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 W212 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. I have been able to find used sets of W212 trim for about $400-500 if you wish to purchase an extra core instead of sending in your trim.

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.

 

We got our first W212 core a few days ago.

I'll keep this thread updated as we continue working on the trim:





We've got this set stripped down and started to get carbon on it:




Fabric is on, epoxy will be added over the next few days:

 

Some progress on the W212 pieces. After this epoxy is cured, we'll get these pieces sanded smooth and ready for clearcoat.

 

Would you ever be offering a core exchange product?

 

I can on these. Email me if you're interested.

 

Set has been clearcoated. A few teaser photos, I'll have more pictures of the full set in the next couple days.

 

looks nice i need to send u some pieces that i have that need to be CF'd

 

Few more pics of all the W212 pieces. We just need to let these cure a little bit more and we can start reaffixing all the chrome pieces. There are a few specs of dust in the clear, but those will polish out very easily for a mirror finish.

Won't be much longer before we can get them installed and get some installed pictures.

 

Got the first W212 set installed. A few small pieces need some minor adjustments to fit correctly, but the majority of the set fit perfectly and looks amazing.

Pictures of the set before the install:






Getting the door pieces back together:











Getting everything buttoned up:








Few pics in the sun:







Still need to finish up the last two pieces for the center console:

 

I've seen their work on cts-v's (I have one for the track) and its stellar. Please pm me pricing for a full set on a 2010 IF you can prep a set so I send you my cores and am not down more than a few days. Great stuff!

 

Thank you. I'm really proud of our CTS-V stuff. I've sent you a PM.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

Still looking for W212 owners who want a discounted set of interior trim. Email me at matt@ocarbon.com if you'd like a quote.

 

We're still building out our website and need some good installed pictures of these sets, so I can still offer the development discount.

Email me at matt@ocarbon.com if you'd like a quote.

 

All emails responded to. Still having trouble finding people willing to follow through on this, particularly because we haven't received any good installed pictures of the trim from the those we have sent the trim to.

If you'd like to get a discounted set and have a good camera setup (and will make an effort to get me some good installed pictures), email me at matt@ocarbon.com and I can get you a great quote on this trim.

 

We're still looking for more W212 owners who would like to have a set made. Shoot me an email at matt@ocarbon.com if you're interested.

Few pics of recent Benz pieces that have turned out very nice:

 

have you done any 14's yet?? id be interested in buying a set rather than permanently not having my oem set. Great work though

 

I haven't done a 2014 yet. Is it the same as other W212s? I think I'll have a few extra W212 interior sets of trim on the way to me shortly, so we can probably work something out.

Email me at matt@ocarbon.com.

 

no its actually different i think now that i look at mine here are two pictures of each!





see how they put the clock in and the wood trim goes over the vents, was just wondering if you would have an extra set of the 14 lights laying around. Thanks!

 

hello,

i wanted to do the carbon trim on my c63 2012. please email me the details and process.

Thank you,
Ahmad

 

Do you have any w211 kits?

 

Shouldn't be a problem, as long as we have a core set of trim to work with, we can make pretty much anything.

Yes, we do. Lots more pics of W211 stuff here.

 

Can you use a smaller weave pattern?

 

We can use whatever fabric you'd want. Most people choose the 2x2 twill because it is the classic "carbon fiber look." But if you have something else in mind, or what something custom or a colored fabric, just let me know.

 

Few pictures of a custom shift knob we just finished. Turned out really nice.

 

Just got done clearcoating a W212 AMG center console. If you're interested in having a set made, email me at matt@ocarbon.com