Carbon Fiber front fenders

[WAR]

Someone here has carbon fiber front fenders, they mensioned it in another post I went searching but can't find it. They said that they bought them from fiber images, but when I phoned fiber images they said they never made them for the celica and probably never will. So were did they get them?

[baNanA_ryCe]

yota... import-fan.com

[Mistrimeat]

They are cool but look like ass if you dont paint them.

[WAR]

thanks very much.

[yota_racer]

My sponsor carries them. I plan on getting them someday and painting them. I am going to make it look like the CF is overflowing from my hood onto my fenders. I will work some sort of design into it so you can tell they are CF, but still be painted and look good.

[EVILLL1]

yota_racer
You should be able to sand down the clear they use on the parts then have a paint shop spray it with 1-2 coats paint then clear it. You will still be able to see the carbon fiber through the paint up close but it will look like normal panels a little further away from the car. When I get my hood I am going to do this. I have seen people who have done this and it looks good. You don't even know it is Carbon Fiber until you get up close and then it's like D@M.

[yota_racer]

I still want the design, but thanks for the FYI!!

[chameleon]

I've seen them around for a while. Have any numbers ever been published in regards to comparative weight? The factory fenders are so small and light already, I wouldn't be surprised if the Carbon fiber ones actually weighed more, depending on how thick the CF is and how much epoxy they put over it of course. I haven't seen any numbers, but I would think that this is more of an appearance mod, not a weight saving mod. Which is fine, but if you are going for the weight saving performance aspects of them(i.e. you are just going to paint over them), I would avoid them untill given some weights to prove that they actually provide a decrease in weight.

[yota_racer]

I was told they weigh about the same, so they are more for looks than anything. If you buy them for weight reduction, you are wasting your money. Plain and simple. ;)

[Oo DaRk StAr oO]

Those stock fenders are light as hell. Feels like foil.

[jotan82]

they're ugly unless you match them up with a urethane blitz front