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Old 08-30-2008, 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by SVLRx
I've seen wheels with real carbon fiber spokes, but a WHOLE carbon fiber wheel sounds kinda dangerous to me. If i can stab through a CF hood with a knife, i dunno if i can trust the 3k lbs of my car with it plus an impact from hitting a curb etc...
First off, most fiber hoods and the like technically, aren't even made correctly.

Second, most of those cf parts you guys pay $5-600 for aren't even carbon fiber... cf costs $100 a square foot no matter who you are, especially now with a shortage of the stuff. Most of the cf parts on the market today are either fiberglass with an aesthetic cf layer (there is a difference between cf for rigidity and cf for looks), or a colored fiberglass weave on top.
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