Carbon Fiber Front Fang, B Pillars, Side Mirrors (stage 1) installed! (AK370Z)

kenchan

spearfish- just e-tape the area before you slide the fang cover on and it's no issue.

if you do the Evo-R, you want to e-tape just under the grill so that the paint doesn't show through when you put theirs on. ive seen a couple different ones and they both work fine if you do this. the370z store one has a verticle lip to cover the paint/gap and it's a nice idea.

370Z JT

yea that paint is exposed in this pic.

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209Z

shave front emblem and get headlights doneee...yummy =]

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kenchan

rear 15mm spacers.

Caravanshaka

Looks great AK! I agree though, time to do your headlights.

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m4a1mustang

AK can you take pics from 50 and 100 feet away?

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Sibze

I am looking for one that I can't really see the car anymore but I kinda can... lol

AK370Z

So, it's been a week since I installed these products. The front fang and side mirrors are holding up great! However I can't say the same about one of my B Pillar (driver side). Top part kinda came off. So, I took it off and upon further investigation, I found out these DID NOT come with 3m VHB tapes. They came with regular double sided tape. Also, the tape is VERY thin. So, I took the overlay off. Cleaned the OEM BPillar surface. Used some of my OWN 3M VHB .45 mil tape and put it back on. It was perfect! . I was so impressed with it the install, I pulled the passenger side overlay off and redid it with the new tapes. Two big benefits of these new tapes:

a. The bond will be very very strong. In about 48-72 hours (when set in), if you pull hard on these overlays, chances are the whole B pillar will come off (or they will be in two pieces) !

b. Thief can ONLY steal what they can take off .

I bought my 3M VHB tapes from this guy on EBAY. Pretty cheap.

However, the fit of these overlays are perfect. If you're standing next to them and you're unaware of this thread, I can probably get away with saying, "these whole cf B Pillars". You CAN NOT tell the difference!


Flimsy thin tape




Cleaned surface




Ready to install!

Since it rained yesterday, I polished all the cf stuff up today I really wasn't sure what to use (also too lazy to go to nearest auto store). I simply used NXT 2.0. Worked pretty good IMO













I lol'ed!

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kenchan

Chances are your car will tip over if you pulled hard enough.

AK370Z

Thanks!

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Cmike2780

Would the fang overlays look good on a MB. I was thinking of getting it, but wasn't shure if it would be as noticable since you wouldn't have the contrast in color.

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hfrog355

I'm thinking about doing the Zstore's CF fang and B Pillar on my MB. I'm on the list to get my lights done by MR Works right now and the two CF pieces would be cool accents for the rest of the black add-ons. If you do them, be sure to post pictures!

Something about the mirror pieces doesn't quite rub me the right way. Cool for some, just not for me.

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AK370Z

I totally understand that. 4 out of 5 friends approved my side mirrors. 1 of them said that he liked the OEM blue colored mirror better.



I kinda got the idea from some of the Lamborghini's and Ferrari's. Take a look:











I think it looks good on them and I simply wanted to give it a try. I personally think it looks pretty good on my Z. Your eyes first goes to the front cf fang and then the cf mirrors carry the theme. But I totally understand if someone don't like them.

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hfrog355

Oh, I know they look dead sexy on the Italians; I'm a big fan of the contrasting/offset color for mirrors. I was speaking more in terms of specifically for my car.

Driving a metallic black car already, I think having CF cover the plate frame (which idea I picked up from the toll tag thread of yours), fangs/lip and B-pillars will be plenty of CF accent for the car. If I had any other color, I would likely be looking for a way to offset the mirrors, but they're already black on mine (and I had them wrapped in VentureShield).

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AK370Z

ahh I see. I didn't know you had a black car. With black cars, you can only do so much. Yup, your plan is pretty good. The ONLY suggestion I will make is to buy some of those 3M VHB tape (.45 mil) from ebay (about $6) and you'll be much more happy with the B Pillar install. The tape that comes with are not that good. Good luck. If you need any help, I'm right here

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