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Old 06-15-2013, 09:47 PM
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Still looking for more people to commit to this. Only have one for certain right now.
If you want to generate some interest, you should probably set up something like this:

If 1-5 people buy the price will be $X
If 6-10 people buy the price will be $X
If 10+ people buy the price will be $X

Start a sign up list and put an end date on the group buy. This seems to be the most successful sales format for vendors on most forums.

Just telling people to contact you without listing any prices will do nothing for your sales.
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Originally Posted by FASN8N
Start a sign up list and put an end date on the group buy. This seems to be the most successful sales format for vendors on most forums.

Just telling people to contact you without listing any prices will do nothing for your sales.
We will do that once we've got a few more sets under our belt. I can't figure out how much it costs us to produce these until I've done a few of them. I also need installed pictures of the sets.

Right now, the pricing is cheaper than it will be for any group buy because I'm giving a significant discount to help me develop them. I do not want to post pricing because I do not want people to expect these cheap prices in the future.
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This is going to cover every piece of the interior trim, correct? To include the sliding covers for the center consol, ash tray covers.. If I did this I'd want everything with factory trim covered in CF.
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This is going to cover every piece of the interior trim, correct? To include the sliding covers for the center consol, ash tray covers.. If I did this I'd want everything with factory trim covered in CF.
Every piece. We're still not 100% sure on the sliding piece yet, as I'm not totally sure if we'll be able to wrap it and maintain functionality (we're going to try), but worse case we just paint it black.
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Every piece. We're still not 100% sure on the sliding piece yet, as I'm not totally sure if we'll be able to wrap it and maintain functionality (we're going to try), but worse case we just paint it black.
Interesting, I'm not sure about painting it. I'm big on uniformity, if I paint it black I'd want it to match the same "shade" of black as everything else that's black. I'm not trying to be difficult, I just want it all to flow. I'm sure other members would agree with me on this.
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I will be sending my interior pieces soon. Was suppose to have already done it but haven't had time at the shop to pull them off. I did talk to Matt about the center sliding piece. He is going to attempt to cover it in CF. I will post up pics if it works out.
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Originally Posted by FromM3toAMG
Interesting, I'm not sure about painting it. I'm big on uniformity, if I paint it black I'd want it to match the same "shade" of black as everything else that's black. I'm not trying to be difficult, I just want it all to flow. I'm sure other members would agree with me on this.
We'd use a paint specific to interior trim, called "Interior Trim Black" ironically enough. It tends to match black plastic interior trim pieces and has a bit of a matte texture to it (but not much). We wouldn't use a standard gloss or anything of that nature.
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Originally Posted by Manuyc
i would buy a set if the price is right too
Shoot me an email to get a quote if you haven't already.

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First set of core trim arrived yesterday. We'll get started on tearing it down today. I'll post pictures as we make progress.

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We can still do a few more of these discounted sets for people. Shoot an email to matt@ocarbon.com if you're interested.

Chrome bits removed (they'll be reapplied once we're all done):



Wood is sanded down to make room for the carbon and epoxy:




Fabric being sized out. We'll be wrapping the carbon on Monday:

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Still looking for more people, we've only sold two of these. Email me if you're interested.

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Bonding epoxy on the pieces:



The fabric going down:





Epoxy will go on in the next few days. More pics to follow.
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Bunch more progress. These will get trimmed and sanded smooth in the next few days:





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looks good man.. i want the black and red fiber..
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looks good man.. i want the black and red fiber..
Shoot me an email at matt@ocarbon.com if you want a red/black set. We haven't done any colored sets for the W211 yet, so I can give you a good price.
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if I did id do it white, like my current wrap
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Originally Posted by berti_00
if I did id do it white, like my current wrap
We can't do it in white. There is a dyed white fiberglass, but it stains very easily and ends up looking yellow from the epoxy.

We can do the silver carbon though.
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Pieces are being trimmed and sanded soon. Should be clearcoated tomorrow.

We're still looking for more people who want a discounted set, particularly of some of the custom colors and weaves. Email me at matt@ocarbon.com if you're interested.

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Looks nice. I wouldn't mind seeing a real CF roof overlay!
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First set has been clearcoated. We'll get this set polished up and attach the chrome bits:



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PM Sent! Matt....I'm very interested in this. I'd be happy to be a guinea pig.
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So what's the update on this?
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So what's the update on this?
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PM me a price....or group buy?
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I'll post some more pictures shortly.


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