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one of mine with the c-west painted.

If you look at pics of Zedrushs old Veilside with the Black centre GT-S wheels he had a diamond cut polish... Not sure it would work that well on yours cause of the centre finish... I take it yours are still marked? Why not get them split and take them to a chrome place and get them to crome plate them? Or alternativly get them spit and ge the rims carbon wrapped? Now thats pretty unique on a Zed been done High-Performance carbon fiber car wheels take big step forward Posted on November 28, 2006 @ 10:27 am One of the “holy grails†of carbon fiber application is car wheels. How badly would auto OEMs love to lose those heavy steel wheels? The question always has been: Can a carbon fiber wheel meet all of the required performance specs at an affordable price? The short answer is, yes but not yet. Dymag Racing UK (Chippenham, U.K.) has developed a carbon fiber wheel that meets or exceeds many of the performance requirements of a car wheel, but price, for now, leaves this product in the high-performance category. The future, however, looks bright. Bevis Musk, Dymag’s marketing director and technical director of composites development, says the wheels comprise a forged magnesium hub/spoke system that is fastened to a carbon fiber rim by specially coated titanium fasteners. The rim is molded from a Toray Carbon Fibers America Inc. (Flower Mound, Texas) dry weave carbon fabric supplied by Sigmatex High Technology Fabrics Inc. (Runcorn, U.K.) and infused with a high-performance epoxy from Huntsman (The Woodlands, Texas) in a proprietary RTM-like process that Musk calls “high-pressure casting.†It uses a solid metal casting-type mold with injection at 50 psi to 75 psi (3.45 bar to 5.17 bar). A key to process success is a lacquer-based coating that, when applied to the mold surface, serves as the mold release, but at demolding adheres to the rim, providing a durable finish that resists ultraviolet light brake-dust, salt and other corrosives encountered by race and road cars. According to Musk, the wheels come out of the tool to spec and ready to use. Dymag tests show that the wheels have better damping properties than aluminum and magnesium competitors, with three times the impact resistance. While a standard steel Porsche GT3 RS 18-inch wheel weighs about 14 kg/30.8 lb, a Dymag carbon/magnesium equivalent weighs around 6.5 kg/14.3 lb, saving about 30 kg/66 lb per car and reducing the moment of inertia – the energy required to turn and stop the wheels. The result is either a reduction in emissions, an increase in power, or both. One automaker, says Musk, reports that a weight savings of 30 kg translates to an engine power increase of 40 hp. At $2,100 to $2,200 each, the wheels are a far cry from the $75 to $600 consumers pay for a custom wheel at the local tire shop, but for high-performance race cars and other specialty applications, Musk says they are on par with magnesium counterparts and, though more expensive than high-performance aluminum wheels, can recover the premium, in many cases, by achieving greater fuel economy. The next step for Dymag is to reduce the cost of production and, subsequently, the cost of the finished product, with an eye toward the larger consumer market. According to Musk, Dymag’s list of interested automakers so far includes custom and larger producers, such as Mosler Automotive, Cadillac/Chevrolet (Corvette), Aston Martin, Ascari, and Ford (GT). (this article was taken from compositesworld.com)

Centre pods are either Tommy Kaira or Veilside carbons and the rear is a nissan Mudguard... Think a guy on my350z was selling some original Tommy K ones recently... Would look great on a rusty one cheers guys tryin to stay unique with my zed

sorry to butt in.......but what are the bits on the o/e skirts.? anyone sell em. oh and i like the nismo decal kit but agree would look butter on a kitted car.

sat black....

wow.....cheers mate.

as promised heres the pics taken today after coming back from the bodyshop. poss thinking of side skirts next but unsure as to what.

as it looked on sunday......

It is indeed, quite a dodgy area. I ended up with two Alice Cooper and Vicky Pollard lookalike 'working girls' offering to pose on my bonnet for cash... not bloody likely! Made for an interesting conversation with some rozzers who past by and wanted to know what I was upto with a camera, shiney car and a couple of prossies!

nice clean looking zed.

love it mate.....and if i am not mistaken thats taken at the "wall" in boscombe/bournemouth lol

good to meet a couple of you tonite shame we couldnt stand nattering due to the weather

ok cant miss mine that it in the sig pic.see ya soon guys

keep an eve out mate...be good to put a face to the name wre about to leave in 20mins.

anyone else going tonite.?

blimmey forgot about em.cheers mate

thinking about the "z" led ones.

matbe be at this as well.

i was correct......missed the power up wire.all sorted

hack'n'slash With the use of iso connector? in other words pluged to main loom plugs attached to stereo loom. rca leads used to speakering and red yellow black and amp pre out blue connected from h/u to plug. i ve missed something havent i..?

is it possible i have missed a power up wire.....read something about a green and white wire being the feed to this antenna amp?.can i just take a ign live wire to feed it power....does it sound like this could be my problem?

there a slight singal there if your turn the hell out of the vol but only radio one,its got all the right channels etc. one of my mate said something about a radio antenna amp.wtf is he on about.

help guys please......as above.thought i was ok at doing these sort of jobs.fitted loads of radios before but this has me stumped.cd works and have sound,bluetooth works and have sound but no radio.changed the antenna from stubby back to standard still no sound.aerial lead plugged into back of unit ok,,,,and guess what.......still no

sure is.....you have good local knowledge? where you based mate.

had no need to mate.