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Wrapped inside with Carbon Fiber 3M Di-Noc Glossy 1080

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Old 02-23-14, 11:37 AM
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Default Wrapped inside with Carbon Fiber 3M Di-Noc Glossy 1080

After MUCH research of what material I wanted to use I finally decided to use 3M Di-noc Glossy material. It was way better looking that the aero-tect material that I was looking at buying. Got 24"X60" of material for $33 on ebay.

I was going to have someone wrap it but it was way too much of a hassle and I figured what the hell i'll give it a try myself, if I messed it up it was only $30 bucks.

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Material
Xacto knife
Blow dryer
Credit Card (instead of a squeegee) lol

After removing the console I began. The console piece was very easy. I recommend taking pictures of it before you wrap it because the shifter is very intricate and impossible to memorize since you're cutting blind. The console was easy. The lighter area was a little more difficult becasue you have a lip to deal with and the chrome piece was a little hard to cut out since it's all slanted. I will say I messed the console up twice before I got it right.

Then I moved onto the window switches. All very easy except the driver side which was again, intricate.

Overall I think it looks AMAZING and much better than my scratched up console.
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Old 02-23-14, 12:10 PM
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Nice! Def motivating me to do the same to mine
Old 02-23-14, 12:11 PM
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I have ZERO experience with this kind of stuff. Just have to be patient when doing it and it should go fine.
Old 02-23-14, 12:58 PM
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Looks like you did a great job. Should be proud.

Time wise, how long did it take to do the center console and doors?
Old 02-23-14, 01:06 PM
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About 3-4 hours total
Old 02-23-14, 01:15 PM
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Looks great!
Old 02-23-14, 03:06 PM
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Looks good! It's funny 3m's Di-Noc looks exactly like their carbon scotch print, either way nice job!
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Just ordered mine! Will be doing mine Saturday.
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Nice job, looks like a quality installation!
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Thanks everyone!
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