carbon fiber fenders
Sep 7, 2005, 04:29 PM
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on the ricer comment, its 50/50.CF is starting to get alittle overplayed even tho i love the CF look. Dry carbon i gonna be the big trend soon. Taking care of it is gonna be the hard part and also affording it. I only think its half rice cuz it doesnt do much to save weight really. The statement about CF hoods weighing more or the same as the stock hood is true except C west and Gialla and other dry carbon hoods. I've seen these before from Varis and imo: these are ugly unless theyre on a black car where it actually blends in.
Sep 7, 2005, 06:00 PM
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nice! but only thing, looks best on black. I have a white evo w/ cf hood. I couldnt stand the black hood so i custom painted the sides. I was thinking about cf fenders, mabye ill get them and paint them white.......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm should I? very tempting!!!
Sep 7, 2005, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by GOT EVO
since the stock fenders are Aluminum i dont think that is really a factor. Most C/F hoods are the same or heavier weight than the stock Aluminum hood........
The stock fenders weigh nearly nothing... and I mean, literally nothing. Same with the hood. Comparing apples to apples, when the shilding is out and heat shielding is gone, the hood is light enough to pick up and ballance with 2 fingers.
Sep 8, 2005, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by XetronicEvoVIII
nice! but only thing, looks best on black. I have a white evo w/ cf hood. I couldnt stand the black hood so i custom painted the sides. I was thinking about cf fenders, mabye ill get them and paint them white.......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm should I? very tempting!!!
Sep 8, 2005, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by evo-mr
its wider i think about 10-12mm wider.
This fenders DOESN'T really save any weight maybe 0.5 pounds but ....
This fenders DOESN'T really save any weight maybe 0.5 pounds but ....
but I can take a dump and **** before getting into my car and save 1 pound too...or not eat 2 of the 1/2 burritos at Taco Bell
not flaming or hating, just thinking what I can do to save 1 pound of weight on my car. The CF does look high quality...
Sep 8, 2005, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by RalliArtEvoVIII
. Dry carbon i gonna be the big trend soon.
Sep 8, 2005, 06:07 PM
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Carbon fiber looks pretty good on all colors but white. In this instance it's not even advantageous unless you're competing professionally with the car to drop that minimal amount of weight. Maybe that's the reason I went Wicked White, because I don't really like carbon fiber and don't want to be tempted to buy it just to have another non-stock part on the car.
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