Monthly Archives: November 2008

Tag Heuer C-Flex Carbon Fiber Eyeglasses

Most people know Tag Heuer for their high-end watches, but I’ll bet you didn’t know they also make eyewear (a large variety available here on eBay).  In Spring of 2009, Tag Heuer will be releasing their new C-Flex eyeglasses, utilizing carbon fiber: The glasses will have auto adjustable flexible temples, made all from carbon fiber. …

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Mantis Carbon Fiber Golf Caddy

Do you fall into the realm of high-end golfer?  Do you have that $100,000+/year club membership?  When you’re not riding around in your cart, it’s time to step up your game and be the talk of the club with the Mantis carbon fiber caddy. Mantis is made by a German company named Carbon Functions, and…

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Carbon Fiber Children’s Car Seat Prototype By Rory Craig

Update: Rory is selling this one-off concept piece, please contact him at the below link if interested. One of our good friends, Rory Craig, who is a student at the Art Center College of Design, has designed a sweet carbon fiber baby car seat prototype.  He developed the prototype as a Sparco product (and is…

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Preview: HRE Pre-Production Carbon Fiber Wheels

In the past we’ve written about Weds 100% carbon fiber wheel, but this is not something that is used in production at this time.  Currently, the only real option I know about for a real carbon fiber production wheel is from Dymag, which features a carbon fiber outer rim, and a regular wheel face with…

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SEMA 2008: AEM Carbon Fiber Hayabusa Motorcycle

Not only were there carbon fiber cars like the 350Z, but we also caught a full carbon motorcycle.  Feast your eyes on this all carbon fiber Suzuki Hayabusa that was located at the AEM booth: I believe the engine management system was done by AEM, but am unsure about what other modifications were done. Also…

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SEMA 2008: All Carbon Fiber Nissan 350Z

We’ve arrived here at the Sema show in wonderful Las Vegas.  We’re going around looking for the latest and greatest in carbon fiber.  While picking up our media badges we saw this all carbon fiber 350Z outside that is worthy of being posted about on here: I’m not sure who makes all of the parts…

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Faux Carbon Film Covers Entire Audi

A company by the name of ABT Sportsline, a specialist in Audi tuning, has come up with a full vehicle faux carbon fiber adhesive for the Audi Q7 and R8. The synthetic material can be applied to any panel of the car, and looks just like carbon fiber. Apparently the material looks and feels almost…

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