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Advice on carbon fiber lip kit

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Old 08-27-12, 09:55 PM
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Talking Advice on carbon fiber lip kit

I have a black is250 and thinkin of getting the full Seibon lip kit like below. I wanted to get some advice on if i should paint the kit black or not...

I like to show some carbon fiber but what kinda disturbs me is a rear carbon lip on a black car... i think that it looks sorta weird LOL

Should i man up and just run with it or get it painted/partially painted (paint the sides and rear)?

Found some small images of a black is250 with a full seibon lip kit on ebay but the whole picture is filled with watermark so i couldn't really see it ><



Anyone else rockin a full carbon fiber kit?
Old 08-27-12, 11:25 PM
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Dude, that's Panda Rob's old IS. It has been sold for a while now. Search Montgb and you'll see his black car with carbon kit. That's the only one I can think of with full carbon kit.
Old 08-27-12, 11:30 PM
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Maybe try rocking the whole carbon fiber kit unpainted on your car. If you like it then just leave it. Worse comes to worse all you gotta do is paint it! I think it might look weird on black but I've never seen it.
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Keep the whole kit carbon fiber.....
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Your paying for CF so why not show off the CF =) Next is CF wheels!
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Originally Posted by Hoac
Your paying for CF so why not show off the CF =) Next is CF wheels!
I agree with this... Why buy CF if your just gonna paint over it. Doesn't seem like it will do anything performance wise so show if ya got it BLING BLING!! haha
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If you're going to paint it black just get PU lol the point of getting CF is to show them off!

Also, it will look better since your car is black
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IMHO you should keep the CF and don't paint over it. You are getting CF for a reason, why not show it off. Good luck.
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Don't paint over the CF. Black and SGMwork well with CF kits IMO.
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Originally Posted by Sffd103
Dude, that's Panda Rob's old IS. It has been sold for a while now. Search Montgb and you'll see his black car with carbon kit. That's the only one I can think of with full carbon kit.
agreed. heres a link to his car. you can pull his info just under the photo:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...-thread-2.html
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