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Old 10-21-2014, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ArashApollo
Those pieces look great! Would love to see some pics of custom orders with different color fabrics. Any pics of Kevlar pieces?
Just a few - this is the only kevlar set we've done for a 991:





Old 10-21-2014, 03:36 PM
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I'm making some progress on the silver reflection pieces. The red ones will be coming out of the oven soon and be prepped for clearcoat:





Old 10-21-2014, 04:24 PM
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if this was my thing, none of the negative experiences would deter me from using vendor's services. i would understand that this isn't exactly the type of work that is going to be quick and/or easy and for the price, its not exactly high margin given the amount of work. i'm not passing judgement on any of the parties but just my objective observations. i would buy new pieces and send off to vendor as cores
Old 10-22-2014, 11:57 AM
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Silver reflection pieces definitely are my favorite. Looking forward to some installed pics.
Old 10-22-2014, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ArashApollo
Silver reflection pieces definitely are my favorite. Looking forward to some installed pics.
Mine too, but the set is unsold, so I'm not certain when I will have installed pics yet.
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Still waiting for an answer regarding a 991 defuser
Old 10-23-2014, 02:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Homeles
Still waiting for an answer regarding a 991 defuser
Not exactly sure what your question is. I responded to an email asking about a diffuser possibly being molded, but it seemed like the inquiry was wanting a cheaper option than what other vendors offered, which I wouldn't be able to provide (molding/tooling costs are pretty high).

As far as doing one in a custom fabric, it's probably not something we're interested in doing at the moment. These types fabrics are pretty fragile, so keeping a tight/straight weave is extremely difficult, particularly on larger pieces like diffusers.
Old 10-25-2014, 01:25 PM
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Getting close on this red set. The pieces got trimmed and sanded out:





And then shot with a few coats clear:




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Few more pics. Now that these are all clearcoated, we'll get them wetsanded and polished and shipped. I'll take a few more pics in proper lighting before they go out the door.





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Some pics of the red reflective trim before it got shipped out:











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If it doesn't make it go faster, don't buy it.
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Another custom set shipped, this one in a silver reflective material. It's a standard 2x2 twill carbon fiber with threads of silver running through it. You can check out some installed pics of it here.








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A couple of people have asked if we can do the door trim. We can, but we need the pieces sent to us. These two will be wrapped up and shipped out shortly:

Old 12-19-2014, 05:18 PM
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I'm very happy with how the door pieces turned out:









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I'm going to guess this has been covered before but....... Do they have to be gloss finish? Can you make matt versions, almost like the nearly finished versions above?


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