Are there any people interested in molded Carbon Fiber ls or Metal spark plug covers being made...and what price range would you want.

Figured we could give the vtec guys some company lol Post up your thoughts!!

ye or ne


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Modified by Fibercation at 9:17 AM 5/6/2008

 

This is of general interest for the B18a/b. This is not a FS thread. OP, do you have any sketches?

 

Thinking just Flat rounded edges....anyone do photoshop

 

i hope this thread doesn't get locked because i am interested and i'm sure many others will be as well to clean up the look of the engine bay...
btw, i would buy an all blue metallic cover if you made it to go on my chrome valve cover...

 

hmmm a metal one ...had't thought of that

i'll edit the original post to include that

 

cool so i guess you'll pm me if you start selling them?

 

I think if you had a prototype and some photos you would get a lot further. People want to see what they are purchasing.

 

I AM NOT SELLING ANYTHING

just trying to rally the troops to see if theres enough interest to get some done, ive seen tons of people wanting some but when push comes to shove alot of people scatter.

 

bah, not to knock you or anything but manufacturing a new item is part of risk...
if you don't make or resell them, you'll make 0 profit anyhow...
if you make a batch and only sell half, you'll still break more than par versus supply and labor cost...

after reading this i googled it trying to buy one and i can't find one...as long as you sell them for 45-50 a piece i'm sure that's reasonable for you and the buyer

 

just wandering how many of you guys think non vtec covers are a good idea?

 

theres someone on team integra that does this already.. theyve been in production for a couple years now though or something

 

any links? info?

 

I'd defintely be interested

 

This company is trying to do the same thing: http://www.team-integra.net/fo...earch

 

Looks like it was last yr...wonder if they made any progress?

 

Funny how I saw this product on Ebay last night, and now you post up about it. Like the guys said, it's already been done... who say's you can't copy it though

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

 

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Then why not just post a survey at the beginning post? No one wants to read through page after page of people replying "I dig it" or "I think it's cool".

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Exactly. If you aren't willing to take risks then you are not in the right business.


If you think you are going to manufactur a product that is better than one that already exists, then why wouldn't you take the risk?

In regards to carbon fiber products, there are many people that make their own CF products at their homes for pieces that aren't available. It takes time and practice. If you made a prototype and posted it, then did a first run of 10 or so, you will get a good idea of how successful your parts will be.


And just for fun, Fibercation's location of gahanna, OH is less than 10 miles away from that eBay sellers location of Columbus, OH.

 

it should be called ls/crv sparkplug cover. not just ls. i would buy one quick for my b20z2. on a side note. the ebay seller picked the ugliest valve cover to show his product.

 

^^^agreed but i would be down for one.. If you got them made

 

Im down to buy one.

 

Ive actually been thinking of designing one at my work. I use Solidworks all day

 

i kno some1 on team-integra was makin 1 for like a year lol dont know what happened.

 

forgot about b20's...its the same vc correct?

 

b20 is the same... i would be interested in a polished aluminum one. the slip on design is nice the egay one has

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AlphaQup &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Funny how I saw this product on Ebay last night, and now you post up about it. Like the guys said, it's already been done... who say's you can't copy it though

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW </TD></TR></TABLE>

That's b/c that is fiber's eBay seller name.