Carbon fibre wrap help

[ZFL45H1]

Guys anyone who has done this just need a break down on how to go about it I'm trying to wrap the door cups and the upper central dash where the aircon controls are and gauges
Cheers if u can help

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[BorepYano]

actual carbon fibre or the 3M stuff?

if it's actual carbon, then it should just be a matter of prep (i.e. slight sand/clean the surface), apply resin and carbon; allow to cure for approx 20mins (till almost dry), then apply gel coat; allow to dry, sand as required. for larger bits, i.e. the aircon thingo, you might want to use a little spray adhesive to loosely tack the carbon in place first.

make sure there are no air bubbles.

3M stuff... I guess u need to clean the surface, then use a heat gun to make the film easier to apply into the correct shapes etc...

[ZFL45H1]

yeah talking about the film stuff it's just so difficult to do I tried everything I could think of and I basically need more now due to the stuff ups lol

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[Taz]

door cups are impossible to do, as is the upper console to a reasonable degree i did a spare one but im not a fan of where the lines have to intersect
you had to pick the 2 hardest panels on the car

[ZFL45H1]

Dam u where basically the only person I thought would know how to I'm gonna have to do two layers on the upper panel door cup back to the drawing board hahaha

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[Taz]

honestly if your dead set on having them both in carbon fibre, get them dipped like dwayne - it will look 20x better on those panels compared to wrap

[ZFL45H1]

Fair call where can I get this done at abducted what price are we looking at if u know

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[Taz]

not sure, youll have to ask dwayne

[ZFL45H1]

Sweet no worries hopfully he sees this soon if not I'll have to swing a pm to him
Thanks again Taz

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[Vectose]

Door cups aren't impossible. I have done them. Just requires a lot of patience while stretching with the heat gun.

[ZFL45H1]

Wanna do mine then I dont have that patience thing hahaha

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[Taz]

I tried, i really did, it makes it almost impossible without resorting to having overlap or a join seam etc. Just gave up on mine
would be so much easier and for basically the same price to get em dipped and have a perfect weave pattern etc

[Vectose]

Perhaps it's because you are using DI NOC. Took me about 30 minutes for each door cup with the Scotchprint 1080. And with a single piece. No overlapping or joins.

[ZFL45H1]

That's what I got the scotchprint 1080 one

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[den0va]

The DashBoard Centre does the dipping, I can dig through my emails and get quotes for you for door cups and upper centre console from when I emailed them. http://www.dashboardcentre.com.au/produ ... cts_id=218

[ZFL45H1]

That would be great mate cheers

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[den0va]

Bad news... they didn't quote individual parts for me; they gave me an all up cost, sorry mate :S... But they quoted me $590 to do door handles + cups, gear surround and upper centre console. So I wouldn't think that it would be all that much just for door cups and upper centre console, probably a few hundred....

[ZFL45H1]

yeah sweet thats alright I'll send an enquiry thanks again

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