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      04-14-2017, 11:47 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by zx10guy View Post
Looking good. I wonder how hard it would be to pull the fog light mesh out and just have it bare. I think it would look better than just having two open holes there.

As for the carbon fiber, I had the same dilemma with my Ducati. The only rear huggers available for my 848 were all carbon fiber. I ended up ordering one and the carbon fiber was certainly beautiful. But I decided to paint over it to match the other black parts of my bike because it would be the only carbon fiber piece on the bike. The painter said a bunch of guys were coming over to him asking why I was painting over such a beautiful carbon fiber piece. He explained to them why and he agreed with my decision.

But here's something that could allow you to have both the carbon fiber and painted tie in with the carbon black. I think it might look cool to have the hood painted except leaving some striping that would be just the naked carbon fiber. Or do it in reverse where most of the hood is carbon fiber and the stripes are carbon black. I think this paint schema would look even better if the roof of the car and the trunk were also carbon fiber with the the schema carried from front to end. But I still think just doing it on the hood would look pretty good. Just a thought.
Yeah I definitely hear you on that. I have other carbon on the car and would like to do more but for now it's just the hood and spoiler. I really like the 'edginess', as Esteban put it, so I'm more inclined to keep it as-is at the moment. I actually really like your idea of a stripe of some form but fear the look would be lost once it reached the roof. I've thought of painting everything except the vent indentations and the powerdome as well. We'll see I guess!


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Originally Posted by 1and1 View Post
I think tint would do well on Tobias, along with getting the ducting in and the fog light grills out.

Oh, and while I'm spending your money, maybe a lip on that bumper....
(ignore the fogs here- big ass ducts would look more aggressive for sure)
I agree! The tricky thing is finding a lip spoiler that fit this bumper lol. The CF one **********s sells is like $700!!! I'll be taking out the mesh too just need to do a lot of dremeling to get it to work correctly so I'm going to wait until I have all the parts to do it right.
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