Inner carbon side sills (987 Spyder)
09-14-2018, 12:57 PM
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Inner carbon side sills (987 Spyder)
So...
Here I am.
Trying to review the inner side sills from Carbonlution.
First of all a quick note on the company and their customer service. Five stars. Really. Sam was really helpful and following me up on each step and supporting me and making sure that everything could work on the limited timeframe I had. I could not recommend them enough. Stunning. Now after the purchase they disappeared, but maybe he is in vacation. Nevertheless, no complain about the process and people. Again, rate 10/10!
Let’s move to the product.
Just to make it clear for all the people that, like me, did not know it, this is not a full carbon fibre piece. It’s a standard, normal (original, and this is important) inner side sill from Porsche, that has been covered by a layer of carbon fibre and then lacquered.
The carbon fibre weave is really nice BUT:
The layer is well positioned (no weird conjunction points or weave lacks etc) BUT
Installation is really straightforward (look any youtube video).
In summary:
Would I buy them again? Maybe. My OCD makes me struggle with this not 100% stock solution but I think that for 90% of the people this would simply look amazing. If I should rate it, I’d give it a 7.5/10.
I think I could consider buying from them, with a proper price, the front and side vents surrounds (if they answer to my email :-))
Here I am.
Trying to review the inner side sills from Carbonlution.
First of all a quick note on the company and their customer service. Five stars. Really. Sam was really helpful and following me up on each step and supporting me and making sure that everything could work on the limited timeframe I had. I could not recommend them enough. Stunning. Now after the purchase they disappeared, but maybe he is in vacation. Nevertheless, no complain about the process and people. Again, rate 10/10!
Let’s move to the product.
Just to make it clear for all the people that, like me, did not know it, this is not a full carbon fibre piece. It’s a standard, normal (original, and this is important) inner side sill from Porsche, that has been covered by a layer of carbon fibre and then lacquered.
The carbon fibre weave is really nice BUT:
- it’s definitely much more yellowish that the stock one (or at least than the one that I have on my bucket seats)
- 2. the pattern is different from the stock one
The layer is well positioned (no weird conjunction points or weave lacks etc) BUT
- it does not follow the curves of the boot and bonnet commands or the umbrella pocket on the driver side. Let be frank, I now checked other carbon fibre (and more expensive) manufacturers and it seems to me that everybody follow this approach.
- the lacquering is glossy while the rest of stock carbon parts (seats and roof crossbar is between matte) is satin.
Installation is really straightforward (look any youtube video).
In summary:
Would I buy them again? Maybe. My OCD makes me struggle with this not 100% stock solution but I think that for 90% of the people this would simply look amazing. If I should rate it, I’d give it a 7.5/10.
I think I could consider buying from them, with a proper price, the front and side vents surrounds (if they answer to my email :-))
09-14-2018, 08:42 PM
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Those look good and they will likely wear much better than the stock piece. Like you I’m **** about fitment and if it’s not perfect I eventually find myself going back to stock. I had a very nice shift **** made but it sat higher than the stock shifter and the result was a very different shifter feel which I couldn’t live with and removed.
09-15-2018, 10:19 AM
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Looks very nice! I prefer the CF over the plastic! I would go back to Sam if you are not happy with the “yellow” tint. As mentioned in another thread, I was able to select the weave and gloss...none of the parts I had made have a yellow tint...the color is very close to the color of the seat backs.
09-15-2018, 08:31 PM
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https://shop.db-carbon-interieur.de/...cts/067SY-0001
The layer is well positioned (no weird conjunction points or weave lacks etc) BUT
- it does not follow the curves of the boot and bonnet commands or the umbrella pocket on the driver side. Let be frank, I now checked other carbon fibre (and more expensive) manufacturers and it seems to me that everybody follow this approach.
- the lacquering is glossy while the rest of stock carbon parts (seats and roof crossbar is between matte) is satin.
Having said all this, I think these bits really enhance the appearance of your interior!
Thus, I would be hesitant to quibble too much about the finer details, particularly if the price was right.
09-15-2018, 10:04 PM
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Purchased some pieces from them for my 981 a few years ago. Price was right but you get what you pay for. Most of the pieces started delaminatig after only a few months. I had to battle with them and PayPal for a long time to receive a refund. Hopefully they have improved their manufacturing process over the last few years. Since that experience I have moved over to DB carbon for aftermarket carbon work and the quality is much higher, unfortunately so is the price.
09-16-2018, 02:35 AM
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I, too, didn't know until recently that most of these companies that offer aftermarket CF parts usually take an OEM Porsche part and then wrap it themselves in CF. I recall someone who bought various CF bits from DB Carbon, another leading CF parts company, noting that the Porsche part number was still visible on the parts themselves.
Yes, but after the facts I would have preferred to pay a couple hundreds more to have an overall better result.
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10-21-2018, 11:54 AM
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10-21-2018, 12:05 PM
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^^^That looks fantastic. Did you buy those from Rennwerkstat or another supplier?
10-21-2018, 12:21 PM
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Done by a local supplier in Italy.
I sent them mine old sills in plastic, a few pics of the stunning Boxster Spyder in blue with red interiors, a couple other pics from exclusiveoption.com and that was the result.
I was lucky since they were able to match both the stitch "length" and colour without seeing the real ones.
As you can see the interior of the umbrella pocket is different from the "Porsche exclusive option" since there I asked for an an additional stitching. The original one was not looking "complete" at my eyes since I keep it always empty (unfortunately I gave away, together with mine 997, the nice old umbrella with the leather housing, and I do not like the latter model).
I sent them mine old sills in plastic, a few pics of the stunning Boxster Spyder in blue with red interiors, a couple other pics from exclusiveoption.com and that was the result.
I was lucky since they were able to match both the stitch "length" and colour without seeing the real ones.
As you can see the interior of the umbrella pocket is different from the "Porsche exclusive option" since there I asked for an an additional stitching. The original one was not looking "complete" at my eyes since I keep it always empty (unfortunately I gave away, together with mine 997, the nice old umbrella with the leather housing, and I do not like the latter model).
10-21-2018, 05:44 PM
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That is a completely different look than the CF and IMO much nicer in detail and material than the CF. Enjoy Ale!
