Carbon Fiber anyone?
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Originally Posted by s2000vtecvtec' timestamp='1350862549' post='22098868
i already sent my gauge cluster surround to Canada for wrapping service. i wish you are closer, so i can bring the rest to you...
btw, how did you wrap the control boxes? do they need to be apart?
btw, how did you wrap the control boxes? do they need to be apart?
so i just sent it to a professional shop for the service in Canada.
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@Danwolski To buy the actual kit with the carbon fiber and all the apoxy n shit isnt that expensive really like 100 bucks man and you can make more than enough pieces with the rolls they send you. Its not that its necessarily hard to make its just really time consuming more than anything. But thanks man!
@hotlantas2k Thats what I was going for man, was a OEM style look, I wanted it to be suttle and not really falashy thats why I only did those pieces and not everything else in the car. But thanks man I do appreciate the complements man! Hopefully judges think its nice too lol
@hotlantas2k Thats what I was going for man, was a OEM style look, I wanted it to be suttle and not really falashy thats why I only did those pieces and not everything else in the car. But thanks man I do appreciate the complements man! Hopefully judges think its nice too lol
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Originally Posted by bOOstd AP2' timestamp='1350860805' post='22098833
@Danwolski To buy the actual kit with the carbon fiber and all the apoxy n shit isnt that expensive really like 100 bucks man and you can make more than enough pieces with the rolls they send you. Its not that its necessarily hard to make its just really time consuming more than anything. But thanks man!
@hotlantas2k Thats what I was going for man, was a OEM style look, I wanted it to be suttle and not really falashy thats why I only did those pieces and not everything else in the car. But thanks man I do appreciate the complements man! Hopefully judges think its nice too lol
@hotlantas2k Thats what I was going for man, was a OEM style look, I wanted it to be suttle and not really falashy thats why I only did those pieces and not everything else in the car. But thanks man I do appreciate the complements man! Hopefully judges think its nice too lol
No my friend actually did it hiself and then showed me the peices which in turn made me want to do it. I dont know of any DYI on here but I went on google and read on it and went to youtube and watched all the videos on there and just kinda went from there. After you do the first 1-2 peices you kind of get the hang of it and know whats going on. The end part I wet sanded all of them with super fine sandpaper for a long time to get the "bubbles" and "dents" out of it then cleared the shit outta them. Just take your time on it. The shifter trim peice was the hardest because of its shape being round and the edges roll in, which makes it hard to get the carbon to lay properly. But good luck man!
@faxter18 You try a junkyard? You can use your own peices, you dont have to take all of them off at once. If you have enough spare time you can do 1 peice in a weekend (including friday)
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Originally Posted by bOOstd AP2' timestamp='1350865711' post='22098936
[quote name='s2000vtecvtec' timestamp='1350862549' post='22098868']
i already sent my gauge cluster surround to Canada for wrapping service. i wish you are closer, so i can bring the rest to you...
btw, how did you wrap the control boxes? do they need to be apart?
i already sent my gauge cluster surround to Canada for wrapping service. i wish you are closer, so i can bring the rest to you...
btw, how did you wrap the control boxes? do they need to be apart?
so i just sent it to a professional shop for the service in Canada.
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O the 3m stuff is no where near the same its not even real carbon fiber, its like tape. How much did he charge to do it?
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yeah, 3m is a cheap thing. however, i also tried the real carbon fiber kit wrapping myself, but failed. wet sanding isn't that hard. it just takes time. but the hardest thing for me is to apply resin after the carbon fibric layer. i kept having bubbles and couldn't get rid of them.
for the gauge surround, he charges me $280 for real carbon fiber wrapping like yours. based on his gallery in his website, that person does a decent job. i will get my gauge surround, door sills, sun visor cover wrapped.
if you want his information, i can pm you his website.
for the gauge surround, he charges me $280 for real carbon fiber wrapping like yours. based on his gallery in his website, that person does a decent job. i will get my gauge surround, door sills, sun visor cover wrapped.
if you want his information, i can pm you his website.
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yeah, 3m is a cheap thing. however, i also tried the real carbon fiber kit wrapping myself, but failed. wet sanding isn't that hard. it just takes time. but the hardest thing for me is to apply resin after the carbon fibric layer. i kept having bubbles and couldn't get rid of them.
for the gauge surround, he charges me $280 for real carbon fiber wrapping like yours. based on his gallery in his website, that person does a decent job. i will get my gauge surround, door sills, sun visor cover wrapped.
if you want his information, i can pm you his website.
for the gauge surround, he charges me $280 for real carbon fiber wrapping like yours. based on his gallery in his website, that person does a decent job. i will get my gauge surround, door sills, sun visor cover wrapped.
if you want his information, i can pm you his website.
