Carbon wrap?

[Turkish]

Doesn't look bad IMO

i've been planning to do the roof of my mini for a while now, want to put it on the site...
planned all week to do it Sunday..

come Sunday though, i'm somehow talked into doing a friends daily.

i'm not to up on my subaru speak, but its one of the pretty older ones. lol.

midway through the day, my friend showed up in his 2 hour old miata.
the rear piece was rhinolined with some crap.
we sanded what hadn't chipped off and applied the wrap there.

some general pics of the vinyl.

 

[conneh]

Not bad, looks like decent stuff.

 

[Greeny.]

average!

 

[Weeman]

Looks nice on the miata in a small bit, the scooby I'm not soo sure, specially when a tap from someone will result in a "ohhhh that don't sound like carbon"

Matt Kahki green wraps FTFW

 

[VeinAST]

Looks really good actually! Wouldn't mind getting my bonnet wrapped in that stuff.

 

[Triki]

1st person to wrap a Clio in this is a legend !

 

[Bluebeard]

I really like this!

 

[JD]

Looks quite matt (wasn't expecting it to be). As Dave said, nice in small amounts I think.

 

[duncansharp]

They made that look easy, its a f**king nightmare to work with!!

 

[mr.valver]

3M Gear, it wouldn't be cheap.

Best of the best stuff tho.

If anyone fancies doing it, am more then happy to fit the stuff, used to wrap cars and stuff in my old job.

Take a good fews days!

 

[Greeny.]

Price?

 

[Naith]

looks ok, the mx i'd have for sure!

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Looks far too fake on the Scoob for my liking. It looks alright on the roadster in those pictures though.

You can get a fake carbon fabric that looks really good, but not on the outside of cars. You can use it to do interior trim.. Or anything for that matter.

 

[TimMB]

I fail to see the point, is it not function first and then the appearance is a bonus?

 

[Sarah]

looks good

seen quiet a few wrapped cars about recently

 

[Jungle_Jim]

as said looks abit on the matte side, looks ok but i would have gone here http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Products/Carbon-Fibre-Skinning-Starter-Kit__CMCFSK300.aspx

see video here
http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Departments/Guides/Carbon-Fibre-Skinning.aspx

have you tried laquering any of your carbon sheet to see if it brings out the shine / gives a deeper finish

 

[domjolly]

i asked a company to do this to my ph1 one bonnet (thought i could get away with it as i have the lightweight bonnet lol) and it was £200+ for the bonnet

 

[Englebert]

Re-Re-Re-Repost!

Fake CF is for punks, no doubt. Might as well spend the money on improving the size of your wang.

LOL @ CF sunroof, yo!

 

[Turkish]

Everyone saying about the "matte" look, it's deliberate. It's supposed to look like dry carbon!

 

[jon_r]

I don't mind it on the roof. The boot was overkill.

 

[Englebert]

Everyone saying about the "matte" look, it's deliberate. It's supposed to look like dry carbon!

Dry carbon is a process, not a finish... you can lacquer dry carbon just like you would a cheaper bit of kevlar mix.

 

[Turkish]

I'm not saying it's a finish. There are plenty of "dry" carbon items on the market that have the unfinished matte look. That's what they're trying to copy. Like this sebon bonnet.

http://www.gtrblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/seibon-cf-003.JPG

 

[Fabian]

the vinyl is from 3M its called DI-NOC...and its very pricy btw

its very popular in the US you can see often Honda drivers with covered hoods and roofs there, but i don´t know if this is the thing i would like on m clio...

 

[cat171]

Not my thing really.

 

[Ian_182]

I dont mind the look of it tbh.

 

[Gaz.]

Looks Ok. Would look nicer than the shat vinyl some cars have between door windows.

 

[kevin.s]

looks quite good, dunno if id would do it on mine though.

 

[172Ben]

Meh, im undecided. I dont like the finished look for some reason.

 

[Ian_182]

http://www.carbonskin.co.uk/

 

[jon_r]

About £60 a metre than 3m stuff

 

[jamesybear]

like the look of it, not bad looking stuff

 

[Jamesl172]

not quite the same but seen this 197 on pistonheads, has a matte black wrap with carbon fibre wing mirrors and roof........

i quite like it

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1172665.htm

 

[gaz44]

Cover up rust and you can't see your old 'carbon fibre' car flake away beneath the wrapping paper.

 

[Turkish]

That doesnt really work on an otherwise standard car IMO. tbh I'd be concerned whether the wrap was covering scratches or key damage if I was a potential buyer.

 

[DannyR]

Might do the roof, only cost around £100

 

[BIFCAIDS]

i think it looks cool

 

[bomber]

matt black wheels, with the matt carbon boot, roof and bonnet. hrmmm.....

 

[Tunst]

id wrap my entire car if i had the cash just for the hell of it

 

[mr.valver]

It would be cheaper to buy a Carbon bonnet then to wrap it in this stuff.

Just priced it up through old supplier and it's £174.20 +vat per 1000mm x 1450mm.

minimum order of 15m lol so thats £2613 +vat.

It's got to be imported, but the lad said it's the rolls royce of the vinyl world!

 

[Christopher]

Not really a fan