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Yay or Nay???

I just put this carbon fiber "S" decal on the side marker of my MINI and I cant decide if I like it or not. So Im asking for the opinion of my fellow NAM'ers....

YAY??? or NAY???
 
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Old 02-08-2006, 09:06 PM
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I say that different is yay.
 
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Old 02-08-2006, 09:07 PM
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if you have other carbon fiber stuff, i'd say keep it!
 
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Old 02-08-2006, 09:08 PM
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Go real CF, are those pics B&W? How does it affect the look of the car as a whole? Do you have before and after pics taken in similar light to see the change?
 
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If you have other carbon fiber stuff keep it. If not, it looks a bit like just polka dots so...
 
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Originally Posted by belikeanthony
if you have other carbon fiber stuff, i'd say keep it!
Good point. It could snowball. It's something I might be able to afford to do...
 
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Old 02-08-2006, 09:18 PM
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nothing else is in carbon fiber aside from an "Actual Size" decal in carbon fiber . Effect on the overall look on the car is minimal at best, I just thought it would give it a unique look.

Those are not B & W's it was just overcast when I took em
 
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then from what I can tell IMHO nay unless you're palnning on adding CF, alittle too out of place for my tastes
 
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yay here love c/f
 
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how about a chrome "S"?
 
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i love it.
got any more?
 
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okay, Im debating between keeping the carbon fiber "S", going back to the original red one, or taking off the red decal and go chrome....heres pictures of my MINI. Feedback would be great and much appreciated.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=60591
 
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Thanks Skuzy, dont have anymore but you can contact Rick from reekcreations.com. Its $7 for 2 sets inc shipping.
 
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IMO, the red doesnt match. Plain chrome would match the chrome you have, or the carbon fiber would be cool if you had other carbon fiber. I cant tell what color exactly the carbon fiber look sticker is, guessing its brownish? If you could make it grayish it would match better perhaps.
 
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its black carbon fiber...dang cybershot!!
 
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Old 02-08-2006, 10:23 PM
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Well I'm also kind of colorblind. More like color deficient. If it is black carbon fiber then does gray/silver (the lighter tone) match your car color or not?
 
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I say YAY! It looks like tiny little checkers.
 
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looks kinda spotty to me...plain black would look good in my honest opinion

 
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I've done mine in plain black... really makes a difference in the look of things!
 
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Originally Posted by MINIotaple
If you have other carbon fiber stuff keep it. If not, it looks a bit like just polka dots so...
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carbon fiber

the 2 most important questions are :

does your MINI go faster !

Does your MPG increase ?


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I vote YAY!
(and I also like the just plain black idea!)
 
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WOO HOO!! (Yay)
 
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I dont like all this carbon fiber stuff, but this looks good ...

so I vote: Yea!
 
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I say yay as well, for any of you who think it looks spotty I've only seen one type of vynil that looks similar to Carbon fiber and it's located on Tuls' MINI (go figure) but all in all I think it looks good. Rule of thumb is if you can't tell form 10 feet away it's allllll good. YAY!
 


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