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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 08:37 PM
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question about CF trunks?

hey guys... mods sorry about another post.... but ive got some money coming in from insurance, and was thinking about the voltex rear diffuser, chargespeed bottomline front lip, or carbon fider trunk... but ive heard horror stories about some trunks coming out terrible and some coming out amazing, anyone shed some light on the good ones and wheres the best place to get it
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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i have a seibon trunk and it fits good on one side and sits really high on the other im going to see if i can make it fit better though
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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yeah thats what im worried about, thats gaps and height... im thinking seibon is gonna be my best bet, where did you get yours at. im thinking vivid racing
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 09:43 PM
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the car was imported with it on already som im not sure where it came from but other then the one side the rest of the trunk fits good and i think i could get it to fit a bit better
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 09:45 PM
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i have a seibon trunk and it fits just as good a stock couldnt be any better
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 11:42 PM
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My VIS cf trunk sits high one one side and low on the other, I don't really know how to adjust it but it doesn't bother me too much. If you want a CF trunk w/o fitment issues, your best bet is to try to find someone selling an Evodave cf trunk. I wish I would've found one when I was buying the trunk
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 10:13 AM
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seibon trunk on mine, fitment A+
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 10:25 AM
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Where did you seibon guys order yours from? I've seen them on vivid racing but haven't had any experience with them
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 11:07 AM
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i got a good deal on mine locally... it was used but in excellent condition
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 12:23 PM
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Spend the money the first time around and get a quality trunk. Make sure it actually shaves some weight too.


While I can turn the other cheek to some products, I never understood why people skimped out on exterior CF pieces. If they don't fit good, don't shed weight, WTH is the point? /rant


With that said, I bought my trunk off a member here, don't know the manufacturer, but it fits like a glove and weighs practically nothing . Sometimes you gotta pay to play.




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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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Wow, that fits perfect. I've started looking into CF trunks also and would love to know what brand that is. Thats my only fear is it not fitting correctly.
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by revvin9k
Spend the money the first time around and get a quality trunk. Make sure it actually shaves some weight too.


While I can turn the other cheek to some products, I never understood why people skimped out on exterior CF pieces. If they don't fit good, don't shed weight, WTH is the point? /rant


With that said, I bought my trunk off a member here, don't know the manufacturer, but it fits like a glove and weighs practically nothing . Sometimes you gotta pay to play.




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yeah you got a very nice looking one, and i agree with you, i dont mind paying more in this area its well worth it in my opinion
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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i have a light weight vis trunk. i had to do some modifying to fit it but nothing major. its good. ill get another cf trunk if i get a voltex spoiler later and sell my trunk plus apr riser gtc 200 full carbon spoiler
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 12:07 PM
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So far I have seen the seibon trunks the best they look bad ***. I know you can also get them in the dry carbon look if you wanted to go for that. STM just put on yesterday on a EB 8 and it looks bad ***. I know for sure they still have two more there if you wanted to try them.
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