What looks better to you, painting them the same color as the car or leaving them black?

 

IMHO I like them in cf personally, if not cf than paint them.

 

Can you show some pics of ur Cf Feed Sideskirts?

 

what color is your car? And like stated above, if it in c/f leave that color

 

Sorry Killa FD, they are still in the box. I can't find a pic of a silver fd(mine is silver) with them unpainted, only a white one. If anyone has a pic of a silver fd w/black sideskirts, please post.

 

Wouldn't let me upload the pic of the white one, here is the link:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...93425#poststop

 

If you don't paint them the sun's UV will eventually degrade the epoxy that holds them together - but if the car sleeps in a garage that would take a long time. If you do paint them it's partially a waste of that extra money carbon fibre costs, because you will not be able to see the CF - but you still get the weight savings.

I think black and silver go together, but not as nicely as some other colours. Take a digital pic. of your car from the side and at an angle and load it into a computer - draw in black side skirts to see if it looks ok. I think because the skirts are down low it might be fine. I have RE Amieya side skirts on a CYM painted CYM. You can even just open the box and use clear tape (boxing tape for example) to temporarily mount the skirts to see what they would look like.

If you have a front spoiler (sometimes called a "chin" spoiler), once you have the side skirts mounted you will find the car much more stable at high speed. It generates a bit of a vacuum under the car mostly elliminating the front lift skittishness RX-7s get at high speed.
You will also notice you loose ground clearance, so be careful!

 

Lets us know once you have the side skirts on ur FD.

 

Do you have a a R1 or 99 lip? If so and it's not painted then it will kind of match with the dark color.

 

why would u buy CF ones to paint? thats wasting money. there is no weight savings.

 

I got a good deal on the CF ones from another member before the group buy ever started.

 

sell them and buy fiberglass ones... make a couple of hundred, and have no regrets about painting them

 

Sadly, adding even CF to a portion of the car where there was nothing before will add weight. Weight savings on side skirts is sort of pointless.

 

I say leave them unpainted. They look great on any RX7 in c/f. Just my opinion.

 

Once you paint it you have no way of turning back. Leave it as is so you can always think about painting it and not regret. *I wish I could afford getting that side skirts!