Best solution for sticky interior of 348/ 355

Great looking products. Have always wondered why some places prices that sell this stuff are so different then others. How is yours different then other places that sell Carbon Fiber pieces? MACarbon sells these door handles for $55 more plus a core charge----Just curious if there is a difference in CF parts. Your prices seem to be cheaper for sure than other places..

 

How about the aircondiitoner air vents?

 

Can't see the underside anyway--smart move..Why pay for CF that you can't see anyway..

Just got you email you sent----these are just covers?? Not the actual part?? That is is difference I guess in price...

 

on the 348 interior kit.... is this a grand for a bunch of stickers? or are these full replacement pieces?

 

Yeah it's a lot easier when it's not an actual replacement part!

 

do they have illumination under them for the 355?

 

I bet!!! rather have the actual part myself

 

Boy, those are some expensive stickers!!!

 

How are these stickers different from Mccarbon stickers? http://www.macarbon.com/store/355-82/

 

+1 on that!
I wouldnt pay a grand for some lame stickers. If they were full replacement panels, yes... I would already have them on order!
but hey, at least for 1000 bucks, they throw in the $1.50 worth of 2-sided tape!

Huh? Mccarbon is stickers too? I was under the impression that thiers were full replacement pieces!! wow, now i'm really erk'd!

 

Your products are wonderful, beautiful... all that, but your product descriptions are a bit misleading...
instead of using the word ''panels'' you should indicate that they are overlays... or stick-on covers perhaps.

There are compaines all over the world that make CF interior panel stickers for almost every car there is... I saw
about 60 different ones at SEMA last week... all look nice, all are stickers, and all cost 1/3 of what you charge,
(20% of what Mccarbon charges) and most of thier kits cover vitrually the entire interior!
Ford or Ferrari... carbon stickers are carbon stickers, get real on the prices and us ''poor'' Ferrari owners will keep
your inventory depleted! Most (not all) of the filthy rich Ferrari owners are purists and wouldnt buy this stuff anyway.

I repeat, if your pieces were full replacement panels, your price would be very fair... and I would buy in a heartbeat.

 

So from the looks of it-Powerspeed and MACarbon offer some replacment pieces and some OVERLAY pieces--Valence is the only supplier of total replacement CF parts---Not the overlay stuff---Right??

 

Not good for Concours aficianadoes !

 

This is the second posting of removal in 3 days.
No overcleaners please, as this will eventually cause damage.
I highly suggest the use of denatured alcohol, several small red cloth shop towels, and the use of latex gloves.
Applying the latex gloves, wetting the shop cloth and gently removing the black residue. It comes off readily. Frequently moisten and turn the cloth for additional removal as needed. Do not be hasty, but patient. The 355 F1 I did last month I spent 8 to 9 hours removal the residue from all of the parts in the car, (convertible top handle, E brake, Hvac panel cover, HVAC vents, radio knobs, interior door releases, and steerng colum cover, and instrument cluster, and oil guage cluster) I did not get the HVAC vent parallel to the windshield. Next visit, as I'll need to remove it to prevent cross contamination of the leather with residue as it is removed from such a small area.
Cross contamination of residue may be cleaned with Murphy's Oilsoap in using 1 ounce in a 30 ounce spray bottle, and a light spray and wipe with a clean terry cloth towel.
Underneath the residue is black plastic, that looks no different from new. Time spent is is long, but materials as you see are inexpensive to the alternatives.

 

Chaa (Charlie from England) has just ordered a load of this stuff for his 355 spider. He'll report back and give a review of the products once he's installed them.

 

So do Valence, just look at there web site. Here's a cut and paste from there 355 section (double sided tape used). And by the looks of it the radio and fuel gauge surround looks the same as the one produced by the original thread starter Powerspeed. Its even said that Valance also used to sell separate sections for the gear shift and heating control and now make it one piece. I wonder if it also sits on top of the consul. A top piece is a top piece no matter how one looks at it.

So it would seem that there are quite a few wrong opinions in this thread, home work is easily enough to do just by clicking the sponsors links. It would seem that all companies do more or less the same. A mixture of laminate and solid pieces.
My Mercedes has the wood finish in the interior and yes its wood laminate
So here's the cu and paste to the stick on carbon from Valence:::


Carbon Fiber Gauge Cluster Panel for Ferrari F355
Price: $250.00


Click for more images & info. This carbon fiber Gauge Cluster Panel provides an easy yet top quality solution for upgrading the look of the primary gauge pod. It fits all models and years of the Ferrari 355, worldwide, with no modifications to either the part or the vehicle. Unlike all of our other parts which replace the original, the Gauge Cluster Panel fits over top of the existing plastic gauge panel, and attaches to vehicle with supplied double-sided mounting tape. All warning lights remain visible to the bottom and sides of gauge panel. No tools are needed; it is not necessary to move the steering wheel or remove any hardware from the car. Thick urethane clear coat provides incredibly smooth, deep gloss and excellent durability.

 

You make full replacement for the center console? Also, the mirror triangles? Would love the AC Air vents. They get sticky and hard to clean, and I think whoever makes those would get decent sales from that part.

One last thing, how you you remove the door sill to put the CF ones on?

 

Zero, you're quite the sleuth! That's the only "laminate" we make, if you want to call it that - and we clearly state and price it as such. That particular panel has such an intricate 3-dimensional shape that making a replacement panel didn't make sense. We held off on it for a long while, but customers who bought our FULL REPLACEMENT console and stereo panels wanted it and were OK with a "laminate" in this application.

The center console, stereo console, and the rest of our parts are full replacement pieces, and are incredibly time and labor-intensive to engineer and build. I think this is all stated pretty clearly on our website - should be pretty obvious if one does their "home work."

 

to quote from your quote from my website :

"Unlike all of our other parts which replace the original, the Gauge Cluster Panel fits over top of the existing plastic gauge panel, and attaches to vehicle with supplied double-sided mounting tape."

I wouldn't call our product line a "mixture" or in any other way associate our autoclave-cured prepreg carbon fiber components with the others being discussed on this thread.