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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 12:00 PM
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CF Trunk Emblem......Cheesy?

Just recieved these CF inserts from Germany. I painted the emblem black and installed these behind it. Don't know how I feel about it yet. What do you guys think?









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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 12:27 PM
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IMHO, yes, the emblem does look cheesy. Looks like a big hole in the trunk now.
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 12:30 PM
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lol, yea that's what I was thinking. I haven't fully installed it yet cuz I wasn't sure. The quality isn't that bad though, the pics don't do it justice. Will probably stick with normal black emblem.

Do you think it would look better with the chrome star?
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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~shrug~

I think one should never mod a car based on what other people think. If [b]you[/] like it, then do it. It's your car, not someone else's car. As such, you shouldn't let others influence your mod taste(s).
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 12:57 PM
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I hear ya...I already took it off....
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 01:40 PM
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dont paint the emblem but insert that cf in . I did that for along time ago lol. I made it myself not ordering from germany or anything eheh.

Edit: this is what i did to mine,



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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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dude i think it would look good with the inserts but the star kept silver u should try it out!
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 01:54 PM
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+1 on it looking like a hole in the trunk, hope those cf inserts didnt cost too much lol

it looks a bit better on andys car, probably because the cf isnt as dark
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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lol, they were like $5..I will try it with the silver star...But yea, Andy's does look better
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 01:59 PM
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lol, they were like $5..I will try it with the silver star...But yea, Andy's does look better
It will looks good on your car and thanks.

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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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Well mate I really like the things you've done to ur car, already told u i guess.
but this emblem donno not really into it. didn't like it dat much...lol
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 05:24 PM
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I ordered another emblem to try it in silver. For now it's staying black..lol

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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Sathinas
IMHO, yes, the emblem does look cheesy. Looks like a big hole in the trunk now.
+1... not feeling it.

So far your mods have been clean and classy. You don't need to mod just for mods sake. You car looks really good. don't over do it.
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+1... not feeling it.

So far your mods have been clean and classy. You don't need to mod just for mods sake. You car looks really good. don't over do it.
Yea, I'm getting a little CF happy. Thanks
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 08:41 PM
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agree with pretty much everyone. the black emblems you had were a mod and with your other black touches they looked right. eurotrash put it best, dont do a mod just to do it.
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i liked ur previous black one more
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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 02:18 AM
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I love your plate LEDs.. where did you get them again? I got mine from that thread for LED change.. but my left starts flickering..


Originally Posted by dynomite05
I ordered another emblem to try it in silver. For now it's staying black..lol

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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 06:35 AM
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I believe I bought them from superbrightleds.com
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I think a chrome/silver star with the CF inserts would look good Wes, black star withe the CF is a bit much IMO. The black star on it's own looks better.
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Originally Posted by M-bENZ
dont paint the emblem but insert that cf in . I did that for along time ago lol. I made it myself not ordering from germany or anything eheh.

Edit: this is what i did to mine,



Andy
Very nice Andy, I love silver carbon fiber! I'm working on using silver carbon on my car interior...
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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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Did you mod it? or just plain? If I buy from them.. it will be my third time buying leds for my tail plates! LOL... but its from 3 different places...

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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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They already have bult-in resistors, so they work just by putting them in. It was like a year and a hlaf ago I bought them so I'm not 100% sure on the place. I should of paid attention to exactly where I bought them from..lol..I will do some digging.
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or u can just add some resistors to the ones u have on now pinoytm.. its a simple proccess.
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Originally Posted by Kevwood
Very nice Andy, I love silver carbon fiber! I'm working on using silver carbon on my car interior...
Thank you sir. I plans to do the interior too. Let me know the material you are using and how about shoot some pics when you doing it that way ppl can follow it in the future if they want to mod their and of course including me .

For the license plate LED : I did added the resistor to mine but if u dont mind to spend a few bucks get the one built-in.

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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 01:06 AM
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That is the problem.. when I bought my LED's it says that it has a built-in resistors... but it still throws some error and it flickers...

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