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Old Sep 1, 2009, 11:59 AM
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The material looks like my oem nose bra for my old evo 8! I would bet it is exactly the same material. I still have the bra somewhere I believe I had it on the car 2 or 3 times.
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Old Sep 1, 2009, 12:07 PM
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I bet it's not the same material.

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Old Sep 1, 2009, 12:10 PM
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What if you were to take off the vinyl after some time? Would the paint on the roof be ruined?
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Old Sep 1, 2009, 12:13 PM
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If your car has original paint, then peel off as you please. If it's been repainted before, and done poorly, then there is solution designed/made specifically for removing vinyl off of the car.

Remember, this is professional grade material. It's designed to not ruin the surface/object that is applied onto.

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Old Sep 1, 2009, 09:14 PM
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Small teaser for you guys before I get the rest of the pictures resized/cropped:



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That looks great. Love the 1 series too.
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Here are the pictures of the 1 series I did. As you can tell from the pictures, I also did his mirrors and tinted his tail lights for him using some film. I may be doing an E60 this friday with the cf material as well, if any local members want to drop by and check it out.















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Old Sep 2, 2009, 05:03 PM
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the new generation of evo ricers has been unvieled; it has a carbon graphic.
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Old Sep 2, 2009, 05:39 PM
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looks good... how much did it cost?
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Old Sep 2, 2009, 06:05 PM
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That is exactly the oem carbon weave nose mask fabric. I found my old evo 8 bra and from your pics it looks to be the same material! Not knocking you I think it looks very good...
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Ill try to post a pic
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Yeah. For an Evo with a real carbon wing... Doesn't make sense to me. I'll try and not make snobbish comments. I'll end it with: Not for my car thank you, I'll save for the real deal if I want carbon on my lid.
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looks good.
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Originally Posted by dave_evolvix
Yeah. For an Evo with a real carbon wing... Doesn't make sense to me. I'll try and not make snobbish comments. I'll end it with: Not for my car thank you, I'll save for the real deal if I want carbon on my lid.
Exactly. It's definitely not for everybody. I mean, I wouldn't even use this material for my own cars, but that's because I am not a fan of CF at all. However, I definitely know my vinyl, and this is the best cf look vinyl to date.

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That is exactly the oem carbon weave nose mask fabric. I found my old evo 8 bra and from your pics it looks to be the same material! Not knocking you I think it looks very good...
Looks the same, but definitely will not be the same material. I am sure you can't just cut your bra apart and apply it to the contours and have it stick like that to the roof

Who knows, maybe, but very unlikely.

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Wow it's a poor man Carbon hood! I love it. The looks of real Carbon Fiber with out the cost!
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