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Old 12-14-2009, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by sicklyscott
Where did you pick up that hood vent? What is it off of?
Ebay and its off of a early 90's Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
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Old 12-15-2009, 07:40 PM
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It's begun....some of you cover your eyes, lol!
Still have quite a bit to wrap still, but it's looking good so far. The first piece I did was the spoiler, which I ended up ******* up (Knew I would ) so I will be redoing it....

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Old 12-16-2009, 09:14 PM
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Gettin there!

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looks good man.........how much does a roll of that **** cost? how much of a PITA is it to form over curves and ****?
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Old 12-16-2009, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by WonTon
looks good man.........how much does a roll of that **** cost? how much of a PITA is it to form over curves and ****?
I bought it when they had their discount goin on for $6/sq ft. It's fairly user friendly, but not fool proof. If your not careful its quite possible to **** it up, ask me how I know When applying the heat gun is your friend!
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so it responds well to heat gun?
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You should wrap your gauge cluster hood.
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Old 01-20-2010, 05:44 PM
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TOP CAME IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Old 01-20-2010, 06:13 PM
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Very nice!
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Old 01-20-2010, 09:51 PM
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i feel i can speak for most of the up and coming miata tuners and say YOUR A ******* INSPIRATION!!!! i love the work you did just ******* beautiful i love the front end... if canada dint need the stupid daytime running lights i would totally go with your design plans for the lighting...... i aint gonna lie broseph the build is just ******* gorgeous...... by page two i needed a box of kleenex...... have fun with that bitch its gonna be awesome when its all done
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Old 01-20-2010, 09:52 PM
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Goddamn
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Old 01-20-2010, 10:18 PM
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Thanks for the compliments guys...next stop wheels/tires then rollbar then more power.....if I just didn't dump money into my kitchen renovation and an engagement ring I'd be wrapping everything up as we speak
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Old 01-20-2010, 11:40 PM
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Do your stripe in carbon fiber!!!!!!
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Old 01-22-2010, 07:04 PM
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Door seals from the soft top worked out pretty well...

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Old 01-25-2010, 01:42 PM
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What size NutSerts did you use on the flares btw? Was going to PM you... but figured the info could help others also.
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How do the phony carbon fiber trunk and parts look next to the real carbon fiber top? Does the real fiber top make the fake stuff look REALLY fake or it look OK together?
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Old 01-25-2010, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by cueball1
How do the phony carbon fiber trunk and parts look next to the real carbon fiber top? Does the real fiber top make the fake stuff look REALLY fake or it look OK together?
If the top was dry carbon it'd probably be hard to tell....but you can definitly see the difference. For my purposes where I wanted to go the two tone route without painting and not caring about having the car be a beauty queen, its perfect. From a few feet back I think it looks mint. So the short answer in my eyes would be it looks OK together....not great, but not horrible either.

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What size NutSerts did you use on the flares btw? Was going to PM you... but figured the info could help others also.
Split time, I used 5/16-18 TL Series Nutserts.
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Old 01-30-2010, 03:59 PM
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Some more CF wrap progress (Slowly but surely). After I paint the finishing panel and bumper white and the drip channels under the trunk lid black, the back end will be all set. Then its on to the windshield surround and hood.

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Old 01-30-2010, 04:19 PM
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Reverend greg Is dying of hate poisoning!Man that is a fine ride,and I usually dont like the faux fiber thing.
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Old 01-30-2010, 04:23 PM
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I like what you did there. It looks a lot more tied together now.
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