Hey Dave,

Please put me down as very very interested in aluminum, and quasi-interested in wood if aluminum is never going to happen. My new car's interior really doesn't lend itself to the stock empeg fascia, so I'm hoping you're still on the case!

At least for the time being, wood is a no-go (at least in the original fascia style). The quote I got from the company I was hoping to work with came to about $2500 for a run of three wooden fascias, with me supplying the material. I'm going to see what they could do, price-wise, with the new style (which is a lot simpler, really, all things considered). I'd love to just tell them "Go for it!", but I've been a student for long enough that $2500 + materials is just too much of an outlay, especially for only three units. So, we'll see...

Aluminum isn't dead at all, just sorta in temporary limbo, in a way. Brandon's shop has been moving into new digs, and he and I have both been busy (he with the shop, me with school since I'm too stupid to take summers off). We're really just waiting for the shop to get their new laser units so we can prototype faster and, more importantly, less expensively.

I'll give him a call later today and see what his status is. I also need to get an order in with Greenlights for buttons, and get a lighting kit installed. That way when we actually get these things right, we can have some metal fascia porn.

Any news on the aluminum?

Lasers are a go for the machine shop, so they should be installed in about a month. I should have more info then.