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Old 05-18-2006, 04:33 PM
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Old 05-18-2006, 04:34 PM
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are those stickers?
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The intake box stayed the same because I'm doing the turbo kit installation this saturday.
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The intake box stayed the same because I'm doing the turbo kit installation this saturday.
Did you decide to do the install yourself or are you having someone do it?
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Old 05-18-2006, 04:39 PM
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Did you decide to do the install yourself or are you having someone do it?
My self, a friend who's done a turbo install on his Miata, and 2 mechanics. Anyways, what do you guys think of the cf?
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looks like stickers. doesn't have the gloss to real cf.
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Old 05-18-2006, 04:43 PM
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looks like stickers. doesn't have the glass to real cf.
It is, bought a huge sheet of cf vinyl. It honostly looks great in person, pictures don't do it justice.
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Old 05-18-2006, 04:47 PM
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so they are stickers right?
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so they are stickers right?
Yes, but they're ultra lightweight.
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Did that guy just say carbon fibre vinyl? What's your turbo kit made of?
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Hey man, I rather spend $5 on the vinyl than pay god knows how much for the real thing.. besides, I did my b-pillars too. The rest of my money went towards:

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Old 05-18-2006, 05:28 PM
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nice carpet..hahaha
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That's actually my garage rug.
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You should peel those stickers off.
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Hey man, I rather spend $5 on the vinyl than pay god knows how much for the real thing.
I don't understand that. You're spending all this money on a turbo, but you don't care if your car looks cheap (IMO) with carbon fiber "look" stickers all over it? I'd say the stock plastic looks much better. Don't get me wrong, I think real CF looks cool, even if it's just a layer over the OEM part (ie. no weight saving, strictly for looks).

You get what you pay for. Real carbon fiber has a 3D look to it because it's actually woven cloth. The best carbon fiber look stickers can't emulate this, and most are just a series of circles printed on black (like all Mazdaspeeds CF stuff). It really doesn't even look like carbon fiber.

I say at least take it off the b-pillar and get these.
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Yes, but they're ultra lightweight.
haha... that's funny.
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Haha, alright alright.
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Cabon fiber imitation sickers!? First the guy with the veilside wing on his stock 8, now this? I've seen too much today...
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Don't forget abflug guy, and the canards guy. Ike was right.
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Old 05-18-2006, 08:22 PM
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For those of you who are mocking this guy, you do realize that the black b-pillars are just stickers too, right?
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It's your car do what you want. It really doesn't look that bad.
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