cf is becoming rice?

[osiriskidd]

idk i brought this up on another forum and uhh...they all got defensive over it and took it to heart. maybe i'll try it again and choose my words carefully this time.

do you think CF contributes to a car being clean or rice?
usually, people buy it because they say it reduces weight correct? how does that work when their stereo, rims, and other accessories outweigh that.

i've noticed that most people buy CF for the look or because their friends told them too.

i've seen and love a bunch of FULL 2-toned cf looks, that being hood, roof painted, and trunk w/ matching lip kit.

many people i've talked to have confessed to seeing a CF hood and just going "rice."

i just wanna see what opinions you guys have and how you feel about CF being a new trend like body kits were back in the day.

[_Christian_]

unless it is truely functional, rice

[DieselNuts]

It depends on how its used. If its tastefull, then no, I dont consider it rice. If its FAKE carbon mirrors or some stupid shiit like that, then yes its rice.

[pankopp]

I think it is out of control... everybody and their mother has it now, and then they have their big as sub box and other heavy ****... I agree with you.

[Kevykev]

It depends on how its used.

Agreed.


I'm sure there's a way to make ITBs Rice.

Nah Mean?

[DeeAOne]

Agreed.


I'm sure there's a way to make ITBs Rice.

Nah Mean?

lol exactly. there is a way to make anything rice.


its all about how its used as said before.

[osiriskidd]

but someone just slaps on a CF hood and calls it a day.

no theme. no thoughts. they do it because everyone else has it. they don't even try to incorporate a 2-tone theme.

[JDMB20]

well its about how its used carbon fiber ctr lip rice b/c the lip from a ctr isn't carbon fiber

Hood truck/hatch and (doors on all out race) is okay anything else is rice

[southside]

I'd just get cf and get car painted.Dont really car for the look of it most of the time the hoods crack anyways.

[BABY J]

What most of you call CF is wet carbon --- sometimes it's even heavier than what you are replacing it with. And it's cheap to make/reproduce.

REAL CF (dry carbon) is sex no matter how it's used unless u have 132 canards hanging off of the back door and front bumber of your grandmas primered Accord. It's the REAL DEAL and is expensive to shape and produce.

IMO - you dnt have to incorporate a 2-toned theme in order to use it. But if you are looking to reduce weight, sure - add some CF. But I do agree that no1 has to know that it's CF - PAINT THE SH*T when you paint your car. You don't know my EG hatch has a CF hood until you raise the hoob b/c I opted to not lay paint on that portion of it. To each his own.

[GGPIS3]

rice is in the eye of the beholder.


i have cf pillars that do absolutlely nothing for the performance of the car which then can be considered "rice," but if i like it, i don't care what other people say.

i also have cf overlays on my interior panels.. same ****. im actually adding weight lol..

some people call my rice... so what.. i will live on just fine.

[DieselNuts]

rice is in the eye of the beholder.


i have cf pillars that do absolutlely nothing for the performance of the car which then can be considered "rice," but if i like it, i don't care what other people say.

i also have cf overlays on my interior panels.. same ****. im actually adding weight lol..

some people call my rice... so what.. i will live on just fine.

Im not trying to hate on you by any means, but any sort of CF dash kit or overlay is cheesy imo. That being said, you have one of the nicest IS300's I have seen by looking @ your sig

[01CDMLUDER]

Im not trying to hate on you by any means, but any sort of CF dash kit or overlay is cheesy imo. That being said, you have one of the nicest IS300's I have seen by looking @ your sig

what if it's stock cf trim?

[GGPIS3]

Im not trying to hate on you by any means, but any sort of CF dash kit or overlay is cheesy imo. That being said, you have one of the nicest IS300's I have seen by looking @ your sig

no worries.. like i said, not everyone is going to like it and it doesn't bother me at all. i actually purchased the car brand new from lexus with the cf dash kit already installed. so you could say it is an oem part lol

can't say so much about the door pillars though...


and thank you for the kind words

[osiriskidd]

no worries.. like i said, not everyone is going to like it and it doesn't bother me at all. i actually purchased the car brand new from lexus with the cf dash kit already installed. so you could say it is an oem part lol

can't say so much about the door pillars though...


and thank you for the kind wordsd

on a black car it looks great. but imo i'd still overlay/tint the carbon.

i love your car btw. i do agree it's in the eye of the beholder and for things like trim and what not if it goes with the rest of your car then fine...

im talking about poncho's 93 red civic with a cf hood and trunk rollin on pepboy discount hubcaps with euro lights and 15"kickers.

[GGPIS3]

^^ its graphite gray pearl... ggp... hence my sn. but it does look black sometimes..

and thanks for the props.. i dont know of this car you speak of.. and i guess thats a good thing lol

[Nissan Sean]

i think CF is rice. its way over used. not original. and unless its on a racing application, useless. its just dumb. i can understand the weight loss advantages, but why not paint it. unpainted CF is dumb looking and it is ricey. most of the time.

[OneSlow5pt0]

thought bout doing a CF hood for my camaro,since dont see CF on a 3rd gen very often plus drops bout 60 pounds of weight

but like anything else,it can become rice depending who has it

[cactusEG]

IMO its rice when u wrape CF over OEM (metal)body parts....

[On_Her_Face]

idk i brought this up on another forum and uhh...they all got defensive over it and took it to heart. maybe i'll try it again and choose my words carefully this time.

do you think CF contributes to a car being clean or rice?
usually, people buy it because they say it reduces weight correct? how does that work when their stereo, rims, and other accessories outweigh that.

i've noticed that most people buy CF for the look or because their friends told them too.

i've seen and love a bunch of FULL 2-toned cf looks, that being hood, roof painted, and trunk w/ matching lip kit.

many people i've talked to have confessed to seeing a CF hood and just going "rice."

i just wanna see what opinions you guys have and how you feel about CF being a new trend like body kits were back in the day.

i think the word rice is getting out of hand, rice is now used to describe new fads (sometimes).

[antiv6]

i like c/f front lips, thats about it, the saving weight thing is retarded, For the price of a c/f hood you could buy some bolt ons and see better times then if you weighed 10lbs less and were stock

[OTG Signs]

99.9% of the time, it's retarded and useless.

[87 Turbo II]

yeah, unpainted CF isn't stylish, just ricey (to me)

[Echonova]

Kevlar is where it's at...

[eYezs1ck]

i think a cf lip is pointless to me for performance cuz your adding weight and it defeats the purpose but dont get me wrong, they look nice as fawk

[RBS]

i think a cf lip is pointless to me for performance cuz your adding weight and it defeats the purpose but dont get me wrong, they look nice as fawk

a real performance oriented lip can do alot for your car on the track

[southside]

i think the word rice is getting out of hand, rice is now used to describe new fads (sometimes).

ppl think rice because they see somthing different.Or used in a different way and they be like dang wtf

[OTG Signs]

a real performance oriented lip can do alot for your car on the track

99% of the buyers of lips don't use them for what they're intended, and for street cars ABS is lighter than most carbon lips anyways.

[speedminded]

Rice is giving a $hit what other people do to their cars.


As Baby J mentioned, there are two types of ways to create carbon fiber parts. Wet carbon fiber can rarely be considered a race item so what exactly does that make it? A SHOW ITEM! So please explain how wet carbon fiber is any different than a candy coat paint job? In some cases it's simply a way to create that deep three dimensional look on a particular piece, the only difference is the way it's applied.

...BUT lets say on a Honda you lose 25-30+lbs by using a carbon carbon fiber hood, who cares what else is done to the car?! Ever had extra passengers in a car with ZERO torque? Notice how horrible it drives? ANY weight loss will improve the cars handling and gas mileage.


How many people replying make a living manufacturing parts? You build a car for YOU or your business or your sponsors. You know what you like and what you don't, deal with what people do and drive on!

[The_ CaneCorso]

I have real carbon fairings on my motorcycle, it as cool.Different becasue it was a bike.

[josh green]

People are just making up new meaning for rice b/c of a trend, thats NOT NEW by any means. There is really no point in buying carbon fiber if your going to paint it. I would find the same product in fiberglass. Its going to weight the same and isnt going to have the price of cf that your about to paint over. Having to 2 tone a car with it is stupid, I cannot stand all that "Panda" bullsh*t. Making "requirements" for having a product and trying to conform is so stupid and there are A LOT of people on here that do it.

[KPowerEP3]

yeah, unpainted CF isn't stylish, just ricey (to me)

how many real race cars do you see with mass unpainted CF?

go on, think. I'll wait.



exactly. It wouldn't kill you to paint your CF body color. Very few cars, in fact, look good with raw CF IMO, and if you're doing it for 'function' then you should know that the little bit of weight from the paint to make your car not look poopish isn't going to kill your savings from the CF.

If you're doing it, and leaving it raw for looks, fine, but say it. Don't say that you got it because it's light weight. You didn't. You got it because you like it, because it gets you show points, whatever.

[Deke]

If you're doing it, and leaving it raw for looks, fine, but say it. Don't say that you got it because it's light weight. You didn't. You got it because you like it, because it gets you show points, whatever.

Exactly. I honestly have no problem with carbon fiber hoods/trunks/lips, but like you said, you're fooling yourself if you think you bought them for weight saving.

[osiriskidd]

how many real race cars do you see with mass unpainted CF?

go on, think. I'll wait.



exactly. It wouldn't kill you to paint your CF body color. Very few cars, in fact, look good with raw CF IMO, and if you're doing it for 'function' then you should know that the little bit of weight from the paint to make your car not look poopish isn't going to kill your savings from the CF.

If you're doing it, and leaving it raw for looks, fine, but say it. Don't say that you got it because it's light weight. You didn't. You got it because you like it, because it gets you show points, whatever.

x2. seems a lot of people share my opinion. at least i didn't get flamed by cf fanboys.

[OneDurtyZ]

its all in the name of style, a lot of stuff thats rice not was 'hott' back in the day

[osiriskidd]

its all in the name of style, a lot of stuff thats rice not was 'hott' back in the day

like i said. it's more of a fad now. i'm sure many people will agree with me on this one. i mean, before it was flames and body kits, giant vinyls, and JDM will soon go that way.

[OneDurtyZ]

like i said. it's more of a fad now. i'm sure many people will agree with me on this one. i mean, before it was flames and body kits, giant vinyls, and JDM will soon go that way.

oh i totally agree, i remember when everyone (cept me cause they were teh ghey) had those hoodlight/windshield squirter thingies too

[The BUCKY]

guess i am a ricer. i got alot of carbon. hood, trunk, lip, skirts, arm rests, valve cover, seats, sub enclosure, rear filler panels, glove box, etc. with more stuff in the plans. but i did it for the look. its a show car and lets face it carbon draws people in to look. my sponsors love it so who cares. i deff didnt add any of it for weight savings. but i do love the way it looks.

[3.5altman]

Carbon fiber looks good i like it dont get me wrong, but when tooooo much is on a car i start to think rice. A carbon fiber hood and maybe some pillars are just enough cf for me.

[OneDurtyZ]

guess i am a ricer. i got alot of carbon. hood, trunk, lip, skirts, arm rests, valve cover, seats, sub enclosure, rear filler panels, glove box, etc. with more stuff in the plans. but i did it for the look. its a show car and lets face it carbon draws people in to look. my sponsors love it so who cares. i deff didnt add any of it for weight savings. but i do love the way it looks.

going by this thread, yes you would be a ricer , but, eh what r u gonna do?