Carbon Fiber AC vents from Kip Ewing


Kip Ewing

CF Vendor
Mark II Lifetime
Feb 23, 2007
288
Suburban Detroit
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Greetings All

Well after a long development phase, I am ready to announce the availability of our carbon fiber AC vents. We are now ready to take orders.

These were a load of work.
It's the first time we've employed a two sided cavity mold to produce carbon parts.

We start with an original set of Ford vents and machine back the surfaces of the vent blades. Over these CNC milled areas, we bond the new carbon parts.
The ring itself is totally replaced. It's a bit of a "Swiss watch" kind of part, to produce.

Installation is a breeze, and would take about 5 minutes to unbox and install. I could train my mom to do the job in about 30 seconds.

Interested parties can PM me for additional details.

The first two sets are spoken for, but I will have more ready to ship by the end of the month.

More new stuff later this week!
 

BlackICE

GT Owner
Nov 2, 2005
1,416
SF Bay Area in California
Kip Ewing;166100The first two sets are spoken for said:
Bony, again?

Any news on the new 2 din radio console? You can let Bony have the 1st CF one, I want one in matching silver.
 

Kip Ewing

CF Vendor
Mark II Lifetime
Feb 23, 2007
288
Suburban Detroit
Double DIN

Bony, again?

Any news on the new 2 din radio console? You can let Bony have the 1st CF one, I want one in matching silver.

Yep, the Double DIN is coming along.
Slower than I would like, but progress nevertheless.
It will be available in the stock silver, as well as carbon.

Cheers
Kip
 

shelbyelite

PERMANENTLY BANNED
May 10, 2007
1
You got my console and gauge bezel ready yet? The air vents look great!
 

dbk

Admin
Staff member
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Jul 30, 2005
15,248
Metro Detroit
Very nice Kip.
 

Kip Ewing

CF Vendor
Mark II Lifetime
Feb 23, 2007
288
Suburban Detroit
Tunnel etc.

You got my console and gauge bezel ready yet? The air vents look great!

Thanks Shelby

Tunnel is finished.
The vendor I use for CNC work had a computer failure. It has affected milling the gauge panel. I got word on that yesterday.
I'll get you details tomorrow, Shelby.
 

pauleddy

Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Sep 14, 2007
306
Newport/Boca Grande
Luggage?

Kip:
Is the "Fitted Luggage" concept a dead issue or a possibility in the near futre? Haven"t heard anything from you on the idea in some time.
Paul
 

Kip Ewing

CF Vendor
Mark II Lifetime
Feb 23, 2007
288
Suburban Detroit
Luggage

Kip:
Is the "Fitted Luggage" concept a dead issue or a possibility in the near futre? Haven"t heard anything from you on the idea in some time.
Paul

Greetings Paul

The luggage is definately not dead.
We had a massive project come into the shop in the last quarter of '08.
It was a big disruption for the GT stuff.
We ended up using 1100 yards of carbon fiber on that project.

We are finishing the tooling on the vents that go around the rear window and high mount stop lamp right now. Look for an introduction on that plus the handbrake bezel later this week.

While I have not been posting much on the site lately, we've been crazy busy with orders and tooling new products.

Thanks for the continued interest in the luggage, Paul.
Look for it soon.

Thanks
Kip
 

B O N Y

MODERATOR & FGT OWNER
Mark IV Lifetime
Sep 5, 2005
12,110
Fresno, Ca.
Looks great Kip, I am waiting for vents that go around the rear window and high mount stop lamp :)
 

soroush

Ford Gt Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Aug 8, 2007
5,256
they look great Kip.:thumbsup
 

RALPHIE

GT Owner
Mar 1, 2007
7,278
...I could train my mom to do the job in about 30 seconds....

Any chance I can meet your mom?.......:lol:lol
 
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fjpikul

GT Owner
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Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Jan 4, 2006
11,712
Belleville, IL
Ralphie, she's an Okie.
 

spyder625

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Sep 23, 2008
457
Love the carbon, cant wait for the other pieces... Keep up the great work.
 

dbk

Admin
Staff member
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Jul 30, 2005
15,248
Metro Detroit
Spyder do you have a GT? :cheers
 

AtomicGT

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 12, 2006
3,033
Los Angeles
Kip, any relation to J.R.? Your products look awesome!!!
 

B.M.F.

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jan 29, 2009
1,814
Minnesota
Looks great:thumbsup
 
H

HHGT

Guest
Looks great Kip, I am waiting for vents that go around the rear window and high mount stop lamp :)

BONY, have you considered a CF Windshield with an integrated peep hole? :biggrin

Nice work Kip, they look great.:thumbsup
 

Awsum GT

GT Owner '18
Mark IV Lifetime
Sep 17, 2005
4,001
Carmel & Cntrl Ca
Yep, the Double DIN is coming along.
Slower than I would like, but progress nevertheless.
It will be available in the stock silver, as well as carbon.

Cheers
Kip

Hope I am close to the top on this one Kip!
 

Kip Ewing

CF Vendor
Mark II Lifetime
Feb 23, 2007
288
Suburban Detroit
Double DIN

Hope I am close to the top on this one Kip!

No problem, Awsum.

I've got a few people who have chewed through their bits on this one, but we will take care of you.

This has been a pretty involved product to develop. Ton's of pattern work for the carbon and the structure.

Of course, building a carbon body for a Cadillac this week has taken some time too.....
 

esco256

GT Owner
Feb 10, 2009
32
Hi,
Could you send me informations aboutthis one please:eek