Thinking about starting a parts company.
 

While building my 68 Camaro Im starting to think about parts that I would like to have on the car that no one has made yet. So Im thinking about starting a company to make parts for muscle cars. Parts would be made out of CF and Billet. What do you guys think? What would you guys like to see made?

Are you asking what do we think about you starting a company? or is this something you are going to do and now you want to know what parts to pmake?

Little bit of both. Myself, Im just not sure of the market. Just wanted to test the waters before I just in,lol. Heres a door jamb vent we made up today. This was just a tester, but you can get the idea.

you know those are being made already. I only say that because you mentioned doing stuff nobody else is doing.

There is a market for custom stuff.

Jody

With the wide variety of aftermarket parts available today,
It seems as if there are very few new horizons. Engines, suspensions and brake systems have all been done and companies like marquez and others are doing very high quality work on the shiny bits. The only area that hasn't been scratched too hard....yet involves weight loss for the cars. More carbon fiber and titanium parts should be the next logical progression as owners seek to put their rides on a diet to get every last ounce of performance out of them and to try and acheive that perfect 50/50 balance.
That's my opinion. Good Luck with your venture !!

Paul

Yeah that was just a trial, or should I say mold;) I dont want to post something that Im thinking about for fear that someone might think its a good idea:lol: I want to make 100% sure that Im moving forward before posting that stuff. :thumbsup: As of right now I have about six thing I want to start with. I guess I need to just stick my neck out and do it! I would add the billet stuff just as a sort of bonus to cover all areas of the market.

Also if the admin sees this can he/she PM me pricing to be a sponsor on the site.

Have you or do you work with carbon? Have any pics of past parts you have made? Not asking to see the 'ideas' you have...just anything else to see the quality. :unibrow:

As you probably already know there's at least three companies that are offering billet already.

Best of luck to ya!! :cheers:

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I think its always great to see some new parts that are developed however keep in mind that with these tough financial times for some, you may find it to be a hard market to break into. I am sure if you have some cool ideas they will have no problem selling. Good luck and the vents look pretty cool.

Ive worked with carbon and made many cycle parts in the past. I wasnt that great at it,lol. Lucky for me I have a really good friend that is great at it! He happens to own a composite company that does a lot of projects for the aerospace industry. A ton of the stuff is top secret so I cant post pics. After coming up with many ideas for my car he expressed intrest in wanting to do auto stuff. So we've been working on a few things. We just want to make sure theres a market for stuff before going any further. To get a basic idea heres a few pics of a shop they built. A lot of what you see is Carbon, light bar, mirror, wall art ect.
http://ilovewheels.com/index.php?opt...=83&Itemid=123

Heres a set of Drums he just got done with. This kind of CF is spun in their shop out of twill. They deal with it a lot for the type of projects they do.

I wouldn't give up your day job. That being said, I think there are absolutely some things that could be made that would sell well. I have some ideas to so I won't be to specific.

HAHAHA Hey thanks!

it seems like the industry is going towards function over form... the days of people bolting billet stuff on just for the look are over, with few exeptions of course... but the stuff being produced by companies like fensler, marques and such are items that from the beginning werent super, and after 40 years of wear are horrible, like hood hinges, the cheap chassisbraces GM put in those cars etc.. all could with an upgrade that both look and function better...

if you were to make carbon frontfenders that actually fit, window mechanisms that work flawlessly and fast.. and allow the window to be raised tightly an 100 mph... scissor style trunk hinges that allow the trunk to open fully... 90 deg brakeboosters that fit under the dash... 100% hidden, latemodel powered wipers.... cowlinduction that actually worked, carbon brakeducts (with fans??).. and hundreds of other items that both add function and form, you will have somthing people will want to spend money on...

just pretty stuff, wont cut it any longer....

Thanks for the input! After our meeting last night I dont see why we cant do this stuff. Pretty much sky is the limit! Thanks guys for the input. Ill post more parts as they come. :cheers:

I have always thought a pillar to mount gauges for first gens would be cool.

Custom parts can be hard to sell sometimes.Been me i would do it part time get one of the forum vendor things on here and do some group purchase's.Or even put things up on ebay.If you branch out to any older car would be best the 1gen f body a bodies and b bodies is huge.There is no carbon fiber parts for early mustangs at all.The ford market is slowly coming around.

Right now thats the plan. The nice part is this is just a side gig. All there is to buy at this point is stock parts. I can tell ya the ideas are flowing right now. The carbon parts they make now are pretty insane. We will touch on a bunch of different cars. We're just starting with Camaro stuff because I own one.
We talked today about CF drive lines, subframes, fenders ect. Right now Im like a kid at Christmas, Im super excited! :lol:

I'd like a CF rear tail light trim for a 68!

Doh, its in the process and comin:thumbsup:

Ok this is just a tester, this is Vacuumed CF. The center will have drilled holes and the weave will be a bit smaller. Now you know why we made the billet vents. We will have a bunch more stuff coming soon. Thoughts?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...v/DSC_0359.jpg

It looks loke a good start! I would like to see the smaller weave and holes drilled...but it looks like a nice part! :thumbsup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh4Sj...eature=channel

carbon roof skin
carbon quarters
carbon door skins
carbon fenders...

Or a custom dash pad formed fitted for placing gauges in as well.

Also a good cowl induction setup that was nice looking I bet would sell well.

Its all coming guys. I cant wait for you guys to see the next parts. My hope is that the mould will be done this week!

how about c/f rocker molding for 69 camaro? Does somebody already make it?:_paranoid

Any chevelle parts? 71 chevelle or 69 elco?