Carbon Fiber: Compensation or Retardation?

[SixSquared]

this isnt about show cars, thats a whole different breed of dumbass. were talking about the people who do it for its "performance benefits". there is no performance benefits for a street car to have a cf anything.

Sure it has a benefit on a street car.

What's the benefit?

It's my ****ing car and I like the way it looks. When people try to justify it as a performance increase on a street car, I tend to but whatever makes them feel better. That's the problem with the auto world these days.. people can't accept that someone did a mod to their car simply because they like the way it looks. It's all "what's the performance upgrade in doing that?". So when people say there's no performance upgrade, they get called a ricer. When they try to justify something that was genuinely because they liked it by saying it has a tiny performance increase, they get called a ricer. I wish people would man up and say "screw you, I like the way it looks".

and your comment about show cars being another breed of dumbass makes me laugh...

Oh looka this guy... yep... just another show car dumbass...

[quickdodge®]

I disagree with each of your inputs. You're completely going too deep into it. So far deep that you don't even know what the thread is actually about. You obviously have CF parts on your car and therefore you're going to defend CF tooth and nail.

Sure it has a benefit on a street car.

What's the benefit?

It's my ****ing car and I like the way it looks.

"It's my ****ing car and I like the way it looks" is NOT a performance benefit. I do agree that there is a dumbass in this thread. But it's not the OP. Later, QD.

[SixSquared]

I disagree with each of your inputs. You're completely going too deep into it. So far deep that you don't even know what the thread is actually about. You obviously have CF parts on your car and therefore you're going to defend CF tooth and nail.



"It's my ****ing car and I like the way it looks" is NOT a performance benefit. I do agree that there is a dumbass in this thread. But it's not the OP. Later, QD.

You would disagree with me just for the sake of disagreement, Mike.

And yeah, there is carbon fiber on my car... pretty good amount as a matter of fact. Do I walk around saying I did it for a performance upgrade? Nope. If I get that .1 off my lap time, yippee. Great. Why do I like cf? I like the way it looks.. a lot... and as far as working with it in non-automotive applications, it has a LOT of potential and a wide variety of uses, which from an industrial design standpoint, makes it a fascinating material.

[Thighs]

You would disagree with me just for the sake of disagreement, Mike.

And yeah, there is carbon fiber on my car... pretty good amount as a matter of fact. Do I walk around saying I did it for a performance upgrade? Nope. If I get that .1 off my lap time, yippee. Great. Why do I like cf? I like the way it looks.. a lot... and as far as working with it in non-automotive applications, it has a LOT of potential and a wide variety of uses, which from an industrial design standpoint, makes it a fascinating material.

LOLOL WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IT ON A CAR. the non-automotive applications have nothing to do with this thread. you have lots of carbon on your car for that "bling" effect you were talking about earlier. you saw it in a picture on somebody elses car and said to yourself "dam thats ballll'in" and then got it. you lose.

[quickdodge®]

You would disagree with me just for the sake of disagreement, Mike.

Very nice. So because I disagree is completely because of my lack of respect for you and not because it's true?

And yeah, there is carbon fiber on my car... pretty good amount as a matter of fact. Do I walk around saying I did it for a performance upgrade? Nope. If I get that .1 off my lap time, yippee. Great. Why do I like cf? I like the way it looks.. a lot... and as far as working with it in non-automotive applications, it has a LOT of potential and a wide variety of uses, which from an industrial design standpoint, makes it a fascinating material.

You're prime example of why this thread was created. Later, QD.

[carbongs]

Sure it has a benefit on a street car.

What's the benefit?

It's my ****ing car and I like the way it looks. I wish people would man up and say "screw you, I like the way it looks".

my point exactly! it's not like i am racing my near 4000 lb car anytime soon!

btw, beatiful car you have posted!

[Thighs]

Sure it has a benefit on a street car.

What's the benefit?

It's my ****ing car and I like the way it looks. When people try to justify it as a performance increase on a street car, I tend to but whatever makes them feel better. That's the problem with the auto world these days.. people can't accept that someone did a mod to their car simply because they like the way it looks. It's all "what's the performance upgrade in doing that?". So when people say there's no performance upgrade, they get called a ricer. When they try to justify something that was genuinely because they liked it by saying it has a tiny performance increase, they get called a ricer. I wish people would man up and say "screw you, I like the way it looks".

do you not know how to read? were not talking about the people who do it for looks. were talking about the retards who buy a cf hood and think that there is a real performance benefit from saving 20 lbs on their DD.

good for you if you do it for looks. i honestly dont think it looks bad.