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Old 03-30-10 | 10:59 AM
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but they arent gloss or clearcoated right? doesnt anyone make the center console and door inserts in black carbon fiber?
Old 03-30-10 | 11:25 AM
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but they arent gloss or clearcoated right? doesnt anyone make the center console and door inserts in black carbon fiber?
Yes they are not gloss or clearcoated. if you try to do those to these it wont look nice and CF weave pattern kinda fades away..
there is a vendor selling these in Blk CF and they are real CF.. But they are really expensive compared to wrap.. and i love the matt lookin CF
let me look for a link.

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here is link to the vendor that sells them.. but as i said they are not cheap..
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/clu...bon-fiber.html

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Old 03-30-10 | 11:42 AM
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yeah i bet they are expensive lol

the only reason why i like the gloss is because it has the waxed feel. not like satin. and also if you have exterior carbon fiber parts, more than likely they are going to have clear on them and therefore gloss carbon fiber.

thanks for looking for the link (when you find it lol)
Old 03-30-10 | 06:55 PM
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hey,

I'm glad you did the CF accents around the grill and emblems....it shows me how it's supposed to look and why I should not do it on mine....let me explain.

Actually I think your car is really coming together nicely BUT, after seeing your grill and emblems in CF wrap, I think you should remove just those 2 items. IMO those two pieces make the upper part of your car a bit "too busy" - the emblems and grill surround should remain black chrome or remain somewhat glossy.

Trust me I totally feel ya when you want to wrap everything but at some point you need to step back and say enough is enough. I was also going to wrap my grill surround but now I'm glad I stayed with just gloss black

Rest of the car is SWEET!

rick
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