First of all, if this is inappropriate, please let me know and I'll delete it. I just want to check in on if there's any interests before I even ask the admin for starting a group buy thread...
A little background about myself, I am partnered in a US based high end collectibles company and due to my work nature, I worked with fiberglass, injection and die-cast vendors in China all the time. And just so happened one of the fiberglass vendor that we work with also do carbon fiber auto parts.
With that in mind, there're a few companies in China making carbon fiber trimmings for 8V but all of them are LHD for local China market. You see them from time to time on eBay going for about US$175-200 per set (7 pcs, 4 door trims and 3 dash pieces). These are taped ON TOP of the current trimmings, it is NOT a direct replacement part. The 4 door trims of course work for both LHD and RHD but the 3 dash pieces don't. So, I was talking to the vendor about making RHD versions, and I'll have to pay for the tooling and with min quantity of 30 sets, so here I'm, just wanting to see if there's enough interests for RHD version of this mod.
They're 100% real carbon fiber with high polished glossy gel coat finishes. Available in black carbon or black with red stitch carbon. The tooling will be amortized into the unit costs based on 30 sets, and each sets of 7 pcs with tooling amortized will be approx. US$155/set PLUS, I'll need to order an OEM dash pieces for the vendor to 3D scan and make the steel tools. I haven't check on the dash pieces prices yet, but maybe US$600 or so? If so, that's additional US$20 a piece making the total US$175/set. Not a bad deal vs ordering the US$1K+ RS3 carbon trimmings...
If there's enough interests and it's a go, my plan is to have all of them send to maybe a reputable member in UK, and then he can help distribute them to rest of the members to save on shipping? If not, individual shipping by EMS should be around US$30 from Hong Kong to UK since they're light.
Here're some pictures from the vendor, I'll receive a sample LHD set in a few days and will post close up detail picture for quality check. And if the project is a go, I'll personally monitor the progress, and will inspect each and every single piece before shipping them out. If my creditability is a concern, I'm a top rated eBay seller, and can disclose my company details for verification if needed. I just want to get the RHD version for my S3 LOL!!
A little background about myself, I am partnered in a US based high end collectibles company and due to my work nature, I worked with fiberglass, injection and die-cast vendors in China all the time. And just so happened one of the fiberglass vendor that we work with also do carbon fiber auto parts.
With that in mind, there're a few companies in China making carbon fiber trimmings for 8V but all of them are LHD for local China market. You see them from time to time on eBay going for about US$175-200 per set (7 pcs, 4 door trims and 3 dash pieces). These are taped ON TOP of the current trimmings, it is NOT a direct replacement part. The 4 door trims of course work for both LHD and RHD but the 3 dash pieces don't. So, I was talking to the vendor about making RHD versions, and I'll have to pay for the tooling and with min quantity of 30 sets, so here I'm, just wanting to see if there's enough interests for RHD version of this mod.
They're 100% real carbon fiber with high polished glossy gel coat finishes. Available in black carbon or black with red stitch carbon. The tooling will be amortized into the unit costs based on 30 sets, and each sets of 7 pcs with tooling amortized will be approx. US$155/set PLUS, I'll need to order an OEM dash pieces for the vendor to 3D scan and make the steel tools. I haven't check on the dash pieces prices yet, but maybe US$600 or so? If so, that's additional US$20 a piece making the total US$175/set. Not a bad deal vs ordering the US$1K+ RS3 carbon trimmings...
If there's enough interests and it's a go, my plan is to have all of them send to maybe a reputable member in UK, and then he can help distribute them to rest of the members to save on shipping? If not, individual shipping by EMS should be around US$30 from Hong Kong to UK since they're light.
Here're some pictures from the vendor, I'll receive a sample LHD set in a few days and will post close up detail picture for quality check. And if the project is a go, I'll personally monitor the progress, and will inspect each and every single piece before shipping them out. If my creditability is a concern, I'm a top rated eBay seller, and can disclose my company details for verification if needed. I just want to get the RHD version for my S3 LOL!!