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How to make home made laminate caron fibre??



  e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Been interested in doing this for some bits on my 172, obviously i dont expect to be pro after one attempt but would be cool to have a little go.. i havent manged to find any guides but i belive i have some idea lol.. correct me if i'm wrong please :eek:

So i would assume you take the part you plan to laminate, glue/stick some form of carbon fibre sheet to your part then go over it with a few layers of clear coat?

Found this on ebay -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=120267228273&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=002

So what do you think, can be done by a keen diy'er :)
Also would be ace if you know any better products to use or decent guides on the net

James
 
  VX220
I have been wanting to do this for the thumb grips on the steering wheel for ages! not sure if its possible as it isnt flat. See your in surrey. Could have a carbon fiber session!
 
  e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Oh no... now you have given me another thing i need to make lol, thumb grips would look ace along with all the dial surrounds... carbon fibre.. the biggest weakness my wallet has lol...

Guilfords not too far from me, i'm bassed on the out skirt of staines, thats just out side of the ghetto lol.. you ever come along to the windsor or braknell meets?
 
  VX220
havnt done any of the meets yet. I spend most of my time at Thorpe park on the lake so just down the road from stains. Were you the guy looking for a body shop in the area, if so did you have any luck with the one in penton hook?
 
  e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Yea that was me mate, went to the place, what a fucker of a road that is to get down, had visions of picking up my carbon splitter in bits :eek:, in the end i sprayed it my self, came out really well, done alot of painting my self before & own a meguiars g220 so can machine polish any minor probs out ;) Fairly new to the meets my self, owned a 1.2 clio up untill the purchase of my 172 last month :cool: , there is a local meet in windsor once a month, can convoy there on there next meet if your up for it mate
 
  White APE
Hmmmmm, never thought about doing the thumb grips in CF but that sounds a wicked idea! Quite fancy the dash strips and dial surrounds in CF.

Would be interested to see if you managed to do this DIY stylee!
 
  e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Didn't say i was going to use that stuff, just thought something along those lines, got any suggestions on what to use mate? Have i got the right idea though or am i heading on totally the wrong path with this lol
 
  VX220
Yea that was me mate, went to the place, what a f**ker of a road that is to get down, had visions of picking up my carbon splitter in bits :eek:, in the end i sprayed it my self, came out really well, done alot of painting my self before & own a meguiars g220 so can machine polish any minor probs out ;) Fairly new to the meets my self, owned a 1.2 clio up untill the purchase of my 172 last month :cool: , there is a local meet in windsor once a month, can convoy there on there next meet if your up for it mate

When i bought the car the women's boyfriend had keyed it. She said she would get it sorted thinking that it would be a touch up job. After two quotes of £475 i was going to pop into penton hook.
I also have a couple of smaller marks that need polishing out ;) Maybe a polish in exchange for some Thorpe Park tickets if your interested!

Regarding the carbon fiber, i had some custom stuff done for my bike but the guy wants the thumbs grips as a mold. Im going to keep on it as i think i would look great.
 
  e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Yea mate, ticket exchange idea sounds good, small paint work probs i'm fairly happy with, done 4 cars now, all swirl removal & a bmw with some nasty scratches on the bonnet, working on a profile so should have some pics soon;) , got to remove a key swipe mark from my old 1.2 for my brother, if that goes well may be able to sort out yours :cool:, Has it gone through too the metal or primer/base colour?

theduckeatspork, will look into the wet lay kit, thanks for your input mate, may drop middo a pm too if i have no luck
 
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  VX220
the key mark has gone into the metal from my guess although somebody just tried to touch it up with a pen or something. Ill try and get some photos. Im working in Virginia Water tomorrow but i think i will have to go on the bike. Ill keep you posted on the carbon.
Chris
 
  White APE
Sorry to go off topic

edgeydt50, what do you do mate? V.waters is just down the road from me.
 
  e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Another surrey clio sport owner :eek: if you too fancy a bash round virginwater let me know ;) , any excuse to stretch the 172's legs lol
 
  VX220
work for a company installing bespoke climbing frames. The kind of thing you see in a pub are playground but mostly in peoples house. Get to see some pretty nice places! Where abouts are you? Sounds like we need a surrey meet with the silver RS's.
 
  White APE
LOL

Im in Frimley mate. Theres certainly some nice houses down sunningdale way thats for sure.

Can we get our cars into virginia waters? that would make quite a good location for a photo shoot?
 


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