# To CF or not to CF? **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [November 20, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216 "2007-11-20T12:16:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![logik23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/logik23/32/5548_2.png) [@logik23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/logik23)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/1 "2007-11-20T12:16:15Z")
So after my accident, I needed new headlight covers and I didn’t think they could repair my old ones so I got a set of CF covers. Turns out they fixed the old ones and they are good as new now so I have a choice: CF covers or painted covers. The OEM ones fit slightly better, but it’s not biggie. Carbon Fiber pimpness: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/Random024.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/Random024.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/Random023.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/Random023.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/Random022.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/Random022.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/Random015.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/Random015.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/Random025.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/Random025.jpg) OEM sleekness: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/240SX009.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/logik23/240SX009.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Jared](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_jared/32/5660_2.png) [@imported\_Jared](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Jared)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/2 "2007-11-20T12:45:39Z")
Well, you might be able to sell the CF ones…so depends on how much you can get for them really. ---
**Author:** ![jammin1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@jammin1911](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jammin1911)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/3 "2007-11-20T12:50:11Z")
they look retarded, go with stock ps - how are those hankooks? ---
**Author:** ![Cal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cal/32/5505_2.png) [@Cal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/4 "2007-11-20T13:09:21Z")
Paint them, it looks like pieces from another car at first glance. On an unrelated note though. You have snow there already?? I R jealous. I want to go skiiing so bad! ---
**Author:** ![Ko-San](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ko-San](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ko-San)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/5 "2007-11-20T13:16:32Z")
sell cf and use stock ---
**Author:** ![logik23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/logik23/32/5548_2.png) [@logik23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/logik23)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/6 "2007-11-20T13:28:18Z")
Ok, weems lik the general concensus. I thought the color would blend in more, but they are more grey then black. Thanks guys. The R-S2 Z212s are sick, great traction, really quiet, and good life. I’ve had them for 2 whole summers of beating the car (no track) and they still have 2 summers in them. Now I have 225/50R16, when they’ll be finished, I’ll get them again for the back again (cause I wanna go 245/45R16 and not many companies make them), but for the front I wanna try the RT615. Yeah we had our first snow last night, I was kind of hoping for a nice day to drive the car from the bodyshop to the storage, but I’ll have to settle for this, at least they didn’t salt the roads yet. lol ---
**Author:** ![Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Head](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Head)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/7 "2007-11-20T14:42:50Z")
Get a CF hood and those would be perfect ---
**Author:** ![logik23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/logik23/32/5548_2.png) [@logik23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/logik23)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/8 "2007-11-20T14:47:00Z")
The problem is I can’t afford a hood, I just got a huge bodyshop bill. lol By the way, if I were to get a hood, would the pattern match? These are Chargespeed, if the hood was from say Seibon, would the pattern and color match? ---
**Author:** ![sil8t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@sil8t](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sil8t)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/9 "2007-11-20T14:55:45Z")
^^ it all depends on the weive i think thats how its spelt i could be wrong ---
**Author:** ![samkam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/samkam/32/5609_2.png) [@samkam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/samkam)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/10 "2007-12-11T08:02:43Z")
Its spelt as weave. ^he’s right, even if they were from the same company, it still would not necessarily mean that the pattern wold be the same. ---
**Author:** ![TorontoGT-R33](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torontogt-r33/32/5500_2.png) [@TorontoGT-R33](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TorontoGT-R33)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/11 "2007-12-12T00:48:01Z")
Unless you get a CF hood to match you should just go with the stock ones. Without the CF hood it looks weird. ---
**Author:** ![Polar\_s13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/polar_s13/32/5572_2.png) [@Polar\_s13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Polar_s13)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/12 "2007-12-12T06:30:24Z")
Go with the stock look, even with the CF hood I think it still would’nt look good it looks awkward. ---
**Author:** ![slick2402jz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@slick2402jz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slick2402jz)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/13 "2007-12-13T08:08:21Z")
paint way better look outta place ---
**Author:** ![sirdriftalot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@sirdriftalot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sirdriftalot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cf-or-not-to-cf/111216/14 "2007-12-14T09:45:46Z")
i say carbon fiber but im partial to it…but if you read my thread you would know that asking certain people on this site is pointless all they do is fight about it… i like it i say got for it…