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Another Fraud Warning, Carbostuff Engineering, Dominik Bahn.

VAD Admin
Dec 7, 2018
2 min read

There doesn't seem to be a month that goes by where we are not contacted by someone thats having or had issues with Dominik Bahn and his company Carbostuff Engineering.

We have moved on personally from our own loss from this company due to the fact that it was consuming far too much of our time as well as cost and we wanted to forget all about the name "Carbostuff Engineering" and re-focus our attention on our own business, working with genuine people who want to produce product and supply what has been paid for without any drama, so we are letting the local German authorities deal with the situation in hand, the more information they gather the more the worse it will be long term for himself, it will end up biting him at some point we have lots of collective information that is dating back to the end of 2014, so its all in hand.

In April 2018 Vince Muriti the owner of Perfect Auto Body based in Sydney Australia made contact us, he had ordered and paid a 75% deposit for a complete front end for his Audi R8 LMS race car from Dominik Bahn back in October 2017 and by April 2018 Dominik Bahn had stopped replying to his emails, it was his search on the Internet that he came across our blog posts regarding the past antics of Carbostuff Engineering, unfortunately our blog was not able to assist as it too little too late, as he like many others around the world have been scammed by Dominik Bahn.

Reading through the email trail it seems he still uses the same old excuses, for the lengthy delay of why the parts haven't been delivered.

We have been asked to go public with this story to show our industry around the world that Carbostuff still doing what he has always done, take money and do not supply any parts, generally deceiving people and that deception is theft.

Vince ordered and paid for parts in good faith in October 2017 yet he is still waiting on his parts 14 months later, the last email he received from Dominik Bahn was back in December 2017, unfortunately Vince joins the ever growing list of people who have lost money to this guy.

We here from various sources that he is looking at taking legal action against our blog posts, we sincerely hope its true and look forward to hearing from his legal team, there are a lot of people 3 years on with no parts and no refund, I'm sure each and everyone is more that happy to tell their story and take their own legal council.

All we can do is keep doing what we are doing and that is to report on the facts, that Dominik Bahn is still doing what he has been doing for a long time, which is to deceive people out of their cash.

Invoice from Dominik Bahn from Carbostuff Engineering, no parts delivered and no refund,

Invoiced 24/10/2017

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Nissan R35 GTR Wide Body Programs

VAD Admin
Dec 5, 2018
2 min read

We have made some changes to our Nissan GTR aero products over the last few months, with some new material and some options on some aero designs being discontinued.

Our first venture into the GTR World was back in 2012, with our GT1 styled take on Nissan's range topper for the first edition CBA styled bumper GTR, at the time of launch we produced in carbon fibre and GRP with the GRP outselling the carbon version by some margin, so we took the decision to only offer that aero kit in GRP, it an extremely cheap aero kit and really does enhance the oem lines of the GTR, whilst housing wide negative offset 20” wheels, its deceptive wide and that what we love about this particular kit, in fact unless you sit this wide body by a standard GTR it looks oem, even though is 75mm wider per corner than the Stock beauty.

2018 has seen us launch our GT3 style wide body carbon fibre aero kit which huge success, our good friend Bryce was the first to step up and build the pinnacle wide body, which is now having a bit of a colour change which will be completed this month, the Dapper Dips crew have had the car most of this year getting on to it when they have had spare time, a day here and there which suits Bryce as he has been stationed in the middle east for the last 9 months, just a pity we have to lose the lush white finish as that really did showcase the kit details, but the paintwork was terrible and something needed to be done, so Bryce wanted to start again and come back with a new look, which we are really excited to see the new look when its all finished, and for Brandon Woyshnis to once again unleash his epic photography skills.

Another positive for our aero as reported in one of our post last month, David Haagsma also hit the track with some fantastic results, a testament to how good our products are.

Ichiban GTR carbon fibre aero kit

David Haagsma SP Engineering Ichiban GTR Anthony Gaylard Nissan GTR GT3 Track Beast

Since we launched the kit we have been asked about the possibilities of having the kit manufactured in GRP, something we haven’t been particularly keen on until our composite team sent us details on a brand new woven cloth based GRP material with is still manufactured with epoxy resin and either pre-preg or vacuum infused product, extremely strong, super lightweight, just like carbon fibre product but 15 to 20% cheaper, so this will be added to the list of GTR manufacturing options, which is great as we can still get to add various parts like the front splitter, rear diffuser and side skirts in carbon fibre.

Dry Carbon Front Bumper

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Speedwells Datsun 280ZX V8 Turbo Build

VAD Admin
Dec 1, 2018
2 min read

We can honestly say we have no idea where Iby gets time to work on his projects as well as the hectic workload of working life, with the Porsche Turbo R undergoing some serious engine modifications which should see it pushing out the best part of 700bhp + with the new Turbo & ECU upgrade not to mention all of the other goodies the engine has been treated too, it should now have the huge performance to match those aggressive but stunning looks, let’s face it the 997 Turbo in factory form isn't slow by any means, so just imagine with an extra 200 + HP, this is going to be one incredibly brutal Porsche 997.

To complete the rest of the upgrades, with a fresh enhancement to the suspension being completed, with a bespoke set of Bilstein PSS10 coilovers that have been built to GT3R specification, such a fantastic addition to how this 997 will look & drive, all being well it should be sitting on the Bilstein stand at the Performance show at the NEC Birmingham in January 2019, so if you haven’t seen this car in up close and personal we strongly suggest you head to the show, it will be worth it just to see this beauty.

Not content with one project car on the go Iby also has the Datsun 280ZX and a few months back we did a blog post on the start of the build, and we are happy to report it has progressed a little further, it has sat around for a while whist the GT3R has got most of the attention, but with a slot booked in at Perfection Midlands body shop, the ZX was treated to some extremely sexy paint work.

The interior of the shell was treated to some matte black, with a nice contrasting gloss red on the roll bar, it’s a combo that looks amazing against the all new pearl white paint work which has been lavished on the external panels, and believe us when we say pictures don’t do this finish any justice.

With the Datsun painted the next job will be to treat the underside of the shell to some extra protection and then Iby can start to add the suspension set up and get the Lexus V8 Turbo engine sitting where it should be, as well as fixing the extended riveted over fenders in place, after they have had their coat of gloss black paint.

Its great seeing this build take some shape, and we will of course be sharing the build progress over the coming months, this is going to be one serious looking Datsun, with form and function.