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Old 08-07-12, 04:12 PM
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Default Carbon fiber side skirts.???

Was thinking about doing a carbon fiber overlay on the stock sideskirt. Just wanted to hear some peoples opinion on whether or not I should or should not do it. Didnt know how to post up a poll. LOL
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If u can do a clean job cool if it's your first time messing with overlaying cf I say stick to something smaller first
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O dont worry I have plenty of experience just curious in opinion. I have done overlay for members here before
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If you do a clean job, I think it will look good.
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Just my opinion (no offense), but not a fan of imitation CF. Especially now, since it has been out for awhile.
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Originally Posted by PurduePete
Just my opinion (no offense), but not a fan of imitation CF. Especially now, since it has been out for awhile.
I'm not talking about the 3m Dinoc stuff. I'm not a fan of that stuff either. I'm talking about REAL cf that is overlayed on. Here is an image of my GC that I did a few months ago.



and here are the fogs that I have done.




Just wanted to see if people here would think it would be too much CF or if it will look silly.
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well u do obviously do a good job and i think it would look clean make them look like the C-West side skirts and if you can do it for under $1200 then you will have saved yourself some $
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Now, that's "real" carbon fiber. Nothing wrong with that. You can never have enough carbon fiber, it's a disease that gets worse over time.
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Wow that CF roof looks nice...
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Originally Posted by PurduePete
Now, that's "real" carbon fiber. Nothing wrong with that. You can never have enough carbon fiber, it's a disease that gets worse over time.
lol true that! CF is an addiction im just waiting on my own side skirts to become available from Arkym finally so I can get them slapped on already!
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Originally Posted by Murph145
lol true that! CF is an addiction im just waiting on my own side skirts to become available from Arkym finally so I can get them slapped on already!
Are they making a set for you??
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they said that they will be releasing side skirts for the F in the next 4-8 weeks when I spoke to them directly and that was about 2-3 weeks ago.... So I am stuck waiting now lol car feels nude on the sides with no CF.

Your roof picture does look dope nice skills!
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Thanks man. Ya I been meaning to maybe do the sideskirt especially because my car is black. Ever since I saw the ZR1 at the autoshow and saw its cf side I kinda started liking it. Just wanted too see if members would think its too much cf
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i think it would look silly just because the side skirts run up halfway of the fender
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