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 […]
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on various improvements to help with the production of the B8 “OEM” carbon fiber vent and MMI pieces. I spent the last day or so making simple foam molds that help support the pieces under vacuum. Previous brackets would cave in under full vacuum. Running the pump […]
We’ve made a bunch of progress on these pieces in the last week or so. First and foremost, we got the bag system running multiple parts now. We’ve also made an upgrade to the molds that I’ll detail in a separate post because it is a neat little process. We’ve also had to deal with […]
Got a bunch of these in a little bit ago and have begun production on them. The goal will be to produce these in a 8 harness satin weave (8HS) so that they are similar to the OEM carbon atlas trim found in the B8 S4. We’re going to be doing these pieces differently than […]
A few months ago I got in contact with a member on Audizine to see if he was interested in having my first custom yellow carbon/kevlar trim set in his car. He happily obliged. I worked on his set and watched the progress he made on his car. So while it has taken a while to get […]
and I couldn’t be happier with how they turned out. Now I just need to have someone local test fit them and I can start offering them. I’m going to try to offer them for between $400 and $600, but with cores it is going to be kind of tricky. I’m going to see about […]
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 […]
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 […]
With a little bit of resin on the pieces you can start to see their true color (especially compared to the pieces with just raw fabric). These pieces will be going in the oven for cure in the next few days and then sanded smooth. After that, they’ll be ready for clearcoat.
I’ve done a few blue and red carbon kevlar sets for the B8 recently, so I figured I’d give a go at some colored B5 sets. These sets are in the beginning stages of production and will darken up considerably once the resin and clearcoat has been applied, but you can get a good idea […]
Few more pictures of a finished 5HS carbon fiber. It will be getting installed this weekend so I should have tons of good pictures of it in the car very soon.
