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I like it . I think its cool and unique. at least you have the talent to do something like that yourself. I think its subtle. Its not like the dude who has a CF bumper on his car
Has anybody seen a real actual carbon fiber aftermarket remote for the 3rd Gen?
This one is just a boring Sunday project. The material that looks a bit like CF is actually just textured 3M CF style sticker!
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I don't think they exist. Any examples you see will be plastic overlays.
Genuine carbon fiber is an RF inhibitor which means it blocks radio signals. This is a well known fact and is the reason that carbon fiber is not used as a casing material for high end mobile phones.
I used a genuine carbon fiber after-market case on my iphone once and it seriously diminished reception (loss of 3 bars in any location vs. using the phone with a plastic case).
Since our smart keys use a very weak low range signal to start with, a genuine carbon fiber case would certainly render the key useless. You would at a minimum need to redesign it with an external antenna.