Cranbery

So I'm looking to redo my interior wood trims and some black pieces in carbon fiber. However, I'm curious as to what you guys think would be the best approach. I asked my local shop and they said dipping was the best way to go... if you have $1000-1200 to throw around to dip all the pieces -____-. I looked up a good polyurethane trim kit for about ~$250 that looks good, but this morning I thought of possibly being able to take off the pieces and vinyl wrap them in carbon fiber? Not really sure what direction to take.

xHypnofish

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I could not justify spending $1000+ on some carbon fiber interior parts. Vinyl can be much cheaper but can look quite bad. However, I think as long as it is done properly it would look fine.
In fact a friend of mine does some vinyl work like this, and i must say it looks really good. I'll have to see if I can get some pictures of his stuff to show you.

SonicMotor

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Interior pieces can be done well if you take your time on them, we sell the Carbon Fiber vinyl for these kinds of applications if you were interested.

lilSCsteve

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Cranberry, just my two cents...but there is no way in the h*ll I would pay 1000+ for carbon fiber work. Atleast not on the inside. You could do it yourself for cheap, it'll take some time and patience-well worth it tho! Or you could buy the kit? See what Sonic Motor has to offer, maybe they'll cut a good deal for you?To be honest, you're in Fl...home of some of the cleanest and meanest SCs around! I would post in the CL FL section, maybe there's some FL CL guys that are willing to help you out as well? Either way, good luck!

steve

Tabaka

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If I went home and told my woman that I was going to spend $1,000 dollars to replace 3" inch high x 2' foot sections of my interior with carbon fiber trim because I like the way it looks and people will think it's cool, I better have the telephone number to Kobe Bryants divorce attorney.

Cranbery

Hahaha yeah, the guy said that and I couldn't believe it. Im gonna look Into the vinyl wrapping, I have a friend that could help me with it. But the dipping is out of the question.
@xhypnofinish: if you find some pictures Lmk, I'd appreciate it. Thanks guys.

techsc400

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FYI,
Take a look at mine... wrapping....
They look great....

Li Ls4

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^^^ came out really clean.

to the op. id say ur best bet is to wrap it with vinyl and take ur time with it

xxtoobsxx

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I have more pics in my build thread but here is my real carbon fiber trim I made!

BeansIS

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Have them wrapped in real cf, the vinyl doesn't look good at all in person and looks unfinished. Don't spend $1200 on dipping to have some fake-non realistic loomin pieces. At some point you have to pay to play, get them wrapped like the above post

1JZPWRD

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I have mixed opinions, if you want the look, then wrap them, just take your time and buy quality wrap.

AlphaMotor

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Toobs is right! U drive a Lexus and she deserves better. Do it right the first time bro! If u don't have the cash now, save up. Can't be that much more than the $1500 u are willing to spend for dipped stuff. U will appreciate it more when finished.

xxtoobsxx

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For the record 3 yds of cf was 60 bucks shipped, resin and hardener, materials and etc. was about 100. So far I have done the wood trim, the plastic seat bases on my supra seats, the buttons on my is300 steering wheel so far. Next is the under hood fuse box and associated parts as well as a radiator diffuser plate to keep air going through it and maybe some other little things...

Cranbery

The real CF wrap looks excellent... I'm going to be taking that direction now that I'm off school for a month and have some more time. @xxtoobsxx: where did you order your CF from?

xxtoobsxx

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Ebay...hahaha any boat fiberglass shop should sell it. I went with 3.5 oz. the other stuff is too heavy unless your making a mold and doing multiple layups.