I work with carbon a lot, and I can say I hate these gimmicky carbon fibre pieces, which I have recently seen inside car interiors and body panels that are there more for looks than actual weight reduction. Fibreglass is more than adequate, and the difference between the two is almost negligible. If it’s a relatively small object made from straight, bolted-together carbon fibre plates purely for functionality, it kind of does make it look badass. Just remember, a real carbon will never be glossy since the goal is to maximise the deduction of excess resin used. The consumer mindset is what I hate the most about all this — the artificial luxury. Carbon fibre is nowhere near as expensive as people make it look.
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Suit yourself, I think it looks cool.
carbon fiber is pretty expensive, if your’s is cheap i’d love to know where its from
Recently??
My 2005 Yaris had carbon trim
Certainly unpopular. I am a cheap whore for carbon and usually check every carbon package on a spec sheet.
Plain 3k or 12k carbon weave is played out and very Fast & Furious looking at this point. The sort of holographic marble look of a Uni-directional finished carbon fiber piece is absolutely cool and premium looking. Take a look at some Campagnolo cranksets. Lots of UD finishes in the bike industry now.
Chopped/forged carbon is the worst, even on a multi million dollar car exposed carbon looks cheap and tacky. then there’s all the faux carbon trim pieces which is ugly but better than gloss black, even the carbon fibre effect vinyl for seats looks ass.