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Feeler: Volvo 850 Carbon Fiber Front Fenders


andrew_the_fox

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Hey lets get some CF windows made too, that would be AWESOME!!!!

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i decided to delete this post because i suppose it was mean....and i don't want to hurt andrew the fox's feelings because he has a funny avatar

It's cool dude you can say what you gotta say i'm not gonna cry and throw a tantrum. I knew a lot of people would be opposed, and probably appauled by the idea. I don't care. I recognize everyone has different taste.

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It's cool dude you can say what you gotta say i'm not gonna cry and throw a tantrum. I knew a lot of people would be opposed, and probably appauled by the idea. I don't care. I recognize everyone has different taste.

First off.

Do you realize how much this will cost?

Trunks cost around 500-600 bucks for a batch. Fenders come in 2 and it'll probably total out to 700-800 shipped at least.

Secondly, if you don't have a CF hood (which most people do not have), you look like one of the guys with their hoods/fenders in primer. It looks silly if you only have one part of your car in CF, especially the sides. A trunk+hood gives somewhat of a 2 tone look which is ok, but the fenders would not match up with the rest of the body and would look silly.

Imagine your car with two fenders painted black. That's pretty much what the CF will look like. Now if you painted it, and put a decal on there while you painted it. And then pulled it off so the wording is in CF, that would look pretty cool.

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No, it would look stupid. CF doesn't look at great imo. The weave simply isn't that appealing. A lot of people like it simply because of the wow factor. A car in complete CF would look like crap.

ive seen a lexus is300 wide body race car with a CF body somewhere on the net.....looks so damn good. if anyone knows which one im talking about and has a picture of it, please post.

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Do you have a sheetmetal widened fender to mold off of?

You can mold off any good set of well rolled fenders. I rolled mine with the Eastwood roller to 1.5in on each side. You definately pull a mold off of them before I destroyed the right one.

If you want pics I'll find some.

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