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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 04:59 PM
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did the window frame im carbon fiber wrap
 
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by johnsrt
did the window frame im carbon fiber wrap
Nice. Doing any other bits?
 
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 08:28 PM
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Very nice...
 
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 12:16 PM
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My A-Pillar paint is peeling BAD, this seems like a great alternative to paint. Where'd you purchase the wrap?

Looks great by the way
 
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Indelibility
My A-Pillar paint is peeling BAD, this seems like a great alternative to paint. Where'd you purchase the wrap?

Looks great by the way
At the risk of sounding like a shill.......

Amazon.com sells the Wraptivo (a Meguiar's sub brand) DIY kits, small (12" x 48") and large (24 x 48") packs in black carbon, gray carbon, and a few others. Just search "Wraptivo" on amazon.com and you'll find it.

I wrapped my windshield surround, side strakes, door handles and silver grille inserts along with the chrome wing logos front and rear in matte black when I got my matte black TSW Donington wheels a while back. Easy enough to do, and I love how it transformed the look of my car.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike-in-Orange
At the risk of sounding like a shill.......

Amazon.com sells the Wraptivo (a Meguiar's sub brand) DIY kits, small (12" x 48") and large (24 x 48") packs in black carbon, gray carbon, and a few others. Just search "Wraptivo" on amazon.com and you'll find it.

I wrapped my windshield surround, side strakes, door handles and silver grille inserts along with the chrome wing logos front and rear in matte black when I got my matte black TSW Donington wheels a while back. Easy enough to do, and I love how it transformed the look of my car.
Thanks for helping a newb. I'll search it out and post pics when finished
 
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 04:59 AM
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Hey i just ordered the wrap a few days ago and was wondering how your door handles turned out and u how you wrapped them... theyre oddly shaped and contoured. Seems difficult to me. Advice appreciated!!
 
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 11:11 AM
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could we use this stuff to wrap the roll bars in a roadster?
 
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Old Aug 14, 2012 | 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by knowit
could we use this stuff to wrap the roll bars in a roadster?
In theory, yes, in practice, no. I even had one of the top vinyl wrap guys in the area look into wrapping my hoops with matte black vinyl, which is thinner and therefore easier to work with than carbon fiber vinyl. No way to do it in a single piece, and neither of us was willing to do it in multiple pieces. I keep promising myself that I'm going to take my hoops out and shoot 'em with Plasti Dip, but I never seem to find the time to do so.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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Hydrodipping might be the best option for the hoops
 
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Old Aug 22, 2012 | 03:36 PM
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id hydo dip the roll bar, theres a flexable carbon fiber material out there also
 
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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 12:31 PM
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Looks good!

If anyone wants a hydrographics completed CF windshield surround, please PM me, I think I am going to sell mine.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BoilerUpXFire
Looks good!

If anyone wants a hydrographics completed CF windshield surround, please PM me, I think I am going to sell mine.
not feeling it anymore?
 
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by rayth
not feeling it anymore?
I love it, but it is just off enough from the CF hood to **** me off LOL

Everyone else thinks I am crazy, but it is off, and I am ****
 
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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 02:26 PM
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How would this stuff hold up in the weather though? I feel like after rain and sun beating on it that it would get faded and not stay on or look really cheap... It looks super clean right now but I just wonder how it is over time. I feel interior pieces would be perfect for this stuff!
 
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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 04:59 PM
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they say it holds up for 7 years outside, no fadding
 
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