Carbon Parts from China

[GingerMunky]

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

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 : [e-mail] / 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

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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.

They sent me a picture of their Autoclave;

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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.

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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

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

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Bincenzo said:

+1. I did the same and found nowt. Can we confirm the diffusers fit the V8V and not just 9's?

Here is the parts list

http://www.vsi-thinking.com/pics/CFparts/OYA-Aston...

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mike n helen said:

Any update on how well these parts fitted, as I may be interested in a rear diffuser too.

Mike

The rear diffuser is being fitted next Thursday so should have some photos on the weekend, I'll upload them then.

The splitter is pretty much spot on.

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M333V8V said:

I am also interested in a rear diffuser. Thinking of making a purchase.
Do we know if there are better DHL costs if more than 1 are bought?

The shipping cost at the start of this thread were more or less the same for piece. All four parts were parts were delivered in the same box, and weigh nothing so I think you ordered ten parts the cost wouldn't be much different. A joint purchase by all of us is definitely the cheapest option.

I'll post again next weekend after the diffuser is fitted.

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flinder said:

GingerMunky, many looking to learn your experience fitting the carbon parts. How did your expert fare? How is their appearance? Anything to report?

Your pieces, as well as those of Jerodw, looked as fine as any hand assembled carbon components I have seen in the colonies.

Here's the splitter. Fitted at Newtown Motors in Cwmbran £160 + VAT, talk to Pete. http://www.newtown-motors.co.uk/

Haven't got the diffuser done yet need to book in with the body shop as it needs to be attached to the rear bumper which needs to be removed first. Hopefully next week if I can get over there with the car again.








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The fit is pretty much spot on, with all the holes lining up with the existing screws as you can see. It tucks into the lips to hold in place perfectly. Seems too good to be true really at the price. Unless of course the diffuser turns out to be a nightmare, fingers crossed.

Edited by GingerMunky on Sunday 5th May 21:10

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Ice27 said:

The fit and finish of that splitter looks fantastic. Much larger than the Aston Martin front splitter.
By the way, impressively shiny car! Good work

I bought a variable speed rotary sander when I bought the aston intent on keeping it very shiny. I don't use it for polishing, just apply wax. The finish is superb and it is quick enough to do regularly which offers a lot of protection. It's takes some practice but well worth it.

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bogie said:

I quite fancy the diffuser to tidy up the read though, and will be interested to see how easy it is to fit

I think you would need so skills to fit it, it's well beyond me. I don't think it would present a problem for any decent body shop though, I'll find out next week and upload so photos.

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triple5 said:

Looks fantastic, as does the car. Is your bright finish grill stained, mine looked very similar and managed to improve it considerably with some Autosol.

I had just washed the car and not wiped the grill bit of chrome polish makes it look the part though.

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northernmedia said:

Looks fantastic!


Apologies I'm late to this thread...is this their total Aston Carbon part catalogue?:
http://oyacarbon.en.alibaba.com/productgrouplist-2...

The link listed on the first page of the thread doesn't seem to be working.


I've been looking at ordering from these guys:
http://vorlandtechnik.com/page2.htm


How do the costs compare?

Thanks in advance.

I originally asked OYA Carbon to put the products in their Alibaba shop, as this would offer payment protect through ESCROW and allow for a third party inspection before shipping. Unfortunately they didn't want to do that, but it all turned out OK anyway.

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PUMPMAN1860 said:

Yes, despite spending a little time on seeing if it could be done without bumper removal it had to come off.Having done it it now seems quite straight forward... but there was some head scratching along the way until I worked out where all the fixings were.Rear light assemblies disconnected an removed, the original 'diffuser' and parking sensors off, both wheels off (individually), wheel arch liners out, bumper fastners removed, then gently lowered to unplug remaining sensors and number plate lamps.

then you reach the point of no return... drilling the original bumper for new fastners for the diffuser. It all went to plan though and I would say that I spent about 5 hours on it in total . So quite difficult but with care and concentration not too bad.. and very satisfying.

And saved yourself the £700! I had to pay to get mine done. The Grange said it took them 4 hours, including bonding the cooler mesh to the diffuser, which sounds fair if it took you 5 hours. Did you bond the mesh to the diffuser or fit the diffuser flush over it?

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I received a new parts catalogue from OYA Carbon today from Boyca Wu. Its good to see they have a lot of parts in Alibaba now, which has the benefits of ESCROW payments and you can also hire someone in China to view the parts before shipping. I would have used this service originally, but it wasn't available last year when Jarod and I did the first test order. Maybe useful for group purchases.

Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Website: http://www.oyacarbon.com
Alibaba : http://oyacarbon.en.alibaba.com/

http://www.vsi-thinking.com/documents/OYA-AstonMar...

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northernmedia said:

Thanks for this mark.
Doesn't appear to be all the aston products on alibaba though??

Following on from my previous post...OYA got back to me and unfortunately they can't confirm the fitment of covers for cars up to 2010, a little odd I suppose but there we go. Anyone wanting wing mirror covers should source elsewhere. I have found a uk supplier who may discount for more numbers.

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Not sure why they don't put everything on Alibaba, it maybe the rules for promoting products for sale.

As for the confirmation of what parts which fit models, someone else suggested on here that they maybe copying parts without knowing the source of those parts. I don't think anyone has had confirmation that OYA Is producing parts under license, and I am not sure how they would handle refunds if a part didn't fit.

When we did the test order we were not sure it would fit and on receipt could only confirm for our cars. Those with the same car model should be Ok, but other owners with different models will have to take the same risk we did for the benefit of the forum. At least now we know they are reliable suppliers of parts now, even if we can't get confirmation of part compatibility.

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drmltack said:

But now it seems there is a shipping-cost of $1081... which I do not understand compared to previous posts. The two parts making it a large box (diffuser and front lip) were ordered in the opening post with a shipping cost of $268...
Did anyone had similar issues?

When we ordered our parts we shipped to the UK, then I shipped on some of the parts to Switzerland for Jarod, as the costs to Switzerland were similarly high. Maybe shipping to the UK is just far more competitive and cheaper.

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Was just about to order a front lip again, as after almost 2 years it is completely bashed on kerbs, bumps and debris Was actually thinking about ordering 2 as they are so cheap and keeping 1 as a spare, its a good sacrificial piece to protect the body work.

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Here are the contact details for Jack Lee, Sales manager at Oya Carbon Co;
Email: [e-mail]
Office: 86-755-27460085/27460107
Web: www.oyacarbon.com

PM me if anyone wants the parts list that Jack sent me 3 weeks ago.

@Whurlyburd you will have to contact Jack yourself for Ferrari I only have AM parts.

As for what parts fit which model and model year, you are going to need to track back through this thread to see other experience. I ordered AM10, AM23 and AM9 previously, all of which fitted a MY2007 V8V.

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jarodw said:

Ha. Nice seeing a picture of my previous V8. I do confirm that the splitter sticks out quite a bit.
And I agree with Jibberingloon that his version looks much smoother.

Thought I have to say the OYA parts have a good quality for the price they come.

Just about to order one from OYA for half the price of that, including shipping and import duty. Mine is absolutely battered after 3 years, so going to order 2 this time. One for general use and one for Sunday Best

Anyone else need one? AM23 is what I order previously to fit my MY07 V8V.