Carbon Parts from China

Carbon Parts from China

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GingerMunky

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1,162 posts

256 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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A previous post by Jarodw highlighted the Chinese company OYA Carbon responsible for making Aston Martin Carbon Fibre parts. We contacted them for a sample, but they wouldn't provide for a retail customer suggesting we order a small part, which is fair enough. So we thought we would take one for the Pistonheads team and risk making an order, paying in advance and waiting to see... if the parts were good we could all get kitted up for this summer smile

We ordered the following;

AM10 Rear Diffuser $510.00
AM14 Side Strakes $255.00
AM23 2x Front Lip splitter $430.00

Bank Fee $25.00
DHL Cost $268.00

Total $1488.00

Converted to £ was approx £990.00

Import duty 4.5% automotive parts

VAT @ 20%

Total £1245

We ordered and sent payment of 5th March.

The order was complete and dispatched on 3rd April.

The parts were sent and tracked with DHL taking just 3 days to arrive.


The service has been good, with good communication and daily response to every email I have sent.

I was a little concerned that they did not send one item, keeping it back to be sent with my next order, but this was then promptly sent, so the customer service has been great.

You can contact Miss Moment Mo : oyacarbon11@gmail.com / 86-755-27460085
Website: http://www.oyacarbon.com
Alibaba : http://oyacarbon.en.alibaba.com

I would have prefered to order through Alibaba as this provide payment protection throught ESCROW and allows for inspection at source, but OYA didn't want to upload the parts to their online catalogue. That said OYA were more than happy for me to send someone over to the factory to inspect and accept the items before shipping, which I sprung on them with at the end (but didn't actually do), but they were more than happy and welcomed the opportunity to show the parts were as ordered. Again good customer service and quick to respond on email.

I didn't phone, I only emailed, as I thought this would make it easier for them to translate and check before responding.

I am not an expert in Carbon Fibre and reservations were previously raised on the original thread as to the manufacture, production process and finish of the items. I have attached some images as an example. Anyone who would like to inspect them is more than welcome too, I am based in Newport South Wales, I might be able to meet at the Mid Wales run in Brecon in a couple of weeks if the organisers don't mind me tagging along.

I am getting the parts fitted next week at Newtown Motors by their race engineer, so will upload more photos then...

















Edited by GingerMunky on Tuesday 16th April 13:16

Composite Guru

2,205 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Well i work in F1 and they look pretty good for what they are. Most people don't cure wet laid CF under vacuum as its quite costly for the extra bagging materials so the carbon never sits right up against the mould surface giving an uneven look. This company appears to be doing the right thing and not cutting corners.
Some of the weave have been a bit distorted round the corners in places but that takes a lot of experience so is very difficult to achieve.

All in all they look nice pieces. cool

GingerMunky

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1,162 posts

256 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Composite Guru said:
Well i work in F1 and they look pretty good for what they are. Most people don't cure wet laid CF under vacuum as its quite costly for the extra bagging materials so the carbon never sits right up against the mould surface giving an uneven look. This company appears to be doing the right thing and not cutting corners.
Some of the weave have been a bit distorted round the corners in places but that takes a lot of experience so is very difficult to achieve.

All in all they look nice pieces. cool
They sent me a picture of their Autoclave;


Composite Guru

2,205 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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GingerMunky said:
They sent me a picture of their Autoclave;

Thats even better. i didnt even expect them to clave them too.


GlynV8

325 posts

170 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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They look very good.
I would think I will be up for a rear diffusser, front lip and ski slope.

So from what I hear they are good to their word comms wise. Any mention of a group buy discount?

jarodw

115 posts

146 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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GingerMunky said:
A previous post by Jarodw highlighted the Chinese company OYA Carbon responsible for making Aston Martin Carbon Fibre parts....
I agree with GingerMunky, the parts are high quality and for sure worth the money, though I am not an expert in carbon fibre either. Below some pictures from the CF side strakes I ordered. They are full CF and not laminated....





I am happy with the quality especially considering the price. I hope it will be an easy installation.
J

drofnavi

477 posts

138 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Can you give us an upgrade on the side strakes on the quality of fit etc once installed.
May I ask how much the side strakes cost in total including shipping, vat etc.

yeti

10,523 posts

274 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Wow... much better quality than I would have expected! I wonder if that is their autoclave or just a picture of an autoclave smile

Composite Guru

2,205 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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yeti said:
Wow... much better quality than I would have expected! I wonder if that is their autoclave or just a picture of an autoclave smile
Those parts do look like they have been pressure cured.

This is what wet lay CF looks like that hasn't been subjected to any pressure.





Edited by Composite Guru on Tuesday 16th April 16:30

v8woollie

4,363 posts

144 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Can't wait to see the pictures when they are fitted. They do look nice and at a third of the cost of a full CF kit from AM.

mikey k

13,011 posts

215 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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GingerMunky said:
I am based in Newport South Wales, I might be able to meet at the Mid Wales run in Brecon in a couple of weeks if the organisers don't mind me tagging along.
Feel free details are in the thread we will leave there ~10AM

GingerMunky

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1,162 posts

256 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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drofnavi said:
May I ask how much the side strakes cost in total including shipping, vat etc.
The costs are at the top of this thread. For specific shipping costs just for the side strakes you would need to contact OYA.

GingerMunky

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1,162 posts

256 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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yeti said:
Wow... much better quality than I would have expected! I wonder if that is their autoclave or just a picture of an autoclave smile
Exactly what I thought, so I checked the first few hundred images in Google.com and .hk just incase, but didn't find a match wink

mikey k

13,011 posts

215 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Composite Guru said:
Those parts do look like they have been pressure cured.

This is what wet lay CF looks like that hasn't been subjected to any pressure.
Welcome to the Aston enclave of PH
Have you still got the S2000?
Any bits Seb & Mark don't need? laugh

Arjxh56

325 posts

138 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Once fitted and if everything checks out ok, I would be up for adding a few items to the group purchase should it happen?

v8woollie

4,363 posts

144 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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+1

4xTrader

156 posts

146 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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GingerMunky said:
Exactly what I thought, so I checked the first few hundred images in Google.com and .hk just incase, but didn't find a match wink
If you go to http://www.tineye.com/ its a reverse image search engine, so you can see if any image has been found on any other sites. The images does not show up on any other site, so is probably legit.

yeti

10,523 posts

274 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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4xTrader said:
GingerMunky said:
Exactly what I thought, so I checked the first few hundred images in Google.com and .hk just incase, but didn't find a match wink
If you go to http://www.tineye.com/ its a reverse image search engine, so you can see if any image has been found on any other sites. The images does not show up on any other site, so is probably legit.
Due diligence has been done yes

stevewushu

733 posts

200 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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I would consider opting in for a group buy if others are interested?
Just after the rear diffuser myself...

MrCrazy

1,074 posts

166 months

Tuesday 16th April 2013
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I would order a rear diffuser for my DBS.