Koshi interior parts question
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Based on the photos I’ve seen and feedback from those with koshi carbon pieces, the quality appears to be fine - what I cannot possibly wrap my head around is the comment about weight savings. If you ordered every part they made, it might add 5 pounds to the car - not like it’s going to add 2 seconds to the quarter mile time. Some people like visual mods, others performance, and some both, but a couple pounds isn’t going to make or break anything related to performance. Wanna cut weight, run around your neighborhood in a trash bag for 30 minutes and lose 5 pounds. Do that every day for a month and you’ve accomplished the same thing as you would spending $6k on forged wheels.
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Thank you for taking that completely out of context and missing the point
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Had you left off the statement "Do that every day for a month and you’ve accomplished the same thing as you would spending $6k on forged wheels", then you would have made a very valid point. Extending the argument to unsprung weight changed the context and derailed the point.
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I dare you to try and steal my bubble gum......it’s in the center console with my chapstick - both are adding more weight to my already sluggish car.
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Whoa! How much does 3 or 4 flavors of pocket hand sanitizers for my wife add to sprung weight??? And hair ties/scrunchies? Carbon fiber applied overlays may be the way to go!!!
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3 or 4? Might as well just drag around a boat anchor. I actually only put partially used (used by me of course) chapstick in there - the fresh ones are heavier.
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I think that looks great. Definitely a nice uplift to the F-Type's interior. Do you happen to know what model number of VHB tape you used (or have a link)? There's so many different ones I'd just want to make sure I get an adhesive that works alright. I have the carbon overlays for the centre console and passenger grab handle (which I messed up trying to get rid of the stickyness) and would love to fit those this week. Cheers!
Last edited by 19FRG; Dec 31, 2020 at 08:20 AM.
Actually I used tweezers. No dick jokes please. 
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FYI, that grab handle piece goes in tight, After test fit I just left it with no tape. I didn't think it was going to fit at first. Just work with it by sliding top in first. I was worried about breaking it but the stuff is tough as nails. On the other stuff I used the 3M half inch wide. The thinner the better. The hardest part was getting the backing off with my old eyes.
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Thanks for the advice, really appreciate it. I tried a test fit with the grab handle and gave up. The sticky coating on the original surface was coming off in small particles and I scratched it up pretty badly trying to squeeze the part on top. I'm gonna give it another go over the weekend. The center console parts look much much easier and your pics look great, definitely encouraging me to get that done and dusted soon.
