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Old 03-11-2013, 08:30 AM
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Curious if anyone else is getting surface crazing of the carbon-fiber door trim? not overly noticeable except in the right light. Anyone have a recomendation for a cure?
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That's the first I've heard of that. Perhaps it took a hard knock at some point?
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someone suggested ocarbon.com i'm going to check em out.
it's possible the front end was dinged prior to my owning it, but i also see a slight crazing above the glove-box.
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That's the first I've heard of that. Perhaps it took a hard knock at some point?
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First I've heard of this as well.
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happened to me while i was still under warranty. I bought my RS4 cab new and hairline cracks developed on both doors, denter console by shifter and by my headlight switch, dealer replaced it all. I usually park my car in the garage but for a while it was outside. I'm not sure if drastic changes in temp caused the cracking or what but it definitly was not from impacts
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Originally Posted by jagsFAN
happened to me while i was still under warranty. I bought my RS4 cab new and hairline cracks developed on both doors, denter console by shifter and by my headlight switch, dealer replaced it all. I usually park my car in the garage but for a while it was outside. I'm not sure if drastic changes in temp caused the cracking or what but it definitly was not from impacts
nice that the warranty would cover that!
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warranty covers the carbon-fiber for 4yrs or 50k miles.
just missed the cut-off.
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Originally Posted by RS4Life
warranty covers the carbon-fiber for 4yrs or 50k miles.
just missed the cut-off.
Oooof...that's too bad. If it really is that bad, try contacting http://ocarbon.com/.
I've not had any direct experience with them, but have heard nothing but good things.
Good luck.
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I have cracks in both my door pieces and the dash...annoying that this would happen and I'm well beyond warranty...
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