Carbon Fiber

[[ion] C2]

Can't wait for my Tenzo seats and Takata harnesses to get here... and my carbon fiber coolant reservoir, and custom carbon fiber brake fluid reservoir...

Newer engine bay shots on Page 3.

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012203098.jpg

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012203099.jpg

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012203100.jpg

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012203101.jpg

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012203103.jpg

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012203104.jpg

[Redog]

Looks pretty good. It's the dark interior that makes is flow nicely.

I don't really care for the trim around the hazzard switch, not even in stock forum.

I'm liking the way your car is going you get :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

[[ion] C2]

My photographer's takin some more shots tonight of the exterior, against the city skyline hopefully.

Oh yeah, thanks adam337 for the trim.

Once my CF reservoirs and HO IDI cover get here I'm going to detail the engine and take some real shots.

[AbHeLlRaZoR]

where did you get the CF dash trim?

[adam337]

looks a lot better in your car than in my closet rofl

[Justin081]

looks good man. how much are you asking for the IDI cover?

[cherrington17]

is that hydroimmersed (fake) cf, or are all those pieces legit 100% cf? :p

[[ion] C2]

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This also came in today.

http://www.ion-productions.com/headerlol.jpg

[Redog]

^^OOOOOOOOOO a 4-1 too, very nice :cool:

[bizarre179]

How mcuh do you want for the cf idi covers?

[bdyman]

why did you go with a dash overlay kit instead of the hydro imersion stuff, i remember the dash kit i got for mine was 150, after a few months i took it off

[Spilner521]

Hydro imersion :thumbsdown:

Real carbon fiber :thumb:

[[ion] C2]

^Exactly.

So I just got back from a photoshoot with stevespeed (new member on here), we were on the upper level of a parking garage. My exhaust/everything sounds awesome in there, so I floored it a few times as we went down the levels. We get to the 2nd level, and right around the corner is A COP. I just rolled by slow and nodded my head. He had his windows down so I know he heard all of it. Didn't do anything though...

Southfield cops don't seem to care about anything. I tested my new pulley next to one accidentally, 55 in a 40 then I realized the car next to me was a cop, lol.

[02Alero]

where did you get the dash kit from

[[ion] C2]

C2;400081']Oh yeah, thanks adam337 for the trim.
^

Sherwood Dash sells em.

[cherrington17]

C2;400117']

Southfield cops don't seem to care about anything. I tested my new pulley next to one accidentally, 55 in a 40 then I realized the car next to me was a cop, lol.

way to go, king rice. give all mod'd aleros a bad name cuz you can't keep your dink off your pedal..... :glare:



:lol:

[bdyman]

Hydro imersion :thumbsdown:

Real carbon fiber :thumb:


i dunno looking at scot`s stuff i really like it allot, some good quality stuff, fake carbon fiber dash kits= :thumbsdown: , i really like the car, i just stated for different options out there

[alerored04]

Looks great. Just like all your mods, I love it.

[darksobsession]

nice!

[AftermathAlero]

Cool Cool.. I like it! Better than those fake looking CF wanna be vinyl dots.

Nice touch!

[darksobsession]

what site did you get them from? sherwood doesn't sell them direct.

<|:X

[[ion] C2]

I bought them from a member on here, adam337, stated twice in this thread.

I don't know where he bought them. I once had a link that I thought was direct from Sherwood. You can find this all over the place by difference dash kit places.

[adam337]

i got it from ebay.. the company selling it on ebay had a website though.. not sure had it in my closet for about 2 years

[darksobsession]

adam, how much did you pay for them?

[adam337]

i got it for bday gma said she spent about 200

[KenshinZero]

C2;400117']^Exactly.

So I just got back from a photoshoot with stevespeed (new member on here), we were on the upper level of a parking garage. My exhaust/everything sounds awesome in there, so I floored it a few times as we went down the levels. We get to the 2nd level, and right around the corner is A COP. I just rolled by slow and nodded my head. He had his windows down so I know he heard all of it. Didn't do anything though...

Southfield cops don't seem to care about anything. I tested my new pulley next to one accidentally, 55 in a 40 then I realized the car next to me was a cop, lol. How dose that work, I look at a cop wrong and I get pulled over, lol

[cherrington17]

i've stated it before.... i have a fully illuminated interior (leds, either red or blue) and i still managed to drive 1.5 years w/o an inspection. I never even get glanced at by cops...

[natedawg9640]

i once sneezed by a cop (not like a loud sneeze that sprayed him with snot mist, but more like a shallow stifled girly sneeze) and he instantly jumped from his un-intimidating perch and sprouted what i'd call succubus wings. His eyes were glowing red and orange and he made gutteral grunting screams and he (not so carefully and gently) extracted and consumed the ENTIRE left hemisphere of my liver. it was the strangest thing to watch.

[01OldsAleroGt]

ok nate.. how much was the ticket on that one lmafo

and man.. the Carbon Fiber Looks amazing... got any idea how the Brushed aluminum looks.. im going for that Euro Look in my ride

[KenshinZero]

i once sneezed by a cop (not like a loud sneeze that sprayed him with snot mist, but more like a shallow stifled girly sneeze) and he instantly jumped from his un-intimidating perch and sprouted what i'd call succubus wings. His eyes were glowing red and orange and he made gutteral grunting screams and he (not so carefully and gently) extracted and consumed the ENTIRE left hemisphere of my liver. it was the strangest thing to watch.:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: WOW!

[DOHC_tuner]

finally got the headers...huh....good job so far. keep it up

[[ion] C2]

i ordered the header aug 29

lazy shipper on jbo

[DOHC_tuner]

C2;400387']i ordered the header aug 29

lazy shipper on jbo

:eek:

[darksobsession]

i once sneezed by a cop (not like a loud sneeze that sprayed him with snot mist, but more like a shallow stifled girly sneeze) and he instantly jumped from his un-intimidating perch and sprouted what i'd call succubus wings. His eyes were glowing red and orange and he made gutteral grunting screams and he (not so carefully and gently) extracted and consumed the ENTIRE left hemisphere of my liver. it was the strangest thing to watch.

a succubus is female. an incubus is male. plus they don't eat livers, they f*** you while you sleep.

o_0


ion, you need a carbon fiber shift knob!

[darksobsession]

hey, i can't say "f * * * *" even using asteriks. :(

[darksobsession]

oh, i can if i space it out

[KenshinZero]

hey, i can't say "f * * * *" even using asteriks. :( Damn sneaky computer ninjas, lol

[Oldsnut]

ion, how do these differ from hydro imerssion? They look the same to me.

[adam337]

It is in fact REAL carbon fiber covered in a clear gel like coating..

[Spilner521]

I'm not Ion, but I'll answer. Hydro immersion is when you dip the part into a liquid for a certain amount of time and when it comes out it has the carbon fiber pattern sort of "painted" on it. What Ion has, as well as myself, is actual pieces of carbon fiber that the company laid out on 3M adhesive, coated the top to keep it shiny and protected, and cut to fit over the dash pieces.

Real carbon fiber :thumb:
http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/8/web/428000-428999/428155_14_full.jpg

Carbon fiber "look" :thumbsdown:
http://www.daydeal.com/files/images9/m520_protector_carbon.JPG

[Oldsnut]

I understand the process, I was kidding with him. We have gone back and forth on this subject before.

I still don't see what the hell the difference is, they look the same to me and many others.

[KenshinZero]

For all of us who didn’t know the difference, thanks to both of you, lol ^_^

[Cliff8928]

I understand the process, I was kidding with him. We have gone back and forth on this subject before.

I still don't see what the hell the difference is, they look the same to me and many others.

If you really look at it, the real CF just has more dimension and luster to it.

[KenshinZero]

If you really look at it, the real CF just has more dimension and luster to it.
True, but the dash of the Alero has more dimension and luster as well, lol

[[ion] C2]

I understand the process, I was kidding with him. We have gone back and forth on this subject before.

I still don't see what the hell the difference is, they look the same to me and many others.

That's just your eyesight reflecting your age... :p

Looks like I have the more "silver" carbon fiber and you have the "black" carbon fiber, Spilner. I told you it was silver, adam337. Oh well, matches my silver carbon fiber pedals and such.

Also, check this out. Waiting on my carbon fiber coolant cover to come in, also custom brake fluid carbon fiber cover, and my header goes on today after work, and it's dirty, but here's my bay:

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012204819.jpg

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012204818.jpg

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012204817.jpg

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012204821.jpg

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/5012204822.jpg

[cherrington17]

looks like your fuel pressure gauge has a bit of water in it....



and unless those interior pieces are 100% MADE of carbon fiber... your still just faking it. you fail ion.

[[ion] C2]

It's silica filled, liquid filled gauges don't shake around from vibration like other mechanical gauges, tis nice.

I'm too lazy to make them completely from CF... though the guy who's making my brake fluid cover can and has done things like that for people.. he's made full interior panels and door tirm of carbon fiber..

[cherrington17]

you should get the panel that runs down the side, next to the seat (covers all the wires going to the back) in cf too. kinda give it a nice touch as you get into the car....

[paulyb]

Either way, dipped or wrapped, its still not a true carbon fiber piece, its not made somely from CF, its just wrapped in it. No diffrent if I took a whole boat load of CF and wrapped my car, its not a full CF car, because the inner shell is stll metal. Just like your pieces are still plastic under cf...........






just busting you balls C2

[[ion] C2]

if the guy made door panels or interior trim out of carbon fiber it's not "wrapped," it's made of a thin layer of fiberglass in the shape of the trim and then the rest is made of carbon fiber

also i have those headlight covers that oldsnut has, but mine are real plastic, not imitation CF lolol

[paulyb]

Im going to get a big sheet of that fake carbon fiber sticker and wrap the whole ho in it except for the windows for next years AAS......lol

[cherrington17]

we should shrink wrap ion's car in fake cf... :lol:

[kwhauck]

CF headliner would be uber sweet!!

[Cliff8928]

CF headliner would be uber sweet!!

Would you just leave it as the fabric attached to the board, or actually have it hard.

[KenshinZero]

I think if you were to totally replace the head liner, you would hear allot of road noise, personally I wouldn’t care, I think completely replacing the headliner with C/F would be sweet. Would you just leave it as the fabric attached to the board, or actually have it hard.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

If you really look at it, the real CF just has more dimension and luster to it.
it's hard to show in photos...much easier to do in person.

[kwhauck]

total hard CF headliner, there is a company in South Dakota thats makes them, as well as door panels and dashes and such for imports.....could probably do a one off pretty easy, they are really aren't that curvy, shit could probably just take some sheet CF and bend it into place.......

[alerored04]

I want a new headliner. I might be in for one of those.

[kwhauck]

no way, this mod is mine alone, quit copying me!!! lol


on a side note, i found some rims that look like ours in a 15x8!!! i might be grabbing two of them to throw slicks on for the track, and then i'll even match at the track!!!

[heineck]

hey ion whered u get ur cf gauge bezel thats not the speedhut one

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

hey ion whered u get ur cf gauge bezel thats not the speedhut one
that's the ebay one. I used to have one of those...they look really nice in person, but you gotta take care of all CF very well. if you're a high maintenance kind of person when it comes to your car, then you should be fine. I'm not, and I avoid CF because I don't wanna ruin it again. :P

[[ion] C2]

speedhut's are supposed to be the one i have but they print out fake versions that look like cheap checkerboard patterns.

[DOHC_tuner]

I got my cf bezel from speedhut and its the cheap checkerboard pattern:(

[[ion] C2]

hmm we need to find where the guy who sells the one i have on eBay gets them from

[YALEROYNOT]

total hard CF headliner, there is a company in South Dakota thats makes them, as well as door panels and dashes and such for imports.....could probably do a one off pretty easy, they are really aren't that curvy, shit could probably just take some sheet CF and bend it into place.......

a CF removeable top would be even better. hmmm ? like a retractable rag top but in CF :scpimp: think of the weight savings ?

[KenshinZero]

a CF removeable top would be even better. hmmm ? like a retractable rag top but in CF :scpimp: think of the weight savings ? + The sexy-ness of a convertible :yahoo:

[[ion] C2]

i hate convertibles

[KenshinZero]

I saw the prototype convertible Alero, I thought it looked good, normally I'm not a big fan of convertible tops on most cars. But there is a few that look good.

[[ion] C2]

looks terrible, like a sebring lol

i can think of no car that i like that is a convertible, it ruins the whole flow of the car

[KenshinZero]

I’m not a fan of sea brings any way, lol but I still have to disagree. If you look at it from a performance standpoint, the only + to it is weight reduction, but then body stiffness is lost. As far as look though, I still must say a convertible Alero would look good.

[cliffordwoeller]

That one guy Di*cky from the car club here in plano Tx 16 NSS he has a rag top.... he is a member here i just forgot his screenname ... or at least i think he does i believe its black

[adam337]

^AftermathAlero

[cliffordwoeller]

aftermathalero is di*cky ? i knew that at one time but i see him on here alot lol just forgot and its again shocking to see that, thats him lol

[[ion] C2]

If you look at it from a performance standpoint, the only + to it is weight reduction, but then body stiffness is lost.

Convertibles weigh more.... go race a convertible Mustang and a hardtop... lol

[alerored04]

No way you could hack the tops off these cars and replace it. The vehicle would crumple like a pair of panties. The CF headliner would also make panties crumple but in a good way.

[heineck]

personally i love the flow of the alero i think it would look like shit convertable

[alerored04]

Agreed.

[billytheman1188]

ehhh....carbon fiber overlays isnt my thing. But it looks good for an overlay:coolio: Your car is coming along nicely!

[darksobsession]

No way you could hack the tops off these cars and replace it. The vehicle would crumple like a pair of panties. The CF headliner would also make panties crumple but in a good way.

hahahahahahaha

classic mustangs and t-birds look good as convertibles.

i find myself liking sebrings whenever i'm in a 'i'm a white tourist from the mainland' kind of mood.

[Gr1m]

C2;402595']Convertibles weigh more.... go race a convertible Mustang and a hardtop... lol
not if you take out the two convertible motors ;)

[alerored04]

They still weight more. The amount of structural bracing to keep the car rigid weighs alot.

[Cliff8928]

Yeah, ven the Corvette convertible curb weight is 5 pounds more than a coupe. :ninja:

[01OldsAleroGt]

sorry guys to be a thread jesus.. but been lookin at the Sherwood Dash kits in Brushed Aluminum... to anybody who has their dash kits.. are they good quality ?

[Valley olds]

01OldsAleroGt: sorry guys to be a thread jesus.. but been lookin at the Sherwood Dash kits in Brushed Aluminum... to anybody who has their dash kits.. are they good quality ?

Unless its genuine brushed aluminum, it is probably going to just be a sticker, and well, brushed aluminum sticker, I dont know how good thatll look. Fitment looks fine though. I think sherwood is the kit Ion has, only his is genuine carbon fiber.

[01OldsAleroGt]

i spoke to the guy two days ago.. its brushed aluminum with a clearcoat on it with 3M backing on it

[Valley olds]

01OldsAleroGt: i spoke to the guy two days ago.. its brushed aluminum with a clearcoat on it with 3M backing on it

In that case, it should be good.

[01OldsAleroGt]

hmm ok sweet...