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Old Nov 11, 2014 | 03:43 PM
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My buddy owns a CF shop and decided to make these. Snagged one off of him. Love these things, he's also making me a CF radiator diversion panel.

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Weight difference in case anyone was wondering. - This is actual carbon fiber, made by an actual composites shop who makes parts for IndyCar, Formula cars, and Military satellites.

RareJDM cover
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Old Nov 11, 2014 | 06:36 PM
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Very interested if he's ready to make another one
Email me

J L o z a n o @ mineral park inc . Com
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Old Nov 11, 2014 | 09:27 PM
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Sent you an e-mail.

Your PMs are full lol :P
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Old Nov 11, 2014 | 09:36 PM
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So he copied a Rare JDM cover, but made it out of carbon fiber? That's some innovation right there.
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Old Nov 12, 2014 | 10:39 AM
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It's about as much innovation as the carbon fiber battery/brake fluid covers, carbon fiber plenum cover, and carbon fiber interior bits. Thanks for your input.

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Old Nov 12, 2014 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Bmurray350z
Clean...
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Old Nov 13, 2014 | 07:15 AM
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that looks great QuintonC where can I get one?
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Old Nov 14, 2014 | 02:43 AM
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worst CF part i have ever seen from a "shop"
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Old Nov 14, 2014 | 10:06 AM
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Yeah, and why is that?
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Old Nov 15, 2014 | 02:07 AM
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the back of the part says it all!! way too much ressin used...and as far as i can tell it's not even one single piece. imo i would expect better quality from a shop
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Old Nov 15, 2014 | 12:40 PM
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New "to me" HKS Oil Cap

Big thanks to NA&CH

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Old Nov 16, 2014 | 03:47 AM
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Looks super clean abarclay.
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Old Nov 16, 2014 | 03:55 AM
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nice! do u have a different pic of the engine bay?
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Old Nov 16, 2014 | 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by taywan
Looks super clean abarclay.
Thank man! I'm having a timing cover polished as we speak so hopefully I can join the polished engine bay club with ya pretty soon

Originally Posted by XM 1
nice! do u have a different pic of the engine bay?
This is probably the best pic that I have, only thing that has changed is I ran the plugs to the engine harness through the timing cover and added the purple oil cap...

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Old Nov 16, 2014 | 10:13 AM
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DOES the cusco strut bar have aluminum mount? won't let me download my bay pic so heres a car pic.
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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by XM 1
the back of the part says it all!! way too much ressin used...and as far as i can tell it's not even one single piece. imo i would expect better quality from a shop
Just saw your reply. It's prepreg cf, which is balanced before it is shipped out. It has a perfect fiber to resin ratio. The back looks that way because of the way it has to be molded.

Also, it is one single piece, and this was a piece that had not yet been finished. This was straight out of the autoclave.

IIQuickSilverII as well as vex008 both purchased one, and have both been more than pleased with the quality of the product.

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Old Dec 8, 2014 | 07:35 AM
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received mine last Thursday.
quality work on the cf cover quintonC posted is great.
honestly exceeded my expectations. my initial plans were to get the metal one and wrap it in cf anyway so this was perfect and looks far better than what I would have accomplished. And the underside of it looks far better than other cf parts I have got from more well known shops/brands where they didn't seem to want to spend the extra time or cost to spray and finish the underside.
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Old Dec 8, 2014 | 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by vex008
received mine last Thursday.
quality work on the cf cover quintonC posted is great.
honestly exceeded my expectations. my initial plans were to get the metal one and wrap it in cf anyway so this was perfect and looks far better than what I would have accomplished. And the underside of it looks far better than other cf parts I have got from more well known shops/brands where they didn't seem to want to spend the extra time or cost to spray and finish the underside.


Thanks for grabbing one, Richard.

Shawn and I put a lot of time into making that thing look and fit just right
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Old Dec 11, 2014 | 09:07 PM
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Some engine ****, agreed that the CF piece was quality









Ok a couple of car too



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Old Dec 12, 2014 | 05:44 AM
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I see you had the TN kit. Did you swap the entire kit to the powerlab?? Grear looking bay for sure, I likes !
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