012

I’ve got one of these sets left, ready to ship. It’s a full set for an A5/S5.  It includes the doors, shifter, and both the vent and MMI pieces.

Full sets are normally $1000, and the upgraded RS5 fabric is also usually $100 more. Combined with free shipping, you’d be saving $225 off the normal price for one of these sets.

These are done in an upgraded 20oz 2×2 twill fabric that normally runs an additional $100. This upgraded fabric has more strands of carbon woven into it so it has a thicker, chunkier weave. I’m pretty sure this will end up being the same OEM carbon weave found on the upcoming RS5. I’ve only made a handful of these sets for the A5/S5 in this particular fabric so you’ll get something a little more custom and rare. Last customer that got a set with this fabric was very happy with it.

Email me at matt@ocarbon.com if you have any questions or want to take it.

Price: $900 Shipping: Free via FedEx Ground to US based customers, $25-30 to Canada.

Core deposit: $400 – this is refundable. Once you install the carbon fiber trim you can return your original trim back to us and the $300 will be refunded in full. Pieces included: Full 7 piece set, including 4 doors, 1 shifter that fits both auto and manual vehicles, 2 vent and MMI pieces.

Pics:

audi06.06.2011

Custom order from a very good customer of mine.  OEM 5 star center caps wrapped in 20oz 2×2 twill.  I’m very excited to see how these look on the car.  I love subtle touches of carbon like this that might not get noticed by the average person.

audi, production05.26.2011

We got the cores in from Germany yesterday, so I can start production on these in the next few days.

By my count I have about 25 A4/S4 vent and MMI sets of cores, and close to 10 A5/S5 sets as well, so hopefully after this group buy is completed I’ll have plenty of cores at my disposal to continue making these matching carbon fiber pieces.

Alex @ Europrice took care of our pretty big order of cores and once again, was awesome to work with (can’t recommend him enough for sourcing OEM parts).

Also made sure I had plenty of the matching fabric in stock so I could get started on these right away.

Keep an eye on the blog and the forums for updates on how these pieces are coming along.

audi, carbon fiber09.15.2010

Got these pieces clearcoated up today.  I’ll probably wetsand them down a bit and do another few layers of clearcoat because I really want these pieces to look good.

After sanding and before clearcoat.

After the first few coats.

Couple of detail shots on the vent piece.

Few closeups of the MMI piece.

Keep in mind the colors on these photos aren’t 100% accurate.  They have a bit of a pink tone to them because of the lighting in the shop (the fluorescent lights with the skylights are making the colors goofy).  After these firm up a bit I’ll take them out in the sun and get some pictures in natural lighting.

audi09.11.2010

More and more B8 customers have been asking me if they could get vent and MMI pieces made in carbon fiber that matched the OEM carbon atlas trim.  I had some extra cores laying around so I figured I’d give it a shot.

The fabric I’m using for this is an 8 harness satin weave (8HS).  From what I can tell, it is identical to the fabric used on the OEM pieces.  While I’m confident that the fabric will be a match (or a very close match) I’m still uncertain of how close of a match the overall pieces will be.  Audi tends to use resins that have a slight brown tint to them, where as mine are totally clear.  Audi’s pieces are popped out of a mold and unfinished, where as mine are clearcoated and polished.  The only way to find out how close of a match they are is to go ahead and start making them.

These aren’t the best photos, but since the pieces are still in production and have a while to go, it doesn’t matter much.  I’ll take some better pics after I trim off the excess fabric and sand them smooth.

Up first is the vent piece.  If you look close, you can see the outlines of the edges of the piece.

The MMI piece.

Few detail shots of the fabric.