Got some new carbon fiber parts coming my way. Ordered the AutoTecknic CF Cooling Plate & Varis CF B-Pillar overlays. Pics below from the sites.

AutoTecknic CF Cooling Plate:



Varis B-Pillars:


Now in Dec I should be ordering the Hotchkis TVS Kit, GT Spec Braces, & new SA-Rated Helmet.

 

nice purchases! i am eventually going to get an autotecknic cooling plate - first i am going to get a cf front lip, not sure what kind, and in january my nismo v2 wing with the CF center blade will be here... combined with veilside V1 CF underwings on the sides... it will be nice perhaps a varis intake and canards as well, in CF of course lol.

I love CF, if you couldn't tell

 

Cool. I found the AutoTecknic CF plate here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...0906463&rd=1,1

 

yep, that is autotecknic's ebay store. buying directly from them is usually $10 or so cheaper than anywhere else.

 

I never heard of them till I found this on E-bay. Did my research and looks like a good company.

 

CF pieces looking nice. I am going all CF (pillars, engine bay etc...)

Let me know how the install on the air guide goes. If there are any issues...

Thanks.

 

Well I just ordered everything today. Install should be pretty simple; remove the plastic retainers, lay the shroud down, reinstall the retainers.

 

I am just concerned with the "amount of force" to remove the retainers...don't want to hurt anything. You get the idea...

 

Its simple... You can figure it out.

 

There is a trick to remove the retainers. They can only be removed when the retainer top is halfway up.

 

exactly... and if you break one of the retainers they are $.75 from the dealer lol

autotecknic makes some good stuff... their CF side emblem fillers are really nice, and their eyelines are really nice (another thing I will be getting sometime soon), not sure what else they make besides that and the cooling plate... but "aphase_auto" on ebay is the company istelf.

 

Click the link in my sig to see everything they make.

 

I like that cooling plate as well, but I know a couple of guys with it and after a while it yellows pretty badly, due to the engine heat, I guess...

 

yeah... I'm just now hearing about that. I'll paint it if I have too.

 

yeah when i put my cf engine cover on someone said his friends had faded pretty badly because of the heat

but if you have a painted engine cover (like I used to) it cracks anyway, so there really isn't anything you can do.

I may end up not keeping it on all the time.

 

Need to use a high temp paint. I've done some engine painting in the past and usally get the high temp 1500* paint.

 

Yeah, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having a nice CF piece to begin with... might as well just get one of the Aluminum ones, then.

 

True... We'll see what happens.

 

if you've got a paint shop you trust you could have it recleared just like the hood i guess

 

Recleared? Higher temp clear coat???