# Why is it called Silver "Carbon" Fiber when it's not?

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**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [February 20, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-it-called-silver-carbon-fiber-when-its-not/113328 "2008-02-20T09:59:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-it-called-silver-carbon-fiber-when-its-not/113328/12 "2008-02-20T11:49:57Z")

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> [@Amherst/Williasmville Job crew...lunch?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-williasmville-job-crew-lunch/16011/16):
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> i buy my CF from companies who sell the ‘end of the roll’ so to speak off larger volumes of CF mat.
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> i get whatever it is they give me and am told that it is CF.
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> since it is pretty much entirely aesthetic (most products in the industry made from CF) who really cares anyways?
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> this is a semantic arguement with no useful conclusions to be drawn regardless of determination.

Calling it something it isn’t and then saying “no really” doesn’t make it so…  
Otherwise I guess I now have authentic BBS winter rims for my Sentra thanks to my “silver” sharpie!

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