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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 05:03 AM
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One of my best friends has an Elise. As far as I know, the body panels are -ALREADY- carbon fiber.

This simply looks like an unpainted car, with some other CF trim added for good measure.



Just an anecdote... someone backed into his car accidentally - the entire front clip (from windshield to the front of the car) is one piece. It had to be made to order and then factory painted. Want to know how much?

*Drumroll*


$14,000 USD!



This is a pic he shot of my car and his car back when they were about a month old (we got them at the same time) back in spring of 05...




Some pics that I shot...





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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 05:51 AM
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nice photos man, really pro!!!



Originally Posted by UUronL' post='770165' date='Jan 17 2009, 10:03 PM
One of my best friends has an Elise. As far as I know, the body panels are -ALREADY- carbon fiber.

This simply looks like an unpainted car, with some other CF trim added for good measure.



Just an anecdote... someone backed into his car accidentally - the entire front clip (from windshield to the front of the car) is one piece. It had to be made to order and then factory painted. Want to know how much?

*Drumroll*


$14,000 USD!



This is a pic he shot of my car and his car back when they were about a month old (we got them at the same time) back in spring of 05...




Some pics that I shot...





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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by UUronL' post='770165' date='Jan 17 2009, 10:03 PM
One of my best friends has an Elise. As far as I know, the body panels are -ALREADY- carbon fiber.

This simply looks like an unpainted car, with some other CF trim added for good measure.



Just an anecdote... someone backed into his car accidentally - the entire front clip (from windshield to the front of the car) is one piece. It had to be made to order and then factory painted. Want to know how much?

*Drumroll*


$14,000 USD!



This is a pic he shot of my car and his car back when they were about a month old (we got them at the same time) back in spring of 05...




Some pics that I shot...
the Lotus Elisa were never made of CF

The car has a hand-finished fibreglass body shell atop its aluminium extrusion and bonded frame that provides a rigid platform for the suspension, while keeping weight and production costs to a minimum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elise

It also dose not say the car is made of CF
http://www.grouplotus.com/cars/showroom.ht...eliseSuper.html

also look at the real lights the cf stop halfway

BTW nice shots
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Eugene134' post='768281' date='Jan 14 2009, 11:32 PM
wow thats a lot of carbon fiber
+1 Took the words right out of my mouth.
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