I finally got ahold of the manufacturer, and after much bugging and harrassment about the holdup, I finally got an explanation from them. The apparent reason that we haven't seen any CF products coming from them recently is that since Carbon Fiber is a petroleum based product, and the "war" is putting a strain on the Oil supply... that Carbon Fiber just isn't being produced as much at the moment

They said that pretty much since the time when the defective hoods came in a few months ago, that they haven't received CF product at all (for
any of their orders)

I have him checking on an ETA for when we'll see something, and I will keep bugging him daily about that until we get some kind of answer

, so hopefully we'll know something more soon