dre5373

I'm sure patience will prove to be a virtue my friend! Can't wait to see how yours turns out!

Like I said previously, having second thoughts about caliper colors. I grabbed the first matching pair of contoured items I could find to paint to get some opinions of the current options. What do you guys think? I'm leaning towards Maverick's opinion that the burnt copper may not be bold enough for gloss black rims. The other color is VHT "Red Fire". Thoughts?

dre5373

More pics from oCarbon, I'm getting excited now!!!

cm60k

WaaaW, soo nice Dustin,,

looks like you have a gold pieces from a space ship....-

ZAYED,,

New Benzo

Nvm I saw it was your original parts.

tommy

Mmmmmm, very nice! Mine had better be right behind yours.

dre5373

Thanks brother!

Well, sorta...purchased new trim to send since I still do love the Birdseye!

This will put a smile on your face then...one more teaser pic Matt sent me last night, and............Matt said they should be going out today! You're one step closer my friend

Richardmozis

The burnt copper would be the best - I mean they paint the best calipers in that color.

tommy

Sure does, that looks awesome. Glad that the quality is really there.

I think a Mt Dew color would look great on your car. I take it you're sticking with doing this yourself and not farming it out? Powdercoating would allow for more color options, and last longer.

maverik259

lol they also paint that exact caliper in red...ie the clk63bs coupe! haha

ps is that real cf or like a look alike material? it just looks a bit off from the cf items i have and have worked with in the past...i'm not familiar with "ocarbon"

dre5373

Yeah, of the two I was considering, the fire red doesn't look as nice after some consideration. Wish I could get a set of those though!

Hmmm! Hadn't considered that! I had thought of matt electric blue, but a chartreuse might be tasty

I didn't know the carbon ceramics were available on the CLK BS...learn something new all the time here Was that a ROTW option?

Yup, real cf...they pull the aluminum off the base or sand down your wood trim for a real cf overlay. The pics Matt sent were pretty small, I'll post PLENTY of pics when it gets here

JonMBZ

That carbon looks sick, how much ?

New Benzo

Hey dre why don't you give us a quote on the CF mod? there could be a lot of potential customers including myself depending on what the price of this mod is.

maverik259

i meant the c63, lol sorry

mkonei

Let me know how everything looks when it comes back please. I wanted to do the same with my interior, but I have the aluminum trim. Thanks!

tommy

I don't want to speak for him, but I will. Probably best to speak to Matt at O'Carbon directly. There is no standard pricing ATM on his Benz work, since Dustin and I are the only two Benzes as far as I know that he's worked on, so the pricing is in flux, I'm sure.

He also does best on email, btw.

dre5373

Depends on what you decide to have done. I got more than the standard trim, so I'm not sure how much it'll be if you guys are looking for just the standard trim...and I don't know how long the "developmental" pricing will last. I'd guess maybe less than 1K for the standard trim if developmental pricing is still in effect, but I really can't say for sure!!!

Gotcha lol

*Should* be in my hands on Friday, I'll post pics this w/e! Aluminum trim works just fine to skin, most of the trim I sent was aluminum.

Agreed, I didn't request a breakout of how much each piece was, I sent the whole grocery list b/c I already knew what I wanted...Matt responds pretty quickly via email though if anyone is interested

I still haven't had a chance to take pics of the suede samples, I'll make sure to do so this w/e when I have the trim. Got a TCU tune at the EC DC open house too, I'll give a review after I can put some miles on it but pleased so far!

tommy

Got pics of my cf trim overnight. Posted on my gallery and build thread here.

The blue cf is subtle, but you can see it in the light. Work looks awesome!

I should be able to slap my stuff on my car by the end of the month.

dre5373

Sorry it's been a while to update fellas, between being sick for 2 weeks, work and family issues there hasn't been much free time. Here's a few pics of the CF center console installed. I haven't done the doors yet because I'm waiting on the door pulls so I only have to pull the panels off once. Should be here soon though...

Also, I'm enjoying the EC TCU tune so far. I've had a hangup on the 2nd to 3rd shift once or twice but haven't let it sit overnight with the battery disconnected due to lack of time. I'll let you all know how that goes when I have a chance.

Richardmozis

That CF looks amazing!

scrwmpwr

CF with the ash interior looks amazing

tommy

Looks awesome installed!

I'm in the same boat - waiting for a couple of pieces still, then will do it all at once.

EDgineered

Trim looks great man.

Whats up with the hangup? Its just not shifting and holding 2nd?

Vette Moto

Great thread. Post-7 months, what's the latest on everything now?

C230 Mulac

+1, that CF trim looks sick. How do I get a hold of this Matt O'Carbon guy?

dre5373

Seems to be ok now, I think I just needed to get used to how hard it shifts at wot lol

Sorry for the lack of updates fellas, been dealing with my step-mom having lung cancer, new job and new gf so modding has taken a bit of a back seat. Chemo for my step-mom has been going better than the doctors say they could ever have hoped for though so that's fantastic.

Rear calipers are still half stripped and UDP still hasn't been installed but given that things are settling down hopefully I'll get back to those projects in the next few weeks. Still waiting on the last 2 pieces from Ocarbon (my fault, not Matt, for above reasons). I have installed the passenger front though

Thinking about maybe getting black door pulls, I mocked it up with the pulls from the black C32 panels I got the donor trim from...what do you guys think?

Mulac, pretty sure the email is matt@ocarbon.com, I'll double check for you...