ISCjonny

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i was just told that theres no such thing as silver carbon fiber... and only black carbon fiber exist.. they guy said.. that any colored "carbon fiber" is actaully texalium... i know they use texalium in the ISF but its looks completely different. Can anyone confirm this????

rule1223

iTrader: (15)

black cf is texalium too, all cf are.

Rash

iTrader: (1)

I heard the original color of texalium is what we see on the black CF. not sure though.

Not a big deal, enjoy your silver CF.

flowrider

iTrader: (9)

Hmm, never knew about Texalium You prodded me into a search

http://www.carbonfibergear.com/color...t-is-texalium/

Lou

rule1223

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just enjoy it man! it doesnt matter, you think cf really do anything to make your car go faster? cf is only for show!

kikaida

It could also be carbon kevlar. We have a shop here that sells by the yard or so and it comes in many colors. Oh btw the carbon kevlar they sell is not your "peel and stick on" type. Its the ones there you have to lay in your mold and do your normal carbon fiber resin/vacuum procedure.

montgb

iTrader: (7)

Except when its used for weight savings.

I8ABMR

but for weight saving the cost gets out of control after about 1 body panel. Especially dry carbon

rule1223

iTrader: (15)

in some case yes, but people who added cf bodykit, spoiler, thats not weight saving, they are adding weight to the car.

shadow191

iTrader: (1)

Very rarely are the typical CF parts going to save you much weight. Most of the CF out there, hoods, trunks, and so on are wet CF. So it's pretty much CF layed over a fiberglass skeleton or frame. Just making the part out of fiberglass would result in the same weight for much less cost. So for most of the guys buying CF hoods and trunks, there isn't much bang for the buck. Plus saving maybe 20lbs on a 3600lb car for $1K is laughable. If people really cared about saving weight, they'd just take out the spare or something, more weight reduction at no cost.

Having said all that, CF hoods and parts do look pretty cool and I had all that stuff on my previous cars.

iSuxeL

iTrader: (21)

Who cares haha silver CF is beautiful IMO.

mikez

Does that qualify as rice then?

curtdragon

LOL, we had this debate on one of my other forums