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Jan 5, 2013 | 11:11 PM

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I have been talking to Melon about making a carbon fiber roof

Jan 5, 2013 | 11:38 PM

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Wrapping in carbon fiber. Would love to but need to expand operations first

Jan 5, 2013 | 11:56 PM

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I have been talking to Melon about making a carbon fiber roof

haha it can be done i asked my bodyshop he said about $500-1000 and just for a wrap and would take about a week...dont care that much sorry lol

Jan 6, 2013 | 12:16 AM

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That's a huge price range

Jan 6, 2013 | 12:16 AM

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Just do the whole thing lol

Jan 6, 2013 | 02:20 AM

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Just do the whole thing lol

Melon, how much to wrap my whole car?

Jan 6, 2013 | 02:28 AM

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SS Badge inserts?

Those are already made and sold on ebay. Let me tell you; not worth it. They dont fit. The problem is cf is too hard to make perfect tight little shapes like that i think

Jan 6, 2013 | 02:51 AM

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just buy contact lenses that have they shaded pattern to turn everything into CF

Jan 6, 2013 | 02:55 AM

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Contact lense? For seeing?

Jan 6, 2013 | 03:03 AM

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That would be awesome so my girlfriend would be carbon fiber lol

Jan 6, 2013 | 03:29 AM

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Contact lense? For seeing?

yes its a joke

Jan 6, 2013 | 09:10 AM

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just buy contact lenses that have they shaded pattern to turn everything into CF

Carbon fiber door pods???

Jan 6, 2013 | 09:18 AM

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Melon you should make carbon fiber bowties or overlays for them since that other guy stopped doing them.

Jan 6, 2013 | 09:21 AM

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Melon you should make carbon fiber bowties or overlays for them since that other guy stopped doing them.

I agree

Jan 6, 2013 | 11:50 AM

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I can definitely look into it. Regarding the inlays and eBay ones not fitting, theyre eBay and probly not vacuumed correctly. Someone PM me pics of theirs popped out and I will let u guys know if its possible

Jan 7, 2013 | 08:56 AM

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Lets see the carbon fiber trunks! Anyone that has a cf trunk post some pics

Jan 9, 2013 | 12:02 PM

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Wrapped the blade of my wing with the 3m di-noc.
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Jan 9, 2013 | 12:12 PM

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Wrapped the blade of my wing with the 3m di-noc.

Now that looks good.

Jan 9, 2013 | 10:00 PM

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Wrapped the blade of my wing with the 3m di-noc.

That's pretty cool

Jan 9, 2013 | 10:10 PM

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Coool i just got some di-noc.. looks real nice

Jan 10, 2013 | 02:22 AM

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Now that looks good.

you should make them. Hint hint, nudge nudge

Jan 10, 2013 | 02:50 AM

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I'd b willing to attempt it if I had a wing blade.... "hint hint, nudge nudge" lol

Jan 10, 2013 | 03:18 AM

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Id be worried with the amount of flexing the wing does that something would crack

Jan 10, 2013 | 03:20 AM

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good point

Jan 10, 2013 | 03:30 AM

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wouldnt the flexing stop if you filled the gap under the wing?

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