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Old 02-18-2012, 04:59 PM
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did the window frame im carbon fiber wrap
 
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Old 02-18-2012, 06:37 PM
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did the window frame im carbon fiber wrap
Nice. Doing any other bits?
 
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Old 02-18-2012, 08:28 PM
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Very nice...
 
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Old 08-06-2012, 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 08-06-2012, 06:59 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
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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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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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 08-13-2012, 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 08-14-2012, 06:22 PM
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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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Hydrodipping might be the best option for the hoops
 
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Old 08-22-2012, 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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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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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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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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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 09-26-2012, 04:59 PM
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they say it holds up for 7 years outside, no fadding
 
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