Andrew_LWSDesign 10 Posted December 21, 2012 Hi, Just wanted to make you all aware of our company LWS Design, we have taken over from where Performance Trim left off, We are able to produce Bonnets, Roof Skins and Spoilers for the Corrado. http://www.lwsdesign.co.uk Happy to offer Forum members 10% off our website prices. Please do contact me via PM or at [email protected] for more information on specific parts, also potentially looking at a group buy in the New Year for Wings but we would need to mould these first which is costly and time consuming and need 2 perfect wings to do this from so it is work in progress on the wings but the Bonnet, Roofskin and Rear spoiler are ready to go! Any questions just let me know. Thanks, Andrew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VW_OwneR_85 1 Posted December 22, 2012 hi, just curious to know about the fittment of the roof skin, does the old roof skin just get chopped out allowing 2" or so for bonding adhesive and then the carbon skin gets placed on top ? or does the original skin get removed 100% spliting apart the pinch welds etc ? cheers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew_LWSDesign 10 Posted December 22, 2012 I have some old grainy photos taken from a golf but the principal is the same, we do have a contact of a company that can fit these as well if needed.... Thanks, Andrew ---------- Post added at 12:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:28 AM ---------- just realised I might be in trouble for soft porn posters with the moderators for the pictures....sorry! This is NOT our workshop! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VW_OwneR_85 1 Posted December 22, 2012 i think your be fine posting here as it benefits everyone, thanks for the pics, you have made it very clear now, doesnt look as bad as i originaly thought, even looking closer you wouldnt even have to remove the windscreen!! as the carbon just sits under the windscreen seal and not into the channel! so its not as much work as i thought!, will deffo consider this in the new year, cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted December 22, 2012 i think your be fine posting here as it benefits everyone, thanks for the pics, you have made it very clear now, doesnt look as bad as i originaly thought, even looking closer you wouldnt even have to remove the windscreen!! as the carbon just sits under the windscreen seal and not into the channel! so its not as much work as i thought!, will deffo consider this in the new year, cheers I have to agree with VW OwneR 85 as there have been various people interested in the product's you offer and some have been trying to get it going (enthusiast owned) it is just a pity you don't offer as many product's as spooned.I am totally behind backing a uk company which can do something for a uk forum but if I am going to buy a few bit's from spoonfed and they are offering me a good price for some parts then obviously I am going to buy from them I want a good deal just like anybody else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fragsxr 10 Posted December 22, 2012 hi mate, had a look on ur site as im interested in roof skin. how good a fit is it compared to oe steel roof? ---------- Post added at 7:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 7:25 AM ---------- hi mate, had a look on ur site as im interested in roof skin. how good a fit is it compared to oe steel roof? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew_LWSDesign 10 Posted December 22, 2012 Hi, I have just had a look at spoonfed and i would say the prices are quite comparable especially bearing in mind our parts are much larger but for the rear spoiler we are actually cheaper (Although these are a nightmare to make!) We welcome feedback on prices etc, I know everyone would like everything cheaper (Especially me and Tesco after my recent Christmas shop!) but feedback is valuable, the parts are complex and time consuming to make but equally we want the prices to be fair to all..and hope offering forum members 10% will help this. ---------- Post added at 5:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 4:58 PM ---------- Regarding the fitment, when one of these is fitted well there is no noticeable difference between the steel roof fitment and this except of course the huge weight change! They really do look like they were sent from the factory with them on but i beleive some members on here have them fitted so be good to hear from them with their thoughts.. There is a forum member on here happy to fit the carbon roofs if you are interested. hi mate, had a look on ur site as im interested in roof skin. how good a fit is it compared to oe steel roof? ---------- Post added at 7:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 7:25 AM ---------- hi mate, had a look on ur site as im interested in roof skin. how good a fit is it compared to oe steel roof? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon green 4 Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) Do you do the extended spoiler ? Like SFT ! Yours retails at £275, SFT's extended wing retails at $400 (£247) plus carriage So claim that yours is cheaper is not quite true ! Prices and exchange rates were checked immediately before I wrote this post Edited December 22, 2012 by dragon green Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew_LWSDesign 10 Posted December 22, 2012 I was thinking this meant extending.... Extended, this is a mould that could be made if demand demanded :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mad-dog 10 Posted December 22, 2012 would like to see the wings Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew_LWSDesign 10 Posted December 23, 2012 Hi, Posted before I saw your edit on price, i didn't realise quite how strong the pound was at the moment against the dollar but I would expect that when you add shipping to the UK we would be very similar if not on the right side with LWS but as you pointed out ours is not the extended one..if there is enough demand for this we can rectify this! We sold the first one of these to a forum member on here for £150 but it proved a nightmare to make because of the way the two parts are bonded together so we had no choice but to increase the price, shame as for the amount of carbon vs. a bonnet or roof skin they do seem expensive. Do you do the extended spoiler ? Like SFT ! Yours retails at £275, SFT's extended wing retails at $400 (£247) plus carriage So claim that yours is cheaper is not quite true ! Prices and exchange rates were checked immediately before I wrote this post Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VAG-hag 0 Posted December 24, 2012 Welcome to the forum Andrew. I am very glad to see that this stuff is available again.... the bonnet is very tempting. Can you do carbon kevlar combo? & why are you so bl00dy far away?? :) Cheers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew_LWSDesign 10 Posted December 24, 2012 Thanks for the message, we are able to produce products with a Carbon / Kevlar mix but do not currently have stock of the Roll, Unless bought in quantity this is very expensive as a one off but as with most things if there is enough demand we can justify the purchase of the raw material but to put this into context the last roll of Carbon was over £2,200 so the raw materials are not cheap. Regarding location....Many apologies...I have chatted with Lewis about relocation for you but think we are quite settled in our new workshop, we do everything to keep customers happy but relocation is a little too much :-) Have a Happy Christmas everyone! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jon_vr6 1 Posted December 24, 2012 Hi, Posted before I saw your edit on price, i didn't realise quite how strong the pound was at the moment against the dollar but I would expect that when you add shipping to the UK we would be very similar if not on the right side with LWS but as you pointed out ours is not the extended one..if there is enough demand for this we can rectify this! We sold the first one of these to a forum member on here for £150 but it proved a nightmare to make because of the way the two parts are bonded together so we had no choice but to increase the price, shame as for the amount of carbon vs. a bonnet or roof skin they do seem expensive. Dont forget the import costs from Spoonfedtuning too, think my charges for a spoiler were around the £50 mark so on par really Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew_LWSDesign 10 Posted December 24, 2012 Thought you might find this story interesting. Lewis Houben who owns LWS Design is a VW guy through and through, I know this is not a Corrado but thought you might still be interested, he has created many Mk2 Golfs ranging from one of the first VR6 Conversions many years ago to a crazy rear wheel drive VR6 Turbo Rallye and also this one which was based on the 1.8T Engine and was an absolute weapon.. Interesting coverage here on the Carbon panels which were bought from Performance Trim, This was this car that gave Lewis the bug for infusing Carbon after seeing and fitting the performance trim panels, little did he know a couple of years later he would own the old performance trim moulds and be producing his own panels. The attention to detail on this car gives you an idea to how Lewis views the work he does in Carbon. The last comment about the Lotus is well underway and we will be posting pictures through the Facebook page very soon, it will be a fully carbon bodied Exige powered by the 1.8T engine which will have a power to weight ratio to make your eyes water! http://www.lwsdesign.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
