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Just received my carbon fiber air runner covers I ordered from Carbon Trader in the UK and I'm quite impressed with what arrived in the mail this afternoon.
Foremost, before I even mention a thing about their products, I want to state that my entire order from the day I placed it to the day it arrived at my door, took only 8 days. Not too shabby for an over sea's shipment!
OK now for the good stuff. Both covers arrived very well packaged, almost too well in double bubble wrapping. It has been my experience that sometimes the attention to the shipment itself says a LOT about a company and their products, specially those that ship from over sea's.
As I unwrapped the air runners, it was clearly evident these were of high pre-preg quality and nothing short of perfect! The surface finish was almost mirror like, with not a single pit, scratch or mark anywhere. The CF weave is perfect through the entire piece, even around all those curves, corners and mounting locations. It also appears to very comparable in size and style (the weave that is) to that of my other CF components on my 1098, so it will match up perfectly. There are no frayed or chipped edges, nor are there any "see-through" issues when held up to a light source. A nice solid piece of CF!
I'm not exactly sure who manufacturers these, but there is a tag inlaid underneath that reads CDT. It's hard to make out what else it says, but it does looks like "Carbon Design ... something ..." I tried a quick search for CDT, but didn't come up with anything pertaining to CF for motorcycles. Maybe someone out here may know of them and can chime in...
Price wise, I paid a hair under $320 shipped (UK to NY). Not cheap, but a REAL bargain considering what others are charging for these pieces! I can't for the love of me find my camera, so I'll post some pics later on this weekend when I do find it...
Foremost, before I even mention a thing about their products, I want to state that my entire order from the day I placed it to the day it arrived at my door, took only 8 days. Not too shabby for an over sea's shipment!
OK now for the good stuff. Both covers arrived very well packaged, almost too well in double bubble wrapping. It has been my experience that sometimes the attention to the shipment itself says a LOT about a company and their products, specially those that ship from over sea's.
As I unwrapped the air runners, it was clearly evident these were of high pre-preg quality and nothing short of perfect! The surface finish was almost mirror like, with not a single pit, scratch or mark anywhere. The CF weave is perfect through the entire piece, even around all those curves, corners and mounting locations. It also appears to very comparable in size and style (the weave that is) to that of my other CF components on my 1098, so it will match up perfectly. There are no frayed or chipped edges, nor are there any "see-through" issues when held up to a light source. A nice solid piece of CF!
I'm not exactly sure who manufacturers these, but there is a tag inlaid underneath that reads CDT. It's hard to make out what else it says, but it does looks like "Carbon Design ... something ..." I tried a quick search for CDT, but didn't come up with anything pertaining to CF for motorcycles. Maybe someone out here may know of them and can chime in...
Price wise, I paid a hair under $320 shipped (UK to NY). Not cheap, but a REAL bargain considering what others are charging for these pieces! I can't for the love of me find my camera, so I'll post some pics later on this weekend when I do find it...
