I was on my cell phone the other day, not paying attention and i drove into the partition thingy @ the end of parking spaces. it cracked my carbon fiber lip pretty bad. I want to replace it but want to know if all carbon fiber cracks like this? I want to get something that will withstand the abuse that I inevitably will put it through because my car is pretty dumped.

 

you get what you payed for...

 

get a lip made out of urethane.....

 

who make your CF lip??
my vis is alright, it crack on the bottom but cant see any crack in front though.

 

no they are not. my friend at Sparco showed us how they make "real" dry carbon fiber hoods, seats and other crap. but a sparco dry carbon hood was gonna cost my around 2 grand. and he is my friend. so you do get what you paid for.

 

i didn't buy the lip that's on there...it was on the car when I bought it. here's a pic of the car.



the hood is VIS. it looks real nice. who sales a good lip?

 

its def a pay for what u get kinda gamble when dealign with c/f, alot of times the weave will be all messed up and then theres fitment issues with alot of cheaper c/f

 

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this is true with dry carbon it is equal all the time. the resin is weaved in the carbon and is equal all through out the piece. it has to be stored in freezers be for being molded.

 

you get what you pay for

 

nice car

 

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You can pay a thousand dollars for the best carbon fiber lip ever made, and it's still going to crack if you drive into something.

 

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no man it's out there the uber carbon, impervious to nukes with fitment rivaling the stealth bomber

 

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but man I saw a vid i think on VIS's old site where they RAN OVER a carbon fiber and it did not crack/bend. that's why I'm thinking there's gotta be a better one out there

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rodrez. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You can pay a thousand dollars for the best carbon fiber lip ever made, and it's still going to crack if you drive into something.</TD></TR></TABLE>word...even abs plastic cracks like a motha ***** if you run into ****....

 

Please dont drive and talk on the cell phone again


Nice hatch tho

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rodrez. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You can pay a thousand dollars for the best carbon fiber lip ever made, and it's still going to crack if you drive into something.</TD></TR></TABLE>
EXACTLY!

It was annoying me seeing people post "You get what you pay for" but not giving actual info.

 

yeah, id imagine its also depends on how they treat the c/f, such as what they lay over the c/f.

nice lookin hatch tho! one of my faves ive ever saw!

 

look at a $2500 mugen hood and the $600 copy. not equal.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b20em1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">look at a $2500 mugen hood and the $600 copy. not equal.

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my friends $2,500 Mugen hood's clear turned yellow and started peeling

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spectacle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i didn't buy the lip that's on there...it was on the car when I bought it. here's a pic of the car.



the hood is VIS. it looks real nice. who sales a good lip?</TD></TR></TABLE>


wtf? u spoon mirrors looks wierd ?

 

Easy solustion: Stop before you hit things. Seriously

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spectacle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but man I saw a vid i think on VIS's old site where they RAN OVER a carbon fiber and it did not crack/bend. that's why I'm thinking there's gotta be a better one out there</TD></TR></TABLE>

That was Fiber Images and if you hit a parking divider, most likely, any brand would crack if hit hard enough. Think about it, a 2,500 pound car pushing against concrete...yea, the cf is gonna give first...not the concrete.


Modified by gabebauman at 8:51 PM 1/30/2005