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Carbon Fiber Wrap Front Brake-Ducts

Old 07-20-12, 07:22 AM
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Default Carbon Fiber Wrap Front Brake-Ducts

I am going to get the rear seat tray, the foglight covers, and I was thinking maybe the front air brake ducts... do you guys think that would be too much in the front and look a little tacky? I've always attempted to add nice touches with taste, don't want it to look cheap so to speak.
Old 07-20-12, 07:36 AM
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Anything in carbon fiber looks cooler. Hell if i had extra money laying around and I drove black IS F...i'd wrap the whole thing in carbon fiber.
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But remember, this is "faux" carbon fiber lol, not the real deal, so I believe one can overdue it very quickly .
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If he's giving you as good of a deal to do the ducts as he is the fog covers and tray just do it and peel it off if you don't like it. It is fake but if you aready have the fog light covers done at that point it really doesn't matter. I'm not sure I like the stuff enough to do more then the tray in the back seat but I didn't even think I would be ok with fake CF there. I ended up liking it a lot so there is only one way to know.
I think the ducts and fog covers might get beat up from road debris over time though.
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I had this done a few months ago and it looks decent. Due to the number of curves they have to cut multiple pieces and if you look close you can tell its wrapped. If I was to do it over again I would paint my ducts a different color. Something very low key but off setting.

I'm not on my computer right now or else I would post pics. Search my name on here and a couple should pop-up.
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