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There are one or 2 that have the stripes....

 

I like it though... The most important thing is if you like it, if you do then go for it. Your always gonna have someone thats not gonna like it, if they dont, then **** em! Its not their car!

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Iv been thinking about the nismo skirts aswell and maybe a carbon lip but everyone seems to have them!

 

Go for something really unique buddy :thumbs: Thats what i am doing lol Jp visage A skirts :D

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who else has them buddy and on what colour Z?!! thats me buggered for the first :lol:

 

Blade and GM and Ebisu, think I seen them on a blue and a tango too.... Mate, there is more than one 350z forum (and not everyone who logs on the forum posts pics...) in the UK and most things that you buy from a trader will have already been done....

 

I think these days you got to go a long way to do a mod that no one else has done! Its all about how you put them together!

 

Jay, how are the Visage skirts unique? Someone else in the UK has them! But what makes yours unique is that it the other parts that you put with them and the combination...

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who else has them buddy and on what colour Z?!! thats me buggered for the first :lol:

 

Blade and GM and Ebisu, think I seen them on a blue and a tango too.... Mate, there is more than one 350z forum (and not everyone who logs on the forum posts pics...) in the UK and most things that you buy from a trader will have already been done....

 

I think these days you got to go a long way to do a mod that no one else has done! Its all about how you put them together!

 

Jay, how are the Visage skirts unique? Someone else in the UK has them! But what makes yours unique is that it the other parts that you put with them and the combination...

 

+1

 

Its really hard to do something different these days & even when you do within a few months somebody has copied ;)

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Looking at the pics, in particular the wheels, is that what diamond cut polish would look like?

Just thinking about it for mine...

 

If you look at pics of Zedrushs old Veilside with the Black centre GT-S wheels he had a diamond cut polish... Not sure it would work that well on yours cause of the centre finish... I take it yours are still marked? Why not get them split and take them to a chrome place and get them to crome plate them? Or alternativly get them spit and ge the rims carbon wrapped? Now thats pretty unique on a Zed ;)

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sorry to butt in.......but what are the bits on the o/e skirts.? anyone sell em.

 

oh and i like the nismo decal kit but agree would look butter on a kitted car. :teeth:

 

Veilside V1 underwings :thumbs:

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sorry to butt in.......but what are the bits on the o/e skirts.? anyone sell em.

 

oh and i like the nismo decal kit but agree would look butter on a kitted car. :teeth:

 

Centre pods are either Tommy Kaira or Veilside carbons and the rear is a nissan Mudguard...

 

Think a guy on my350z was selling some original Tommy K ones recently... Would look great on a rusty one ;)

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sorry to butt in.......but what are the bits on the o/e skirts.? anyone sell em.

 

oh and i like the nismo decal kit but agree would look butter on a kitted car. :teeth:

 

Centre pods are either Tommy Kaira or Veilside carbons and the rear is a nissan Mudguard...

 

Think a guy on my350z was selling some original Tommy K ones recently... Would look great on a rusty one ;)

 

cheers guys tryin to stay unique with my zed :teeth:

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If you look at pics of Zedrushs old Veilside with the Black centre GT-S wheels he had a diamond cut polish... Not sure it would work that well on yours cause of the centre finish... I take it yours are still marked? Why not get them split and take them to a chrome place and get them to crome plate them? Or alternativly get them spit and ge the rims carbon wrapped? Now thats pretty unique on a Zed ;)

 

been done :lol:

High-Performance carbon fiber car wheels take big step forward

Posted on November 28, 2006 @ 10:27 am

One of the “holy grails†of carbon fiber application is car wheels. How badly would auto OEMs love to lose those heavy steel wheels? The question always has been: Can a carbon fiber wheel meet all of the required performance specs at an affordable price? The short answer is, yes but not yet. Dymag Racing UK (Chippenham, U.K.) has developed a carbon fiber wheel that meets or exceeds many of the performance requirements of a car wheel, but price, for now, leaves this product in the high-performance category. The future, however, looks bright.

 

Bevis Musk, Dymag’s marketing director and technical director of composites development, says the wheels comprise a forged magnesium hub/spoke system that is fastened to a carbon fiber rim by specially coated titanium fasteners. The rim is molded from a Toray Carbon Fibers America Inc. (Flower Mound, Texas) dry weave carbon fabric supplied by Sigmatex High Technology Fabrics Inc. (Runcorn, U.K.) and infused with a high-performance epoxy from Huntsman (The Woodlands, Texas) in a proprietary RTM-like process that Musk calls “high-pressure casting.†It uses a solid metal casting-type mold with injection at 50 psi to 75 psi (3.45 bar to 5.17 bar). A key to process success is a lacquer-based coating that, when applied to the mold surface, serves as the mold release, but at demolding adheres to the rim, providing a durable finish that resists ultraviolet light brake-dust, salt and other corrosives encountered by race and road cars. According to Musk, the wheels come out of the tool to spec and ready to use.

 

Dymag tests show that the wheels have better damping properties than aluminum and magnesium competitors, with three times the impact resistance. While a standard steel Porsche GT3 RS 18-inch wheel weighs about 14 kg/30.8 lb, a Dymag carbon/magnesium equivalent weighs around 6.5 kg/14.3 lb, saving about 30 kg/66 lb per car and reducing the moment of inertia – the energy required to turn and stop the wheels. The result is either a reduction in emissions, an increase in power, or both. One automaker, says Musk, reports that a weight savings of 30 kg translates to an engine power increase of 40 hp.

 

At $2,100 to $2,200 each, the wheels are a far cry from the $75 to $600 consumers pay for a custom wheel at the local tire shop, but for high-performance race cars and other specialty applications, Musk says they are on par with magnesium counterparts and, though more expensive than high-performance aluminum wheels, can recover the premium, in many cases, by achieving greater fuel economy.

 

The next step for Dymag is to reduce the cost of production and, subsequently, the cost of the finished product, with an eye toward the larger consumer market. According to Musk, Dymag’s list of interested automakers so far includes custom and larger producers, such as Mosler Automotive, Cadillac/Chevrolet (Corvette), Aston Martin, Ascari, and Ford (GT).

 

(this article was taken from compositesworld.com)

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