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Old 10-03-12, 06:02 PM
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Just decided to do this and see how it would come out. I like it enough to keep it, any thoughts?
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Looks great when can you stop by and do mine?
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Looks good. I like how you did around the dash.
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wooha! Looks amazing, what material did you use, im up in the air on doing this. It adds personality to the car, but i dont know if I wanna keep the woodgrain or CF. how long did it take you.
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Originally Posted by mj250
wooha! Looks amazing, what material did you use, im up in the air on doing this. It adds personality to the car, but i dont know if I wanna keep the woodgrain or CF. how long did it take you.



I just bought a 20'' by 48'' roll of carbon stylez at pep boys for 20 bucks, its 3d so it has a nice raised feel to it. idk if i would have done it if i had wood grain but i didnt so i didnt mind covering it up. i recommend atleast trying tho, you can always rip it off. all together id say it took me 3 hours. i also did all the switch plates on the doors
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Looks really good and im in Fla so you can do mine....hehe
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Looks like you did a pretty good job on the wrap. 3hrs is pretty fast for a first timer. Great job OP.
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i just wiped down everything with alcohol then applied and wrapped around corners and such using a heat gun. ive gotten other offers to do interiors, going to work on a tacoma in a bit so ill post pics of that. im sooooooooo tempted to do the entire dash. mixed feelings about that tho
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Looks really good. Well done! I didn't know Auto Zone carried high quality carbon fiber wrap. How does this stuff compare to 3M products? Does it leave a gummy residue if you decide to go back to stock?
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Looks good
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If I didn't have wood grain I'd definitely try this, did an awesome job OP!
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looking good!!!
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Not bad. Different setup than most members on here. Everything is completely wrapped.
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Looks good!
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I wanna do that to my F-Sport spoiler!


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