bsmoov

I've been leaning on doing this for a while now...

Here is an actual product from the JDM manufacturer AXELL



Now that carbon fiber center section that flushes the upper grill with the lower grill is what im talking about. That piece is roughly $500 US, but the only thing that bothers me is that the only finish it comes in is carbon fiber.

Now I'm ok with carbon fiber if I had other carbon fiber accessories, but I don't. It's going to look really weird with that being the only piece in carbon fiber. I don't want to paint over the finish in gloss or flat black as that would defeat the purpose of getting it in carbon fiber...

I was thinking about getting it professionally vinyl wrapped in gloss black. (Since my whole roof is done is gloss black already) It would be a seamless transition. Here are some booty before and after pics of what it'll look like:

Before:



After:




sooooooo....yay or nay???

Mitch08ISF

iTrader: (8)

Id say wrap it along with the silver grill trim to match

m R g S r

Ehh not feelin that at all. But in the end it's your car. Do what you think looks best to suit your taste!

hdave

teamlexus on ct200hforums has it done and it looks good check it out there

bsmoov

Too late!!!

In the process of getting it done in 3m matte black (at shop now)

Will update pictures tonight

bsmoov

Here it is:






kinda looks like this:

chargerfan

iTrader: (2)

Looks wierd imo. If the front end of a ct were michael jacksons face ... that mod is the equivalent to a bad nose job, lol

All jokes aside, car is still nice overall. The look is just too similar to a lancer evo x:

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Wassa786

Not my cup 'o tea...

bsmoov

All good. I like it and I love how it looks. Got oodles of compliments already!!!

corradoMR2

A+ Love it. I did this with carbon fiber wrap on my RX F-Sport and now that I see how good it looks on your CT, I'm tempted to do it on my CT as well.

chargerfan

iTrader: (2)

when you ask the general public "yay or nay" ... you may wanna prepare yourself for diff responses other than "yay" ... just sayin

bsmoov

When I ask the general public "yay or nay" I am asking for opinions/input/criticism BEFORE I do something. Example: vote or a poll, weights and measures

When I say, "It's too late, it's already being done" and show pictures of finished results, it means I did it already.

I am not offended by anyone in this post. I have thick skin and a sense of humor i.e. "haters gonna hate" meme...you don't think that's funny? just sayin'

RX469

iTrader: (1)

I like it. Turned out great!

chargerfan

iTrader: (2)

didnt mean that in a disrespectful way ... but yeah i love teh meme's, one of my all time favs:

hdave

i like it
i think you should also get that chrome piece above the upper grille done too