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Old 07-14-2008, 12:11 PM
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Default Black rear wing in a white 993s

Dear friends,

I was sure about painting my new Euro RS rear wing in white but I just receive some photos from my mechanic asking if I'm sure about it....

any photo of different coloured cars-wings?

thanks a lot
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Old 07-14-2008, 12:23 PM
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Seems a shame to paint CF... why not just clear coat it, looks great.
Old 07-14-2008, 12:32 PM
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Looks good to me. Leave the CF unpainted. No se debe pintar lo
Old 07-14-2008, 12:48 PM
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I would hate to cover up that pretty carbon fiber. Clear it, install it, drive it and if you don't like spray it.
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It will look funny bare with the white grilles. Paint the wing white and leave a portion bare and clearcoated... Possibly the portion aft of the grilles
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Paint it. IMO leaving it would be a little "ricer'ish".
Old 07-14-2008, 04:25 PM
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You should paint the majority of it and leave just a nice little strip of CF showing. Perhaps leave a strip of CF along the trailing edge.
Old 07-14-2008, 04:28 PM
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I would also hate to paint CF, but it could look a bit strange solid black. Will either look "ricer" or like it's not finished.
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Get it installed like that, drive around for a month and see if you really like it. My $0.02
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Are you making a RS clone out of a Widebody? I see the RS badge, but the car is a widebody...

My vote is for paint, more so if you want the car look like an RS and less like it was added on to a C2S.
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thanks a lot for the replies....I will clear it and try for a couple of months. I will also paint grills in black and I will have a wide-body RS....

If look is too Fast and Furious, I will leave a Black stripe only....

thanks a lot
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We have one for my old RS and our plan is to paint it to match a stock RSA rear wing with the body color at the base and leave an identical black rim around the tail that exactly matches the rubber portion of the stock wing but in cleared carbon fiber. From a distance it will look stock but up close you will see the carbon pattern.

FWIW
Old 07-14-2008, 06:27 PM
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sorry...how is the process of clear coating a CF wing?
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I vote to paint it.
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I really really like the look of CF, but that just doesn't look right. Definitely paint.


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