oCarbon.com - looking for a few members to help us develop carbon fiber interior trim
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oCarbon.com - looking for a few members to help us develop carbon fiber interior trim
Hey guys,
My name is Matt and I'm the owner of oCarbon. We've been hand making real carbon fiber interior trim sets for high end European vehicles for the last 9 years (mostly Audis and BMWs) and are now looking to offer our services to Mercedes owners.
We need to find a few E55 owners who'd like to have some carbon fiber interior trim made for their vehicles. We'd be able to offer a pretty significant discount to anyone willing to send us their trim for a few weeks while we manufacture a set for them.
These sets would be made using actual carbon fiber, epoxy, and clearcoat (no fake vinyl or stickers or anything else of that nature) wrapped over an OEM set of trim for a perfect OEM fit. Different fabric weaves and colors are available for a more custom look.
Our standard pricing on these sets will be very competitive, and those that take advantage of this introductory offer will get heavily discounted sets.
Interested? Shoot an email to matt@ocarbon.com with your full vehicle info (model, year, chasis code, auto/manual, what type of trim is currently in the vehicle) along with what you'd be interested in. If you've got good photography skills and are willing to help us with installed pictures and/or an install guide, this would be appreciated as well.
Check out some of the vehicles we've done in our gallery: ocarbon.com/gallery
See some of the more custom pieces we've done in our blog: http://ocarbon.com/blog
Few pictures of recent sets:
Frequently asked questions
Q: Can you give me a little more info about the process?
A: Sure. You'd remove your current trim and ship it to us. We would take the original trim, remove excess material, wrap it with real carbon fiber, coat it with epoxy, sand it smooth, spray it with clearcoat, and buff it to a shine. The whole process takes about 3-4 weeks, and we'd then return the set back to you.
Q: So you won't be making molded pieces?
A: Nope. We've found that molded interior trim pieces never really fit right and they don't look as good as overlaid parts. Using an original OEM piece as a base means all the OEM tabs for a perfect fit.
Q: What about the added carbon? Won't that make the pieces bigger?
A: No. We sand down wood cores and we remove the aluminum from aluminum cores to make room for the extra carbon fiber and epoxy. We rarely have any fit issues with pieces, and we guarantee fitment, so if for some reason something doesn't fit quite right, we'll fix it until it does.
Q: Where are these pieces made? I'm worried about quality from overseas companies.
A: Everything is made in house in our facility in Glendale, AZ. We control the process from start to finish. It costs more, but the end quality is much, much higher.
Q: Speaking of quality, can you give me more info about the materials you use?
A: Most companies use a cheap 5.7oz 2x2 twill fabric for their parts. This fabric has gaps in the weave and can be susceptible to weave distortion around complex corners. We only use name brand (mostly Japanese based Toray) 11oz 2x2 twill, that has a much thicker and tighter weave. Again, it costs more, but it makes a huge difference in how the end product works. We also use only the highest end epoxies that have UV inhibitors to prohibit fading and yellowing. We finish the pieces in high-solids polyurethane clearcoat for a deep, glossy shine.
Q: Since I'm helping you out with development, shouldn't these sets be super cheap or free for me?
A: We're a small company, just myself and a few employees. We'd love to be able to just give the first few sets away, but we don't have a ton of capital to be able to develop a bunch of new products, so we're asking a few of you to share the cost of development with us. You'll get a fantastic set of real carbon fiber trim for your vehicle, at 20-40% of the cost of some of our competitors. It's a win-win for both of us.
Q: What about a warranty?
A: We offer a full, one year warranty on every product we sell, even these development products.
Q: Can you make other interior parts? Exterior parts?
A: Probably. We're focusing on interior trim parts for now, and might be open to simple overlaid exterior parts. Email us if you'd like a quote.
Q: You didn't answer a question I had.
A: Shoot an email to matt@ocarbon.com and I'll do my best to help you.
My name is Matt and I'm the owner of oCarbon. We've been hand making real carbon fiber interior trim sets for high end European vehicles for the last 9 years (mostly Audis and BMWs) and are now looking to offer our services to Mercedes owners.
We need to find a few E55 owners who'd like to have some carbon fiber interior trim made for their vehicles. We'd be able to offer a pretty significant discount to anyone willing to send us their trim for a few weeks while we manufacture a set for them.
These sets would be made using actual carbon fiber, epoxy, and clearcoat (no fake vinyl or stickers or anything else of that nature) wrapped over an OEM set of trim for a perfect OEM fit. Different fabric weaves and colors are available for a more custom look.
Our standard pricing on these sets will be very competitive, and those that take advantage of this introductory offer will get heavily discounted sets.
Interested? Shoot an email to matt@ocarbon.com with your full vehicle info (model, year, chasis code, auto/manual, what type of trim is currently in the vehicle) along with what you'd be interested in. If you've got good photography skills and are willing to help us with installed pictures and/or an install guide, this would be appreciated as well.
Check out some of the vehicles we've done in our gallery: ocarbon.com/gallery
See some of the more custom pieces we've done in our blog: http://ocarbon.com/blog
Few pictures of recent sets:
Frequently asked questions
Q: Can you give me a little more info about the process?
A: Sure. You'd remove your current trim and ship it to us. We would take the original trim, remove excess material, wrap it with real carbon fiber, coat it with epoxy, sand it smooth, spray it with clearcoat, and buff it to a shine. The whole process takes about 3-4 weeks, and we'd then return the set back to you.
Q: So you won't be making molded pieces?
A: Nope. We've found that molded interior trim pieces never really fit right and they don't look as good as overlaid parts. Using an original OEM piece as a base means all the OEM tabs for a perfect fit.
Q: What about the added carbon? Won't that make the pieces bigger?
A: No. We sand down wood cores and we remove the aluminum from aluminum cores to make room for the extra carbon fiber and epoxy. We rarely have any fit issues with pieces, and we guarantee fitment, so if for some reason something doesn't fit quite right, we'll fix it until it does.
Q: Where are these pieces made? I'm worried about quality from overseas companies.
A: Everything is made in house in our facility in Glendale, AZ. We control the process from start to finish. It costs more, but the end quality is much, much higher.
Q: Speaking of quality, can you give me more info about the materials you use?
A: Most companies use a cheap 5.7oz 2x2 twill fabric for their parts. This fabric has gaps in the weave and can be susceptible to weave distortion around complex corners. We only use name brand (mostly Japanese based Toray) 11oz 2x2 twill, that has a much thicker and tighter weave. Again, it costs more, but it makes a huge difference in how the end product works. We also use only the highest end epoxies that have UV inhibitors to prohibit fading and yellowing. We finish the pieces in high-solids polyurethane clearcoat for a deep, glossy shine.
Q: Since I'm helping you out with development, shouldn't these sets be super cheap or free for me?
A: We're a small company, just myself and a few employees. We'd love to be able to just give the first few sets away, but we don't have a ton of capital to be able to develop a bunch of new products, so we're asking a few of you to share the cost of development with us. You'll get a fantastic set of real carbon fiber trim for your vehicle, at 20-40% of the cost of some of our competitors. It's a win-win for both of us.
Q: What about a warranty?
A: We offer a full, one year warranty on every product we sell, even these development products.
Q: Can you make other interior parts? Exterior parts?
A: Probably. We're focusing on interior trim parts for now, and might be open to simple overlaid exterior parts. Email us if you'd like a quote.
Q: You didn't answer a question I had.
A: Shoot an email to matt@ocarbon.com and I'll do my best to help you.
Last edited by oCarbon; 06-04-2013 at 07:21 PM.
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Looks good. I have a piece I need redone. What is the pricing looking like for the whole interior and will you offer single pieces? Also many have said they can do a real CF interior in the past on the forum so I do hope this works out even though it would mean I would no longer have one of the very few with a full real CF interior.
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Looks good. I have a piece I need redone. What is the pricing looking like for the whole interior and will you offer single pieces? Also many have said they can do a real CF interior in the past on the forum so I do hope this works out even though it would mean I would no longer have one of the very few with a full real CF interior.
All we do is real carbon interiors, its pretty much all we've done for almost 10 years now. I like to think we're pretty good at it.
We've actually done one E55 before. It turned out really nice.
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Looks very good. You've got my attention. You guys need an E63 W211 AMG donor car?? Feel free to PM for details. What's your location anyways?
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How about a Group Buy price? I am sure you'd have a lot of interested parties if you set one up.
Forget the guineas, let's go straight for the Group buy! The pieces look awesome.
How about a Group Buy price? I am sure you'd have a lot of interested parties if you set one up.
Forget the guineas, let's go straight for the Group buy! The pieces look awesome.
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3-4 weeks.
We've done quite a few 996 pieces. Email me if you'd like a quote.http://ocarbon.com/gallery/porsche/joey
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Group buy pricing is going to be significantly higher than pricing right now. This is as cheap as its going to get. Once we get a few of these under our belt, the pricing will go up considerably.
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Pretty much any color you want. Red, blue, yellow, and silver are pretty popular. http://ocarbon.com/blog/tag/kevlar/
Shoot an email to matt@ocarbon.com and I can get you a quote.
Shoot an email to matt@ocarbon.com and I can get you a quote.
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Just to be clear, we aren't charging anywhere near $3-4k. This is what our competitors charge.
These sets are under $1k without the need for a group buy.
These sets are under $1k without the need for a group buy.
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I'm confused.
You said you're not going to charge anywhere near your competitors ($3-$4k), yet when 'santon' above said 500-600, you said, "not going to be able to go that low for the E55".
Now, you're saying under $1K for a set without the need for a group buy.
So you're basically saying your company's price is $700-$900(max).
Am I missing something here?
You said you're not going to charge anywhere near your competitors ($3-$4k), yet when 'santon' above said 500-600, you said, "not going to be able to go that low for the E55".
Now, you're saying under $1K for a set without the need for a group buy.
So you're basically saying your company's price is $700-$900(max).
Am I missing something here?
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Nope, you're not missing anything.