Carbon Fiber NISMO kit
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From: Lexington, KY
Originally posted by cnile51
painting the kit would be pointless because its cf. im glad you guys on the board are open with opinions and to each their own. im thinking with the cf hood and front bumper and mirrors soon the car (ugly in some eyes) or not will definitly stand out at the car shows. im not a big big fan of carbon fiber but looking at magazines eg: import tuner,scc, yada yada, cf is a big thing in those editors eyes and in japan. my goal is to get on one of those covers and hopefully have a car that i can say no one has seen. i loved my car when i first got it but now im seeing a lot more on the road and well it kinda pisses me off. i did think about painting the kit but people have told me theyd kill me if i put paint on a cf weave like that lol. anyway thank you guys for your opinions but i like the way the cars turning out hopefully you guys will be doing your cars up and will post pics also. im open for any criticism because you never know maybe some peoples ideas may impact mine. but just wait guys the funs just getting started..... supercharger, nx nitrous kit, custom cf hood, a custom paint job, more tv screens and i have wheels comming in.....
ill definitly get some feedback on them lol....hint hint GTR
hehehe....
NiLe C.
P.S. the only real thing that matters is that we all love our Z's and have a passion for fast cars with style
painting the kit would be pointless because its cf. im glad you guys on the board are open with opinions and to each their own. im thinking with the cf hood and front bumper and mirrors soon the car (ugly in some eyes) or not will definitly stand out at the car shows. im not a big big fan of carbon fiber but looking at magazines eg: import tuner,scc, yada yada, cf is a big thing in those editors eyes and in japan. my goal is to get on one of those covers and hopefully have a car that i can say no one has seen. i loved my car when i first got it but now im seeing a lot more on the road and well it kinda pisses me off. i did think about painting the kit but people have told me theyd kill me if i put paint on a cf weave like that lol. anyway thank you guys for your opinions but i like the way the cars turning out hopefully you guys will be doing your cars up and will post pics also. im open for any criticism because you never know maybe some peoples ideas may impact mine. but just wait guys the funs just getting started..... supercharger, nx nitrous kit, custom cf hood, a custom paint job, more tv screens and i have wheels comming in.....
ill definitly get some feedback on them lol....hint hint GTR
hehehe....
NiLe C.
P.S. the only real thing that matters is that we all love our Z's and have a passion for fast cars with style
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From: Westchester County, NY
Originally posted by cnile51
painting the kit would be pointless because its cf. im glad you guys on the board are open with opinions and to each their own. im thinking with the cf hood and front bumper and mirrors soon the car (ugly in some eyes) or not will definitly stand out at the car shows. im not a big big fan of carbon fiber but looking at magazines eg: import tuner,scc, yada yada, cf is a big thing in those editors eyes and in japan. my goal is to get on one of those covers and hopefully have a car that i can say no one has seen. i loved my car when i first got it but now im seeing a lot more on the road and well it kinda pisses me off. i did think about painting the kit but people have told me theyd kill me if i put paint on a cf weave like that lol. anyway thank you guys for your opinions but i like the way the cars turning out hopefully you guys will be doing your cars up and will post pics also. im open for any criticism because you never know maybe some peoples ideas may impact mine. but just wait guys the funs just getting started..... supercharger, nx nitrous kit, custom cf hood, a custom paint job, more tv screens and i have wheels comming in.....
ill definitly get some feedback on them lol....hint hint GTR
hehehe....
NiLe C.
P.S. the only real thing that matters is that we all love our Z's and have a passion for fast cars with style
painting the kit would be pointless because its cf. im glad you guys on the board are open with opinions and to each their own. im thinking with the cf hood and front bumper and mirrors soon the car (ugly in some eyes) or not will definitly stand out at the car shows. im not a big big fan of carbon fiber but looking at magazines eg: import tuner,scc, yada yada, cf is a big thing in those editors eyes and in japan. my goal is to get on one of those covers and hopefully have a car that i can say no one has seen. i loved my car when i first got it but now im seeing a lot more on the road and well it kinda pisses me off. i did think about painting the kit but people have told me theyd kill me if i put paint on a cf weave like that lol. anyway thank you guys for your opinions but i like the way the cars turning out hopefully you guys will be doing your cars up and will post pics also. im open for any criticism because you never know maybe some peoples ideas may impact mine. but just wait guys the funs just getting started..... supercharger, nx nitrous kit, custom cf hood, a custom paint job, more tv screens and i have wheels comming in.....
ill definitly get some feedback on them lol....hint hint GTR
hehehe....
NiLe C.
P.S. the only real thing that matters is that we all love our Z's and have a passion for fast cars with style
How would that be pointless? The real point of carbon fiber is weight savings. Paint doesn't add much weight. I don't like it unpainted on the DB...but it is your car, you don't need anyone elses approval.
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From: Duluth, MN
If people just want weight savings then use fiber glass. It's is just as stiff as CF, but costs much less. Then painting it would make sense, cause fiberglass is fugly. I think that if you are going to pay for the CF, then show it off, don't paint it. If you want it painted, use fiber glass.
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there's a sweet veilside V1 thats CF AND painted.
The trick to avoid not painting it AND having it look rice. Is in the design. IMO, I agree that you should paint parts but leave certain parts exposed so you can *TELL* its CF. EG, the front, paint everything except the actual lip and leave the bottom of the "mouth" unpainteed. The Skirts, choose and area thats subtle and leave that unpainted. The spoiuler everything but the *sides*.
Unpainted IMO it looks ***. Like you only had enough $$$$ for the kit and thats it.
WIth my cmon, ultimately if you're REALLY concerned about the weight - why put a body kit on in the first place??
With my $$$ I'd rather have a painted FRP kit, than a riced out CF one....
"look!! at me its real carbon fiber" - pssshhhhh!!!!
The trick to avoid not painting it AND having it look rice. Is in the design. IMO, I agree that you should paint parts but leave certain parts exposed so you can *TELL* its CF. EG, the front, paint everything except the actual lip and leave the bottom of the "mouth" unpainteed. The Skirts, choose and area thats subtle and leave that unpainted. The spoiuler everything but the *sides*.
Unpainted IMO it looks ***. Like you only had enough $$$$ for the kit and thats it.
WIth my cmon, ultimately if you're REALLY concerned about the weight - why put a body kit on in the first place??
With my $$$ I'd rather have a painted FRP kit, than a riced out CF one....
"look!! at me its real carbon fiber" - pssshhhhh!!!!
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From: New Jerzeeee
we have more cf stuff comming....some ppl like it some dont eh....ive made a couple magazines so far with my mods and my supercharger ships friday hehehe the majority ofthe stuff on my car will be done soon...system, kit, wheels, speed.... now we have little things we might do.....paint job comming up lambo doors and such blah blah..... then we start working on the next project car hehehe
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