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carbon fibre wrap

Post by redz » Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:03 am

has anybody used any carbon wrap?

my double din facia panel is showing signs of wear and was looking at the options to cover it but there are hundreds of different ones!!

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Post by snipez999 » Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:26 pm

I have some which I used successfully to wrap my rear and front diffusers on the X6.
Funnily enough I have a decent length left (ooeer missus) in the garage and am happy to donate to your job.
Just PM me your address details and I'll send it off.
It's excellent stuff, applied using gentle heat.  The weave is fantastic and moulds to parts/edges really well.
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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by redz » Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:17 am

thank you for your generosity :)

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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by Sanj » Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:46 am

He's a top bloke, gave me some freebies too. Gonna be completely shit-faced at the next meet!

If you want some ideas, here's my interior a few years back.

The good stuff is usually DiNoc 3M.
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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by kjb1 » Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:23 am

[quote="snipez999"]
I have some which I used successfully to wrap my rear and front diffusers on the X6.
Funnily enough I have a decent length left (ooeer missus) in the garage and am happy to donate to your job.
Just PM me your address details and I'll send it off.
It's excellent stuff, applied using gentle heat.  The weave is fantastic and moulds to parts/edges really well.
Beer tokens should we ever meet is the name of the game :-)
(and they say such bad things about me on this site!!)
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I dont :)

I only say good things lol.  Ive had one of his packages.  Thankyou again

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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by snipez999 » Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:33 am

Dinoc 3m that's the stuff.  Pm received from mr smith
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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by Raj » Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:08 am

Robin is a star for sure.

Gave me some of the wrap too as well as other bits.

The cf wrap is easy to work with and does the job a treat.
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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by ChrisLux » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:31 pm

Hmmmmm , will have to look out for some of that stuff in Silver Meethinks .
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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by Smeeagain » Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:47 pm

how do you do the wrap round corners and radiussed edges etc.,?

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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by redz » Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:51 pm

gratefully recived!

And a lot of it too!!!

Another question... the double din faceplate i have has some raised profiles to give a 'lip' over the top. I have wrapped it and yet it doesn't seem to stay stuck down to the raised bit where i have stretched it.

Have used the hair dryer..

Any tips??

oh and while I'm at it... what do people think to wrapping the aluminium side steps in cf? would it last and stand the weather?

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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by redz » Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:03 pm

this is not easy...  >:( lol

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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by snipez999 » Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:50 am

I found it really easy to work with.  Have you got overtly big hands?!
Gentle heat, smooth it round and use a craft knife to slit for corner bends, then overlap under heat to form corners.
Don;t try to stretch it :-)
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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by redz » Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:24 pm

normal corners have gone ok, its the more tricky edges that I've struggled with.. and i did try stretching around corners!! lol


has anybody done the door handles? not the grabs, the actual 'pulley' bit

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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by redz » Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:55 am

searched everywhere and cannot find anybody that has done the handles.. :(

they look silly being the only silver piece on the door..

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Re: carbon fibre wrap

Post by Smeeagain » Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:27 pm

think of it as being "highlights" or "contrasting" rather than silly ........

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