home made carbon fiber laminating
09-25-2009, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by suthurnbimmur' post='1016956' date='Sep 25 2009, 02:17 PM
Looks AWESOME!! How did you make it look so shiny? Did you spray a clear coat on them? I was curious if I could use it on my pillars...........Thanks
the reason i atemped something like this is there is no one that makes carbon fiber work in my country. cf fabric and rezin is not so cheap if you consider shipping + vat . it takes very long time to make it that i prefer to give some one else to do it for me or to buy it if it is sold ready. i saw cf trunk and engine cover on ebay with very good price.
i sand papered is from 150 , 400, 800, 1200 then to 2000. then polished it with wax. then you will have a shiny surface.
then you can give it to body shop for clear coat if you want.
for metal surfaces
1- you should sand paper it well,
2- spay it to black because base coat cannot be aplyed equally on metal then you may see metal shining under cf fabric if fabric is not placed proprly,
3- then apply base coat equally,
rould surfaces are nightmare, very hard to stick on fabric. and there is risk that it will unstuck in time.
09-26-2009, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Macadee' post='1017553' date='Sep 26 2009, 08:06 AM
Was the carbonmods skinning starter kit enough to complete the inside or did you order more materials?
if you cut fabric slightly bigger then the part that you will skin you can make more parts. but end of fabric gets mess up easily. so i used larger amounts of fabric to have room to work. i ordered starter kit and 1mt x 1.5 mt fabric which was more then enough.
below photo is dashboard. as you see, you can skin 2 dashboards with the fabric i used
09-26-2009, 06:36 AM
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Wow that is crazy to be able to do that as a side project! I felt pretty proud when I wax my owner car nicely or shoot when I installed my own muffler this past week I felt pretty cool! Outstanding work! looks beautiful
09-26-2009, 08:42 AM
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My Ride: '05 545 Titanium Silver, Black Leather - Nav, Logic 7, Cold weather.
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Carbon filter removed.
M5 iDrive knob.
Umnitza license plate LEDs.
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RPI Scoop
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Originally Posted by tufy' post='1017435' date='Sep 26 2009, 02:20 AM
Brit_in_NJ, this is a real carbon fiber one. not sticker not fabric. its made of fibers.
Painting it black is a great idea for using it over a metalic surface.
. It came out perfect...
09-30-2009, 06:10 PM
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My Ride: 2006 530xi (Titanium Grey/ Black interior) Debaged, L.e.d. light upgrade throughout. ACS roof spoiler. H&R sport sprigs, Angel eye upgrade, euro sticker, ,matte black grills.
Loooks GREAT!!! MAybe you can consider it a side hustle for $$$$.. I would do my interior too!
09-30-2009, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by tex_phil' post='1017429' date='Sep 26 2009, 01:12 AM
looks incredible man, how long did that trim take? How much was the total cost for the kit?