Carbon Fiber Parts

Hello All,

I would like to gauge interest on what carbon fiber parts you guys would like for your 8. I have an opportunity to work with a company that specializes in high quality carbon fiber (dry, vaccuum formed, not wet layed) hoods, trunks, spoilers..etc.

I have volunteered my 8 for some part design and would like your feedback. (This is serious, not a joke thread) Rather than doing one off parts to make mine one of a kind, I'd like to share the opportunity with our community with parts that we may have always wanted, but no one makes for us or is almost impossible to get.

The company is http://www.vorsteiner.com

Here's a list of potential items:

1) M8 or Alpina hood w/ head light covers
2) M8 front bumper cover
3) CSI mirrors
4) Rear Diffuser
5) Head Liner, A & C pillars (for those who have sagging upholstery)
6) CSI front chin spoiler (with fogs)
7) CSL style trunk w/ built in lip spoiler
8 ) Head Light Buckets (similar to the C5 Vette head light conversion http://www.westcoastcorvette.c…2-c5-r-headlight-kit.aspx )

Please feel free to add to the list or vote for what I've listed already.

Regards,

John P.

Thanks for your input guys..hopefully we can stir more. There's not really a minimum order but it would be nice if we can make the money back for the tooling. I have approx. $4000 I've plan to invest in tooling. So if we decide to make hoods, it would take about 12 hoods to break even with the tooling. If we can get tooling done for a hood and a chin spoiler for $4000 (or multiple items) then we could potentially cut number of orders in half. If we can break even with tooling, then anything after that is just a bonus.

Keep the feedback coming!

Thanks,

John P.

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John,

I am not a total purist. The Alpina louvered hood would be top choice. I do like the C5-R headlight kit but prefer the old Dinan carbon fiber without headlight cutouts (which means modified bumper level as Dinan did).

I also like the Dinan style front bumper that went with the hood. Does anyone know who made those for Dinan?

Front fenders with 599 or Z06 outlet would also be cool.

How many do you need to commit to for them to run a batch?

Regards,

Michael

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Michael,

I think there was a company who may have made an Alpina hood already. Here's the thread I found it on.

http://www.clube31.net/forum/v…=carbon+fiber+alpina+hood

They are in the U.K. and I think they were priced at $4000! I think if we go for a hood from Vorsteiner, it would be under $1500.

Nice call with the Dinan front!

Regards,

John P.

Something I photoshopped a while back.

Any more ineterests? Also, if we decide to do a Alpina hood, wouldn't there be a design patent infringements? Perhaps the vents could slightly be modified to a bit more unique look? Something that would compliment the 8's curves?

John P.

Thanks Steve for the clarification!

I don't think the parts would be cheaper, but it will be top quality Carbon Fiber. For the quailty and the clout of our cars, I would think the pricing would be compared to parts for (U.S.) Corvette owners.

I was also thinking, rather than copying the CSI pieces exactly, putting a little flair to it. (Like the fog addition on the chin spoiler pictured in my photoshop rendering) I'm not critizing the CSI look in any way, but it would make more sense (since these parts would cost more cents) to put a unique look that would not offend the purists as well.

Like I had mentioned before, I just want to offer the 8 community a chance to create our Ultimate 8!

Cheers,

John P.