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Are R34 Gt-r Rear Carbon Diffusers Actually Made Out Of Carbon Fibre?

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The answer is, yes AND no.

I saw a genuine disintegrated rear CF diffuser off a 2002 V Spec II N1 (yes that's right, a real N1) and guess what, it's made out of a thick layer of dry carbon fibre on the outside, and some tye of alloy in the centre. Im guessing it's probably aluminium anyway as the diffuser is quite light.

So there you go. I thought they were supposed to be 100% dry carbon fibre but the fact is, they're not.

I will take a pic next time i see that car.

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I have mine off my car and it looks like dry carbon all the way through, nothing shiny or looks like metal.

are the n1's different maybe? it weighs about 4-5kg, what bout the n1

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I honestly doubt they would make 2 differnt types of diffusers for our cars, Especially the fact this was an N1 car. If they did make 2 types, I would have thought they would put a 100% cf one on an N1.

And also, how would you know yours is 100% cf when you cant see right through it?

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I honestly doubt they would make 2 differnt types of diffusers for our cars, Especially the fact this was an N1 car. If they did make 2 types, I would have thought they would put a 100% cf one on an N1.

And also, how would you know yours is 100% cf when you cant see right through it?

umm there are some holes drilled in the diffuser, ill get some pics asap.

looked inside and it looks uniform in structure all the way through

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I thought I told you to stay out of my garage, Eugene!!

It sounds fairly unusual to have a layer of metal in-between, mainly because it would be so hard to bond it. Maybe it's some kind of bonding agent that's a similar colour??

I went and checked mine and it's definitely all CF, but I'm pretty sure mine's a Nismo one.

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You may want to avoid showing the rest of the car, though :P If it's the one I'm thinking of...

I cant show the car as it's not for me to display, so I will respect the owner for it. Car is for sale though but it's most likely that it's sold already.

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