The carbon fiber look is all the rage in racing these days, and while the cost of purchasing actual carbon fiber isn’t prohibitive for many budget-minded racers, they can still have the sleek appearance of such for race cars, through the process of hydro-dipping — which in essence is like a wrap for your race car, only on a smaller scale.

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Quarter-Max, the mail-order parts division of Rick Jones Race Cars, produces an entire catalog full of chassis parts and components (and even entire chassis kits) for the do-it-yourself racer and chassis builder. To satisfy the hunger of those looking to outfit their machine with the carbon fiber styling, they’ve started offering hydro-dipped versions of many of its popular aluminum products. From the range of steering wheels to radiator overflow tanks, window bezels to parachute levers and door handles, Quarter-Max can hydro-dip it.

According to Quarter-Max’s Josh Dixon, the carbon hydro-dip products will be kept in stock (they also offer black anodized parts, as well, if the blacked-out look is your thing), and so popular is the carbon fiber appearance that RJRC is considering bringing the hydro-dip process in-house, giving them more control over the final product of the parts and pieces they cut in their machine shop, virtually nonstop.

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At left, you can see a hydro-dipped overflow tank sitting alongside a real bit of carbon fiber.

“We think it’s going to sell really well, and eventually, nearly everything that’s aluminum in the car could potentially be offered in a hydro-dip version, if the demand is there,” says Dixon.