CF-anyone else find this ironic?

scottIN

Lemme say I'm not a CF hater or anything - might do a few pieces myself.

But don't you find it ironic that we overlay / wrap / cover all this stuff with a product that it's main advantage is weight savings? So we're making stuff heavier...with a product that is designed for lightness. Now I know it's all about aesthetics and copying racing cars (where it is used for weight), but I just find it funny. And I guess the other advantage is strength - I'm sure it's important to have super strong console covers.

Just curious as to if anyone else has noticed this?

m4a1mustang

It's a little funny but then again it doesn't matter one bit on street cars. Everyone just does it for the look. If done right it can look nice. If done wrong it just looks tacky.

I actually tip my hat to the guys that aren't just putting some overlays with double-sided tape on, but are actually sending parts out to get professionally wrapped. It just looks so much cleaner that way.

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kenchan

i find it more ironic that some guy in a honda pickup truck is posting here.

TreeSemdyZee

In the tech area no less.

Kandy OrangeZ

I agree...I do have to say, CF Overlays and add on pieces are lame. Either get the whole Piece done in CF or dont do it at all. It make a nice Z look ghetto with some POS overlay.

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scottIN

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kenchan

... ok.

im a fan of dressing up my car a little bit to my liking so i dont mind CF bits or overlays if done with taste. it's basically like painting your bits but it's done with simulated CF or real CF weaves.

who the hell's kidding themselves thinking that a few lbs is going to make any difference on a street driven car anyway.

if im going to be racing my car on the track it would be setup VERY differently.

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kenchan

hey, i didnt make fun of spaceship ricors.

UNKNOWN_370

Carbon fiber has a farm E I E I O
And on his farm he has CF E I E I O
With an overlay here and plastic junk there... here carbon there plastic blah blah blah....

In other words... who cares. I wouldn't put overlay junk on my whip no matter how nice it looked. Play the part parts are corny but I won't knock anyone who does because its not my car payment. Hey if some dude wants to wrap his part in CF isntead of using the real thing and adding weight??? So be it. But I wouldn't do it. E I E I O... lol.

Cmike2780

OP, some people just like the way it looks. You just need to think of it more as just an aesthetic "pattern" rather than something functional. The case for my iPhone has a CF back, I hardly believe it's going to make it any lighter or faster....Better yet, think of it the same as you would if something were painted as Kenchan mentioned. You may not like a certain color, but doesn't mean someone else can't like it. As far as making it heavier, that's true, but kind of meaningless... CF, even the fake overlay stuff is really, really light. You'll add like a pound or two, if that. This arguement over real vs fake is kind of moot to begin with. Just about everything in the car is a synthetic man made material. Heck, the leather seats and alcantara aren't technically "real"...

I guess what I'm trying to say is lighten up. It can look downright cheesy sometimes, but so what!

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Waiz

Plasti-dip is the new fake CF

dAvenue

It's not ironic, bro. Science has already proved CF overlays add horsepower.

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