03tlCHARCOL

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Hopefully the title caught your attention. I went and bought some carbon fiber vinyl and was thinking of wrapping some of the interior plastic trim parts. Such as the 2 consoles pieces and the 4 door trims which I know I'll have to drill out.

My question is the process to ensure that the vinyl will stick to the plastic parts. I was looking at some videos online and it looks like they use a spray adhesive, heat gun and a staple gun to make sure it stays, but those pieces were made of wood.

I was thinking of using sandpaper to scratch up the surface, then I would spray the adhesive and then use a heat gun to wrap the plastic trims. I probably won't do staples because it might crack the plastic. Anyone have any experience wrapping vinyl and see any issues with this process, like it might come apart over time?

I'm also a bit worried the door trims wont fit back into the door frame because of the added material, anyone else see this as a potential issue?

Rajca

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u can get those pieces dipped. some special procedure they do and it makes it look like cf. LOOK. never going to get fake cf again. have some fake painted cf hood pins and u can tell the diff from my hood. never again do i want to see fake cf in, on or around my car.

03tlCHARCOL

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Anyone else want to chime in on the process or if I'll have any issues wrapping those plastic pieces?

Rockstar21

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wooo my prelude has factory honda carbon fiber wrapped pieces on the center console and door panels.

looks good but only with all black interior.

prlwhtl25

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you could use the carbon fiber fabric wrap..with 3m super glue..thats whats most of the bmw m3 and m5 guys use comes out real nice when done right ...my friend has it done to his car look really nice

03tlCHARCOL

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Yeah that's what I got the carbon fiber fabric wrap. I'm just worried that it might be too bulky once I put it on to fit back into the door panel.

gfrg88

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hmmm.. interested in this... Post up lots of pics when youre done.. I've been thinking about this for a while now...

03tlCHARCOL

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So after more research it looks like it's really popular with the BMW guys. It doesn't look too hard to do but just time consuming. So the pieces I plan on doing are the 4 door panels and the 2 side trims by the console. I was also thing about doing the shiftgate.

http://neffywrap.com/index.php?main_...2ico3854r0gnd2

Some instructions that I found

jaMezBOI

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Finished product looks nice.

Rajca

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i though ur gonna use vinyl. fabric wtf. vinyl looks cheap and tacky.

gfrg88

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Damn!! That actually looks really good!!

VIP typ-S

Post some pic's when you get it done.
The shift gate would look hot I think. Black on the gate and silver on the trim ring around it. Silver might look good on the map light / home link overhead unit, if your headliner is grey.
Get those pictures up !

R1L3Y

i might consider redoing my door trim panels with the fabric idk if it will flow well in the car though

TequiLa

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beats fake wood

Alex D

So far the best looking carbon fiber wrap that i've seen is the 3M Di-Noc stuff. I saw it at SEMA and it looked very easy to work with and is suppose to be much more durable than the other wraps out there.

jrm1508

i did my 2 pieces next to the radio and they actually seem to fit better, i haven't done the doors yet they dont bother me as much as those 2, also in person they dont look that much different in color then the rest of the interior it was because flash.

03tlCHARCOL

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Just an update, I got a door panel at the junkyard to start this project. I'm so glad I did because I fucking drilled through the fake wood grain on my first try. You definitely need to take your time if anyone is attempting to remove the fake wood grain on the door panels.

Just a heads up this is the DIY that I'm following.
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1999-2003-98/d-i-y-removing-door-panels-wood-grain-626785/

I'll give it another go this weekend to see if I can fully remove the wood trim from the door panel.

JterrorC

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hah..thats funny but not koo at the same time...gl this time.. post pis

03tlCHARCOL

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So if anyone is following the DIY that I linked earlier I have no clue how he was able to drill and disconnect the wood trim from the door panel. I had issues and blew 2 holes through the wood trim even at slow speeds and still couldn't disconnect the wood trim from the door. In the end I used a solder iron and melted away the plastic rivet.

Although I was going to cover up the wood trim with the carbon fiber fabric I didn't want a hole so I used the plastic shavings to fill the hole with my solder iron, I should have smoothed it out a bit more because in the pictures you can out make the bump in the trim.

Onto the wrapping, it wasn't really hard to do but very time consuming. I used the 3M #77 Spray adhesive and it can get very messy. Just make sure to pull tight, spray both sides the trim and fabric and allow a min to dry and to get the fabric to adhere to the wood trim. Also don't overspray the adhesive it won't help...

On a level of 10, I would give this a 7 for difficulty which was mostly getting the wood trim out of the door panel. I still haven't decided if I want to do this to my own door, I think it looks great but I'm not sure if it's worth messing up, I'm lucky I was able to find a door at the junkyard.

The next piece I'm going to do is the front trim along the shift gear. It's actually going to be harder to wrap with so many curves on it. I'll take pictures of that when I get done.

For some reason in the pictures it looks a bit blue to me, but in person it's gray carbon fiber fabric vinyl.

soria

I'm thinking this would look a little out of place in the tan interior..?

TequiLa

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looks kind of puffy and out of place especially next to the perforated leather imho

gfrg88

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the wrap itself looks good, but outta place.. I think I might try this, but just around the cluster, radio area

03tlCHARCOL

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This is the place where I got the stuff.

http://www.perfectfit.com/15989/Automotive.html

Do you think if I went with a solid silver wrap or I guess painting them silver it would flow a bit better?

CL-Slick

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I wish I could find CL/TLs in the junkyard.

03tlCHARCOL

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I would try craigslist as well, I've seen a few in my area for part outs.

CL-Slick

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Unfortunately these cars are rare in my area, which sucks because I'm always in the need for parts.