Why the craze over Carbon Fiber??
i like cf done lightly. such as a cf vented hood (painted but leaving the vents exposed in cf) or a nice cf diffuser, and misc interior pieces. a complete cf or 2 toned car (example--> nitrouz) is just plain sick.
oh and dry cf ftmfw!
oh and dry cf ftmfw!
Thats what I'm talking about MC. Very clean !
As far as function, not everyone gets a carbon hood for weight reduction, these hoods also serve as heat reduction in the engine bay with the vents.
As far as function, not everyone gets a carbon hood for weight reduction, these hoods also serve as heat reduction in the engine bay with the vents.
Originally Posted by Nismo 350z
So a Ferrari Enzo with its CF body is cheap?
good pointits light weight and it looks cool (to most people anyway)
simple enough even you can understand that
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who paints there calipers w/o taking them off? I do, & I think it was pretty smart, I didnt have to take anything off of my car & I painted the only parts of the calipers that matter, the parts that show.
I ended up re-doing them today, I used engine ceramic gloss black, looks damn better & feels really nice after it drys, I love that paint! Also re-painted my muffler w/ this stuff to, it's great
& to whome ever called me a ricer for painting my calipers, your a god damned genious! Man I swear they give me at LEAST a gain of 5 HP per caliper! J/k. God....
I ended up re-doing them today, I used engine ceramic gloss black, looks damn better & feels really nice after it drys, I love that paint! Also re-painted my muffler w/ this stuff to, it's great
& to whome ever called me a ricer for painting my calipers, your a god damned genious! Man I swear they give me at LEAST a gain of 5 HP per caliper! J/k. God....
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who paints there calipers w/o taking them off? I do, & I think it was pretty smart, I didnt have to take anything off of my car & I painted the only parts of the calipers that matter, the parts that show.
I ended up re-doing them today, I used engine ceramic gloss black, looks damn better & feels really nice after it drys, I love that paint! Also re-painted my muffler w/ this stuff to, it's great
I ended up re-doing them today, I used engine ceramic gloss black, looks damn better & feels really nice after it drys, I love that paint! Also re-painted my muffler w/ this stuff to, it's great
i admit i do too!. its easy with a foam art brush and the wide gaps between my LMGT spokes. i do a coat of hight temp engine paint on them every few months.
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Originally Posted by ickysz
Thank you!
i would like to add a disclaimer im lazy has hell and there is no way im jacking the car up and taking wheels off to do something i can halfass do in 5 minutes. also im painting them back silver everytime so it doesnt have to be perfect. if one was going to do a different color i would suggest doing it right the first time then using the other method to touch up every now and then
also have a can of 3M adhesive remover to put on a paper towel if you drip on the spokes like i have before
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Originally Posted by SirSpeedyZ
good pointits light weight and it looks cool (to most people anyway)
simple enough even you can understand that
Originally Posted by mdracer76
yea.. and built 4.2 litre stroker motors and Turbos are RICE.
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Looking at my car makes me hard.. like my vien had been resined vacume bagged and autoclaved.
Originally Posted by ickysz
That picture in your post looks like your Z is wearing a pair of levi black jeans... Completly serious
First time I take it off the track, it will prolly look like stone washed jeans.. get it? ha. I'm funny
Me personally, I wanted a vented hood. I looked around for fiberglass vented hood options for the 350Z (Seibon VT) since I was thinking of painting it, but only found one company offering it in Australia. I also found out that the fiberglass cost nearly the same price as the wet CF.
So I ordered the Seibon VT hood with the Areocatch hoodpins. I'll leave the hood as is for this summer, but I already got a quote for the hood being painted with the vents being exposed ($350cdn just for the hood painted, 450cdn with the fenders being blended as well, just in case anyone in Canada was curious) Heh, I might get it painted a month later, who knows
I blame my mod addiction on Nitrouz.
So I ordered the Seibon VT hood with the Areocatch hoodpins. I'll leave the hood as is for this summer, but I already got a quote for the hood being painted with the vents being exposed ($350cdn just for the hood painted, 450cdn with the fenders being blended as well, just in case anyone in Canada was curious) Heh, I might get it painted a month later, who knows
I blame my mod addiction on Nitrouz.