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Old 06-18-2014, 10:29 AM
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Who has done or had done any carbon fiber work on there truck? I am looking at doing a bunch of small pieces to dress up my truck, It is all white and looks to plain.
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Start with the hood. They make carbon fiber hoods which cost alot lol
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Hmm im not sure about the hood. Not sure if I want to go that crazy.
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Lol

You can do all the interior trims on carbon fiber.
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I did the interior of mine in 3m carbon fiber. Let me see if I can find some pics.
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And one more
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Originally Posted by mdwatts11
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That thing looks backwards lol.
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Originally Posted by Z71crawford
That thing looks backwards lol.
What do you mean?
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Originally Posted by mdwatts11
What do you mean?
Im saying it looks like its for the passenger side
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Real CF would be awesome but I have yet to find a person locally who's good at it. I use another local company for hydrodipping (SL Customs if you are interested), he's been doing a lot of our valve covers lately and I think they turn out great (sorry, don't have a pic of just the VC's).




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