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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 04:44 PM
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My car got hit with a major hail storm. Insurance covered all damages. They said I needed a new hood, roof, and deck lid. Decided to do a full carbon fiber makeover.
Got the Seibon CSL type trunk (beautiful fit and finish), Seibon oem style CF hood (sh!tty fit and finish), and AMS CF roof replacement. I havent seen many cars besides TA track cars with this. The roof was a helluva lot of work for professionals, certainly not a DIY project. It came out really nice though. With all the new body work I decided that there was no way I could roll around on stock wheels anymore and since the wife drives the car regularly I went with Rota Grids so I woudnt be SO mad if she came home with curb rash lol. So, while had no intention of being in a stormtrooper, a so called "act of God" put me in one. Here she is. what do you think?








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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 04:46 PM
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i have a seibon hood also and the clear coat sucks i suggest you take it to a shop and reclear it..or eles it will fade n turn hazy if you park in the sun alot

love the roof man!
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 04:51 PM
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Looks good! Thinking about doing the same carbon fiber on my OB.

Already have black rims too.
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 04:54 PM
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I love that its all real CF and not cf wrap or gloss wrap.
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 05:06 PM
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I had all 3 CF pieces clear coated again at the body shop. Had an Eclipse GSX back in the day and the cf hood oxidized real bad. lesson learned lol
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 06:50 PM
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Looks good! I may do something like this to my car in the future.
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 09:12 PM
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Any side shots? Love the wheels and I know what you mean about the wife comment.
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Yoo Shin
Any side shots? Love the wheels and I know what you mean about the wife comment.
meh, not a real good shot, too much shadow. they are almost perfectly flush with the top of wheel arch. 18 x 9.5 +20 with 265 35 tires and stock suspension
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 11:17 PM
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u need a shorter antenna for your rc car lol
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 09:47 AM
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u need a shorter antenna for your rc car lol
lol I actually took off the short one and added this whip that resulted in dramatically improved reception
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 10:29 AM
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Looks really cool!!!

But for the life of me I can't get why these cars are compared to Stormtrooper helmets.

They are straight up Cylon Centurions.... See?

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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by EAGLE 5
Looks really cool!!!

But for the life of me I can't get why these cars are compared to Stormtrooper helmets.

They are straight up Cylon Centurions.... See?
I definately see your point, no less nerdy though I assume its a color thing. Sooo... maybe the Apex Silver guys should start referring to theirs as Cylon Centurions
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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My mercury gray gave me the idea, that and a battlestar netflix binge has too. I even found someone who makes decals that look like the Centurion helmet for it.

Still I am pondering switching to WW just because these cars lo0k great in white.
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 02:00 PM
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Did you have any problems with the fitment of any of their products?
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by KyLe EVOlved
Did you have any problems with the fitment of any of their products?
did u even read his post?
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