Carbon fiber Interior Vinyl Wrap Completed!
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Beautiful job on Paul's car! 
Ciro, you know any alcantara or alcantara-looking wrap, that can be heat-molded to fit crevices etc? Remember those window switch panels I showed you? Those indentations where the switches are located kind of scare me (in terms of DIY'ing it, I mean).
Ciro, you know any alcantara or alcantara-looking wrap, that can be heat-molded to fit crevices etc? Remember those window switch panels I showed you? Those indentations where the switches are located kind of scare me (in terms of DIY'ing it, I mean).
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Beautiful job on Paul's car!
Ciro, you know any alcantara or alcantara-looking wrap, that can be heat-molded to fit crevices etc? Remember those window switch panels I showed you? Those indentations where the switches are located kind of scare me (in terms of DIY'ing it, I mean).
Ciro, you know any alcantara or alcantara-looking wrap, that can be heat-molded to fit crevices etc? Remember those window switch panels I showed you? Those indentations where the switches are located kind of scare me (in terms of DIY'ing it, I mean).
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My Ride: 2012 535i M-Sport
On pre-LCI car's the silver part of the shifter is actually pretty easy to pull off, wrap that and it'll look awesome.
Also, whatever that is you have wired up on the left side of your center console, you can hide that wire very easily by removing the piece of carpeted trim that rests right where the console and the carpet meet, just get your fingers under it in the middle and slide it back towards the rear of the car and it comes right out, tuck the wire, route it properly and presto.
Also, whatever that is you have wired up on the left side of your center console, you can hide that wire very easily by removing the piece of carpeted trim that rests right where the console and the carpet meet, just get your fingers under it in the middle and slide it back towards the rear of the car and it comes right out, tuck the wire, route it properly and presto.
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On pre-LCI car's the silver part of the shifter is actually pretty easy to pull off, wrap that and it'll look awesome.
Also, whatever that is you have wired up on the left side of your center console, you can hide that wire very easily by removing the piece of carpeted trim that rests right where the console and the carpet meet, just get your fingers under it in the middle and slide it back towards the rear of the car and it comes right out, tuck the wire, route it properly and presto.
Also, whatever that is you have wired up on the left side of your center console, you can hide that wire very easily by removing the piece of carpeted trim that rests right where the console and the carpet meet, just get your fingers under it in the middle and slide it back towards the rear of the car and it comes right out, tuck the wire, route it properly and presto.
Yeah its actually a customers car and have no idea what that wire is. But that shift knob would look serious wrapped. I'll mention it to him. Thanks man
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Hi guys, I just completed a wrap job for my trims using CF fabric in matt black that I got from PYSpeed. I think the material is easy to work with as it's quite stretchy. I think it makes the interior look classy and feel soft since it's made out of cloth.
The install took quite a bit of patience and number hours, especially it was my first time doing it. White's install job is definitely top notch stuff there.
Here are some pics I took using my phone this morning.
In one of the pics, you can see how I tucked and glued the fabric edged around the back of the panels. I found this is an effective way to avoid exposed edge from overcuts and stretch marks around corner edges.
The install took quite a bit of patience and number hours, especially it was my first time doing it. White's install job is definitely top notch stuff there.
Here are some pics I took using my phone this morning.
In one of the pics, you can see how I tucked and glued the fabric edged around the back of the panels. I found this is an effective way to avoid exposed edge from overcuts and stretch marks around corner edges.