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Old 06-11-2011, 06:22 PM
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So I bought this Carbon Fiber vinyl wrap from ebay and decided to try it out and see how it looks. I started with the fuse box just screwing around to see how it would look(didnt even cut out the Fuse Symbol lol) then decided to get serious and did the Side Pillars and door handles. I screwed it up the 1st time so i had to do it over but now I think it looks great!. It is very time consuming as you need to be very steady when cutting or you will mess the whole thing up and have to redo it.

I am thinking about doing my whole glass top in the wrap as it might look good.

It was simple to apply. Just peel and stick. VERY STICKY so it wont come off easy!.

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Old 06-11-2011, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by kingdady
So I bought this Carbon Fiber vinyl wrap from ebay and decided to try it out and see how it looks. I started with the fuse box just screwing around to see how it would look(didnt even cut out the Fuse Symbol lol) then decided to get serious and did the Side Pillars and door handles. I screwed it up the 1st time so i had to do it over but now I think it looks great!. It is very time consuming as you need to be very steady when cutting or you will mess the whole thing up and have to redo it.

I am thinking about doing my whole glass top in the wrap as it might look good.

It was simple to apply. Just peel and stick. VERY STICKY so it wont come off easy!.

Heres some pictures( If someone can upload them that would be great too)

Thanks










Does that work for you. All you had to do was paste the links you posted
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looks good other than the bubbles in the fuse cover
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I do like the look of the pillars. Let us know how it holds up. Great Job (except for the fuse box.... had to start somewhere)
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Originally Posted by fleetc
I do like the look of the pillars. Let us know how it holds up. Great Job (except for the fuse box.... had to start somewhere)
Fuse box is not bubbles.. its the raise image of the fuse symbol.. so I cant flaten it. I think if i cut it out it will look worst then it does now. I am gonna search around for a Fuse sticker to throw ontop of that area
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Originally Posted by kingdady
Fuse box is not bubbles.. its the raise image of the fuse symbol.. so I cant flaten it. I think if i cut it out it will look worst then it does now. I am gonna search around for a Fuse sticker to throw ontop of that area
do you have any left sand the cover smooth then redo it.
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Looks like you got better as you did more parts. Likes good.
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I like the pillars although I would have spent the extra in order to do them mirror image rather than random directions.
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does this have to be coated for exterior use with the sun, rain, weather, etc?
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Originally Posted by wolfpack06
does this have to be coated for exterior use with the sun, rain, weather, etc?
dont think so .. its been raining all day here and so far so good.
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You should do the halo and roof to match the A/pillars and handles.
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Door handles look really good.
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Looks great. Now do the center console around the stereo and AC controls
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Looks good
Old 06-12-2011, 02:57 PM
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This must be getting pretty popular because I had a lot of people at the car show ask me if my CF spoiler was real CF. I'm thinking WTF, of course it's real carbon fiber. Guess they were wondering if I just wrapped a spoiler in it lol. Now I get it
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Got an ebay link for this stuff, please?
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So its been a few months now, how is it holding up?

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Thanks for sharing
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