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    carbon fiber input?

    ok, im not a big fan of chrome and my truck is white so murdering it out is not an option, (and 2 of my friends have murdered out avalanches) so ive been looking at carbon fiber. i dont want my avalanche to look tacky or ragged out. i have carbon fiber tails already and they look nice, so i thought i run with it. i have carbon mirror caps, fuel door, tail gate letters, and front bowtie picked out. i am also thinking about getting all the avalanche emblems on the plastic in white. any ideas, thoughts, or criticisms would be great. i asked a few guys i work with and got laughed at, if it was i beat up rusted out old ragged out pos they would like it so they are no help. thanks
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    I think it's kinda tacky unless it's REAL carbon fiber, not a sticker. I wouldn't mind a carbon fiber hood (have been keeping my eye out for a cheap one), carbon fiber tailgate, etc. The fuel door looks ALRIGHT, the mirror caps would be ok if it didn't have flames. I personally think the white caps look good on your truck. I would probably color match your bowtie and grill (if it's not done already, hard to tell with small pic).

    I've seen the guys colormatch the cladding but was normally blue/red trucks, and it looked awesome, I think white would be too noticeable with rock chips.
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    I don't understand why people like to draw attention to their gas cap. Why would you want that to stand out?

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    so my crazy ex can find the gas door and poorsuger in the tank

    Quote Originally Posted by foggy View Post
    I don't understand why people like to draw attention to their gas cap. Why would you want that to stand out?

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    Quote Originally Posted by foggy View Post
    I don't understand why people like to draw attention to their gas cap. Why would you want that to stand out?

    I used to have one of those locking black powder coated ones. Matched my black wheels/rollbars pretty well. As long as it's not one of those chrome stickers all the 'gangstas' put on...I'm ok with it.
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    No go on the 3m accessories. I have never dug the gas cap fad. But hey its your ride.
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    thanks for the input, no one is gonna hurt my feelings by telling me something is stupid. i had the only white/grey avalanche in town now their is another one. i have the stock wheels on my truck now and they are identical, im just looking for some exterior mods to make it not so cookie cutter plain jane just like the other million on the road. any ideas?, i have the $$ set aside and want to get something done before i find some other non truck related crap to spend my $$ on.
    procharger p1sc, nelson tune, 42# marine injectors, walbro 255, lt's, ory, 4" volant cat back, PerformaBuilt level 2 pro race trans, trans. cooler with e fan, 2500 stall, aem wideband, energy bushings, spohn perf. trailing and panhard rods, mb & gear alloy 22's ( ya 2 sets, im big ballin), ss brake lines, drilled & slotted rotors, bla bla bla bla bla bla bla,
    and ya it will beat a hemi.

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    oh ya, im pretty sure the wheels in the pic are gonna be gone and replaced with matte black rockstars or ???, im not digging the bling plus i got them for next to nothing ($300 with tires), i was also throwing around the idea of flat black rbp tips, gas door, and ?? to go with the rockstars. my other reason for exterior mods is that a bunch of guys that i hang around with at the rod shop started a friday night cruise in and car club, they have nice rides = a sweet c10, 9 sec. javlin, 69 nova, 69 fire bird and camaro, ws6 ta, 02 ss z28, and a bunch of other bad cars and trucks and i have a stock lookin avalanche.
    procharger p1sc, nelson tune, 42# marine injectors, walbro 255, lt's, ory, 4" volant cat back, PerformaBuilt level 2 pro race trans, trans. cooler with e fan, 2500 stall, aem wideband, energy bushings, spohn perf. trailing and panhard rods, mb & gear alloy 22's ( ya 2 sets, im big ballin), ss brake lines, drilled & slotted rotors, bla bla bla bla bla bla bla,
    and ya it will beat a hemi.

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    From the looks of the area, I guess lowering it is out of the question? I would put on some billet wheels. I white and a nice set of billet wheels looks killer, also you could have all the plastic on the body smoothed and painted to match that would look good too, well to me.
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    Use of real carbon fiber to make lighter parts can be cool. Fake carbon fiber stuck on top of other panels, never cool IMO.

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