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Old 09-18-14, 10:47 PM
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Default Opinion needed! Painted Cwest front?

So after 3 months of waiting, my Cwest front lip is finally here to replace my cracked Toms front. I love carbon fiber but I'm not a fan of too much carbon showing. My car is SFP and will have Cwest front, painted Cwest sides, painted vented Seibon hood, Wald rear diffuser plus Aimgain 3 piece spoilers. I just need to figure out the pattern to paint my lip. I did a quick paint on an existing pic of a USB with Cwest front to see if you guys like my idea. My car is WHITE BTW Thanks

How the lip looks stock,

Paint matched with a ton of carbon showing

Now this is mostly paint matched and only some carbon showing


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i would do just a bit of carbon showing. would match hood and sides
Old 09-19-14, 01:28 AM
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Just make sure you dont go to the same place that painted your Toms.. cause they did an awful job..
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cars going to be so aggressive lol, do the first one, second one covers too much, you gotta show off the cf!
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paint matched with a little carbon showing is my vote...
Old 09-19-14, 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by ISFPOWER
i would do just a bit of carbon showing. would match hood and sides
You already have a lot going on with carbon accents and other little things - just KISS... Keep It Simple & Sexy!
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Originally Posted by ISFPOWER
i would do just a bit of carbon showing. would match hood and sides
Originally Posted by ISFpat
Just make sure you dont go to the same place that painted your Toms.. cause they did an awful job..
That's why I dropped by Auto Explosion last week. Dropping my car off next Friday before I take my week of vacation on a cruise
Originally Posted by joshhleee
cars going to be so aggressive lol, do the first one, second one covers too much, you gotta show off the cf!
Originally Posted by tmf2004
paint matched with a little carbon showing is my vote...
Originally Posted by 2ndGF
You already have a lot going on with carbon accents and other little things - just KISS... Keep It Simple & Sexy!
Thanks guys. I like 2nd choice of leaving only little carbon before I made the thread. You guys confirmed it hahaha
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little bit of carbon showing
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Also voting with the little bit of carbon showing
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My vote is if you are going to paint it, keep it uniform, and painted on the same plane. I don't like the way you are breaking it up, because it makes it look like two splitters IMO.

I would do something like this. It will look like a subtle lip. That lower center piece looks weird painted like you have it IMO.
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I vote painted makes it flow better and look more OEM.

I think it will look really good
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Originally Posted by Cronic
My vote is if you are going to paint it, keep it uniform, and painted on the same plane. I don't like the way you are breaking it up, because it makes it look like two splitters IMO.

I would do something like this. It will look like a subtle lip. That lower center piece looks weird painted like you have it IMO.
I have thought about painting it that way, my biggest gripe about our ISF is that the lower center grill is about the same size as the upper grill. It looks out of proportion stock. In my opinion, the lower grill opening should always be larger than the upper. Maybe I'm just a huge fan of huge mouth lol!! I came from MK4 Supra world where larger mouth equal larger cooling area for front mouth intercooler so I guess I'm used to that look. I thought by painting the bottom center of the Cwest, it gives the effect of a larger lower "mouth/grill" opening area.

Awesome photoshop skill btw. My crappy 5 mins with MS paint looks crappy lol
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I vote painted makes it flow better and look more OEM.

I think it will look really good
Thanks bro, Yeah I can't wait, the front looks so naked without a lip.
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After repainting it, itll look like the Toms lip with sharper curves lol
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Originally Posted by Cronic
My vote is if you are going to paint it, keep it uniform, and painted on the same plane. I don't like the way you are breaking it up, because it makes it look like two splitters IMO.

I would do something like this. It will look like a subtle lip. That lower center piece looks weird painted like you have it IMO.
I second this....freaking awesome!
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Default Done!!!!!!!!!!

So I went on vacation for a week, Royal Caribbean cruise to Eastern Carribean . So I took the opportunity to drop off my car at Auto Explosion, best bodyshop for custom work and paint in SoCal in my opinon. They gave me a fair price quote on repainting my vented Seibon hood and painting/installing my Cwest front lip! Picked her up at around noon before heading to work today. The result is stunning! A week of no car plus seeing awesome work done on my F making me smile all day!

Let me know what you think of it!








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