Do you have a Lamborghini, or just really like them…and carry around a lighter? Now you can merge the two together by picking up the Tonino Lamborghini Forza carbon fiber lighter. It’s available in both silver and black. While Tonino Lamborghini is not affiliated with Automobili Lamborghini anymore, the lighter features Lamborghini’s logo. The lighter…
Read the Full StoryFor those that know me personally, or even through my own personal blog, you’ll know that I’m very into cars. I used to have a Nissan 350Z with a twin turbo I put in (among a ton of other modifications), which some of you may have seen at car shows. Being able to paint and…
Read the Full StoryCarbon fiber is an amazing material. It’s strong and extremely lightweight, but the technology has yet to be harnessed anywhere near the full capabilities that you can imagine. In the late 1800′s, steel made a major impact on the world, but it’s nowhere near the potential of what carbon nanotubes will potentially be able to…
Read the Full StoryWe’ve recently launched Carbon Fiber Direct, our new store that sells carbon fiber products directly from yours truly. We launched with a first product, a carbon fiber wallet. We’ll continue to release new products for sale, such as the carbon fiber mousepad we put up yesterday. To celebrate the launch of our new store, we’re…
Read the Full StoryIn 2006 Element Skateboards developed something called featherlight helium board construction. It allowed for boards to be 10% lighter than their current boards which were already developed to be lightweight. Each board has 5 air chambers built into it, which decreases the weight, but also increases the strength at the same time. You can see…
Read the Full StoryToday we’re proud to announce that we’ve officially launched Carbon Fiber Gear Direct, a section to our site where we directly sell carbon fiber products. It’s our little venture into not only finding the best and most unique carbon fiber products out there, but actually offering them to you for sale directly from us. Right…
Read the Full StoryWant to give your gone a signature look that everybody else will gawk at? Look no further than Carbon Creations patented carbon fiber gun grips. The carbon material is first coated with a polymer solution for increased rigidity, Using a specialized process of resin transfer modling, a customized grip pattern is cut and formed in…
Read the Full StoryString instruments are more commonly being made using carbon fiber, just look at the 6 sexy carbon fiber guitars we wrote about previously. Ever wonder how companies make stuff like this? Well wonder no more, by checking out part 1 and 2 of this “How It’s Made” series, you can see how one company creates…
Read the Full StoryNot everything we cover on the site is real carbon fiber, some of it is just meant to look like it, and sometimes that’s ok with us. This time around, we’ve got the carbon fiber style’d desk valet with a custom engraved copper plate from Things Remembered. The desk valet is a neat little box…
Read the Full StoryMost auto enthusiasts have heard of a company by the name of Pagani. That’s because they make supercars like the $1.5 million Zonda Cinque that we wrote about back in July. What you probably didn’t know is that Pagani developed and released a high-end stereo system that is made completely out of carbon fiber and…
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