I have the SGP carbon skin on my iPhone 4. I put the Luckylabs carbon fiber skin on my dad's iPhone 4. Both are equally as nice/good. I do like the camera/flash cut out better on the Luckylabs one, plus it was cheaper. If I were to do it again I would stick with Luckylabs.
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iPhone 4 Carbon Fiber Back Cover
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I got my carbon skin from icarbons.. Great quality, it even comes with a contrasting apple logo which makes it look really good
I just installed Icarbons back skin.
I removed a carbon fiber skin I had bought from Ebay ($5) and it's basically the same (both 3m) BUT, the contrasting white piece they include for the Apple logo on the back makes all the difference. It looks great.
Can't wait to get that damn black apple bumper to see the final results.
I'll post some pictures of the carbon back with the white logo piece if anyone's interested.
I got a LuckyLabs white carbon fiber back that I like alot. Works well and the cutouts all lined up properly. The SGP ones look nice too. I've got a SGP vintage case for my iPad and they make good quality stuff as well.
I've also recently installed the elementcase carbon fiber back. I agree that there's nothing like the real thing -- anyone that knows what carbon fiber looks like won't be fooled by the fake carbon fiber ones, and I know of no other place than elementcase that you can get a real carbon fiber back cover. I previously had the luckylabs teksure and while it was nice, I got annoyed that it looked so fake (to me). But that is because I have experience with carbon fiber bike parts -- most people won't be able to tell the difference and even probably think the 3M Di-Noc is the real deal.
I will say that the fit of the elementcase carbon fiber piece is not really the most compatible with the apple bumper. It is a tad too large and thus the bumper fits over it with a bit of a gap -- at least in my case (no pun intended). And not cheap -- $30! But then again real carbon fiber is not cheap ...
if you want real carbon fiber, you should check these guys out, CarbonWare. I have the 3GS case, haven't seen the iPhone 4 case. Carbon fiber is light but it just doesn't offer much protection, but I don't expect a plastic/carbon fiber case to give my phone much protection anyways...looks good though
What is this contrasting apple logo? Can you be kind enough to post up some pictures?
If you order a black backing, it's a white carbon logo insert, if you order white backing, it's a black carbon logo insert
You're welcome, I was really impressed with it, in terms of all the options (SGP, CarbonBumper, etc) it has the best cutout for the flash and camera of any of them (it's precise and two individual circles unlike the wide and unmatched cutout that many others offer)
Definitely iCarbon's all the way!
Thank you once again! Just made my order!
Not a problem, I ordered the full set (front, bumper, and backing), haven't put the front or sides on but they look great as well. I've had it on for over a month (with the apple bumper) and it's not showing any signs of wear at all. Enjoy
I used Carbon Bumper. I liked the precision cut, the flexibility & selection of colors (i.e., Silver/Black/Graphite/White). Their price was just right especially w/10% discount & shipping was free & fast. I have two sets of backs only one w/the Apple
Logo & one w/o. My current set-up is Silver back w/o Logo on Vapor Extreme Metals Line Frost Blood Red.