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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 08:37 AM
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Question RX8 Carbon Fiber Fuel door....

What do you think of my Carbon Fiber fuel door on my Ti Grey 8?? Does it look ok????
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 08:50 AM
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is that a replacement part or stuck on? looks aight..
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 08:52 AM
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It is a replacement part, whole new door, not stuck on....
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 09:23 AM
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not my taste
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 09:37 AM
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i think it would look bad-a$$ on my black 8

nice one.. i for one like..
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 10:03 AM
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i'd say it looked better up close.
looking from a distance, you can sort of see a "mole" :o
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 10:06 AM
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I think the money would have been better spent on a performance part like underdrive pulleys. That part is total bling since the weight savings is negligible.

(I also have CF side pillars so I'm not knocking you for the bling part.)
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by PUR NRG
I think the money would have been better spent on a performance part like underdrive pulleys. That part is total bling since the weight savings is negligible.

(I also have CF side pillars so I'm not knocking you for the bling part.)
It did shave a little weight - not much

You are right on the performance though.

I got the B pillars too :D
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by EZZY
i'd say it looked better up close.
looking from a distance, you can sort of see a "mole" :o

Moley..Moley..Moley :D
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 12:51 PM
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Well it will look more uniform when I get the Carbon fiber wing and dark grey/black graphics.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by PUR NRG
I think the money would have been better spent on a performance part like underdrive pulleys. That part is total bling since the weight savings is negligible.

(I also have CF side pillars so I'm not knocking you for the bling part.)
by definition "bling" is something that is shiny... in fact CF parts are quite the opposite as they do nothing really to make it look shinier...it's something that comes from racing..and racers don't give a $hit about "bling"..hey it may be negligible weight savings as you guys say..but every little bit helps. just my .02
would still like to see it on my black 8 think you should mail it to me and i'll hold on to it for a while
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 02:57 PM
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the door looks nice, but looks mismatched to the rest of your car.

Adding more CF parts will not make it match.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rx8pilot
i think it would look bad-a$$ on my black 8
thats what i was thinking. On a tigrey it looks sort of out of place

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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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where did u get it from???
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by rx8pilot
by definition "bling" is something that is shiny.
That's your definition. My definition is anything done for looks that has minimal (if any) performance benefit, usually gaudy in appearance.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 04:11 PM
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I think if you get black or gunmetal rims with dark tint, CF wing and CF hood then you get a pattern but having only one piece on the exterior it may look out of place but it looks ok.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 04:14 PM
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I think its...different. But hey, its your car.

I do think it would look better on black.

Were'd you buy it from?
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 04:40 PM
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looks good chris. i still need to see what the blue CF looks like. get that to match my hood while they are fixing my car. looks like i'll be getting the CF pillars to. trying to think of anything else i can replace while the car is in the shop?
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 06:16 PM
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Sorry, just my op, but it looks like you tore the original off leaving the hose in and replaced it with something that didn't match
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 08:28 PM
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Carbonwerks was selling it on ebay pretty cheap, impulse buy, never seen it before :D
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Old Jan 18, 2005 | 12:21 AM
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not bad
its the first I've seen
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Old Jan 18, 2005 | 10:47 PM
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I think it looks killer... screw the haters man... trust me, they all bash anything cool around here for some reason... anything carbon looks sweet IMHO...
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 06:54 AM
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Thanks man, I really appreciate that!
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 10:34 AM
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I think I like it.

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