Any interest in this?

SquireSCA · Jan 13, 2012

My buddy has been creating molds and making true carbon fiber parts for our motorcycles. I attached a pic of a front sprocket cover he just made for his Aprilia... Anyway, I asked him if he could make a mold of a phone case, and produce some high quality, true carbon fiber cases for the Rezond, iPhone 4, etc... He said sure, he can take my case and make a mold and create a thin and incredibly strong case that would just snap on, be highly polished and look amazing.

He has not yet come up with a price, but we are thinking somewhere in the $30-$40 range once he gets the mold and process down, makes sure the fitment is perfect, gets the finish and polish perfect, etc... then he can start producing them.

I know that I have always wanted a real carbon fiber case, not that crappy plastic with the fake weave, and when I did find some they never made one for my phone and if they did, they were like $100 or something crazy...

So I ask you folks, if we could produce a really nice quality item at a really fair price, would there be enough demand to justify it? Would anyone be interested?

Here is what his sprocket cover looks like, so you can get an idea of how the finished product would look. The stuff is strong as hell, and weighs nothing, would add almost no bulk to the phone if done properly.

Thoughts?

TZAR@ · Jan 13, 2012

If you made 1 for the Galaxy Nexus LTE I'd buy it.

From my Sexii G Nexii

SquireSCA · Jan 13, 2012

TZAR@ said:
If you made 1 for the Galaxy Nexus LTE I'd buy it.

From my Sexii G Nexii

Well, the beauty of this is that we don't need a phone to make a mold. We can take a plastic snap on case that we can buy pretty cheap, and make a mold from that, lay the kevlar weave, pour in the epoxy and vacuum seal it to impregnate the weave and remove all the air bubbles and then let it cure for 24 hours. It would be a slow process, but if the demand is there, we could make up a batch, sell them, then make another batch.

The case would have to be the single piece snap-on type. This stuff has the tensile strength of steel, so it is not going to want to bend a lot. It will have to flex slightly and snap securely on. We will play around until we get it perfect, and then show the finished product and see if people are interested.

Thanks for the feedback. If this works and he sells a decent amount, he can make different molds for different phones, shouldn't be a problem if the demand is there.

txkorm · Jan 13, 2012

Hell yes!

KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.

SquireSCA · Jan 13, 2012

txkorm said:
Hell yes!

KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.

Cool. My friend Daniel is one of those guys that whatever he does, it just comes out awesome. I once needed some touch up paint done to a 2007 Ducati Monster S4RS, and in his garage he added some lines and things and it looked like a factory paint job. The guy has skills.

I got a gouge in my tank, and needed the red lines repaired, and I wanted some green added so that we would have all 3 colors of the Italian Flag on the bike, and this is what he did in his garage one day. Came out amazing looking, several layers of clear, looks like it came that way from the factory... So if he decides to do this, rest assured it will be top notch work and worth every penny.

clclark7 · Jan 13, 2012

I'm definitely in, hope this happens soon!

Thanks!

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SquireSCA · Jan 13, 2012

I am gonna get my plastic case to him this weekend so that he can make a mold for the Rezound. Will keep you guys posted, but it will probably take a week for the first completed unit to see the light of day, and we will see where we stand at that point.

txkorm · Jan 13, 2012

There's a "Barley There" case that would be perfect for this. Might be cool to have a hole for the beats logo IMO. The red would add some nice contrast with carbon.

Sweet bike by the way. Looks awesome.

KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.

antawnm26 · Jan 13, 2012

SquireSCA said:
My buddy has been creating molds and making true carbon fiber parts for our motorcycles. I attached a pic of a front sprocket cover he just made for his Aprilia... Anyway, I asked him if he could make a mold of a phone case, and produce some high quality, true carbon fiber cases for the Rezond, iPhone 4, etc... He said sure, he can take my case and make a mold and create a thin and incredibly strong case that would just snap on, be highly polished and look amazing.

He has not yet come up with a price, but we are thinking somewhere in the $30-$40 range once he gets the mold and process down, makes sure the fitment is perfect, gets the finish and polish perfect, etc... then he can start producing them.

I know that I have always wanted a real carbon fiber case, not that crappy plastic with the fake weave, and when I did find some they never made one for my phone and if they did, they were like $100 or something crazy...

So I ask you folks, if we could produce a really nice quality item at a really fair price, would there be enough demand to justify it? Would anyone be interested?

Here is what his sprocket cover looks like, so you can get an idea of how the finished product would look. The stuff is strong as hell, and weighs nothing, would add almost no bulk to the phone if done properly.

Thoughts?

Hey dont mean to jump the subject but pm me have some questions...i ride as well.. I see your in the Atlanta area..You flagging..do any track days

SquireSCA · Jan 13, 2012

txkorm said:
There's a "Barley There" case that would be perfect for this. Might be cool to have a hole for the beats logo IMO. The red would add some nice contrast with carbon.

Sweet bike by the way. Looks awesome.

KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.

Yeah, I actually have one of these that we were going to use as a starting point for the mold:

http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-vigor-hard-shell-cases.html

We could make a hole for the Beats logo, but he can also buy the kevlar weave in different colors, and red is one of them.

SquireSCA · Jan 13, 2012

antawnm26 said:
Hey dont mean to jump the subject but pm me have some questions...i ride as well.. I see your in the Atlanta area..You flagging..do any track days

Yeah, in Atlanta area, I have a Triumph Daytona 675 and my girlfriend has an '11 GSX-R600. Both of us do track days at Road A, Tally, Barber, etc... I will shoot you a PM.

txkorm · Jan 13, 2012

SquireSCA said:
Yeah, I actually have one of these that we were going to use as a starting point for the mold:

http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-vigor-hard-shell-cases.html

We could make a hole for the Beats logo, but he can also buy the kevlar weave in different colors, and red is one of them.

Does that case have holes for the two noise canceling mics or whatever they are in the bottom left corner of the back?

KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.

SquireSCA · Jan 13, 2012

txkorm said:
Does that case have holes for the two noise canceling mics or whatever they are in the bottom left corner of the back?

KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.

We will make sure that it does. The one on the bottom is open already, but we would need to make a hole to the left of the Beats logo.

We will have everything uncovered that needs to be.

txkorm · Jan 13, 2012

I'm not a case guy but I'm getting excited about this. If the price is right and it comes out right, I could see myself getting a red one to. Now the suspense is killing me.

KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.

aznpenguin · Jan 13, 2012

this would be awesome

Marcismo55 · Jan 13, 2012

I would be in for this....I'll put a Leo Vince SBK sticker on my phone just like I have on my bike!

SquireSCA · Jan 13, 2012

Marcismo55 said:
I would be in for this....I'll put a Leo Vince SBK sticker on my phone just like I have on my bike!

Or a #55 on the back in memory of Simoncelli could be cool. I wonder if a decal could be applied to the weave before putting in the epoxy? Would be cool to have things under the clear... Hmmm...

con247 · Jan 13, 2012

I would be very interested in a black/dark grey one. What would be even sicker is if you could replicate the plastic part of the otterbox case with carbon fiber. That would be incredible. That way it would still have the silicone inside, but the outside would be carbon fiber.

SquireSCA · Jan 13, 2012

Daniel is not a member here but he is monitoring the thread. I think that making C/F parts to replace the plastic "skeleton" of things like the Otterbox is a great idea. All we would need is the plastic part to make a mold, and in some ways that might be easier to make than the standard snap on case that doesn't have the under-layer of silicone... Hmmm....

Marcismo55 · Jan 14, 2012

SquireSCA said:
Daniel is not a member here but he is monitoring the thread. I think that making C/F parts to replace the plastic "skeleton" of things like the Otterbox is a great idea. All we would need is the plastic part to make a mold, and in some ways that might be easier to make than the standard snap on case that doesn't have the under-layer of silicone... Hmmm....

That would be nice. Maybe then I would use my Otterbox....otherwise I hate the thing.

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