rpsmith79 Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 If you're gonna do suck a thing, to such a car, at least dip it so it'll look shiney and at least 1% look like CF Hahaha, you really don't understand what carbon fibre looks like do you, there seems to be a massive misconception that carbon fibre is shiny The only thing that makes a carbon fibre bonnet shine is the resin on top of the actual carbon fibre, the carbon fibre that was a texture and depth to it The dipped stuff can just look like shiny black and white squares stuck onto the surface, it also has ZERO depth to it, so can look just as fake as carbon fibre wrap with no resin/lacquer Sorry, rant over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 (edited) Or on a sports m why be cheap, why not just get it skinned with real CF? Edited October 18, 2012 by LiamGTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Why because it's a sports M do you think people have to be made on money, wrapping and dipping are cheaper alternatives to real carbon skinning Why fit a GT kit to 140, why paint your callipers blue, why do we modify cars........................ because we want to be different At least with wrap you can take it off and put it back to stock if required, with the other 2 options (dipping and skinning) you can't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 (edited) "Made of money".. Give it a break, it doesn't cost that much. Yea.. Wrapping your center console in fake CF would be different wouldnt it. Where as on the other hand dipping it would be so common. I totally see your point there. Jog on. Edited October 18, 2012 by LiamGTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 How much does it cost to skin a centre console then Liam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Also, this is what i was saying about being careful about the shape of the part as dipping can get very distorted on complex curved surfaces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Not enough to need to be made of money. Expensive, but by no means unacceptable for what you get. Better still, buy a DIY kit and skin it yourself. You get the looks + satisfaction + cheap at the same time. Win win win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakyg4 Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Is there any reason at all that you could not skin the parts with real carbon cloth? I have done this in the past with motorbike parts using spray adhesive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2FNG Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) Better still, buy a DIY kit and skin it yourself. You get the looks + satisfaction + cheap at the same time. Win win win. the satisfaction is the best part but then again, i couldnt be happier with my own wrap if you dont have the time or skills, then i would recommend, leaving this to the professionals, as it took me 2-3 hours to wrap this oh the centre cubby button, has now been fixed, went over it with a sharp modelling knife, so it looks perfect Edited October 19, 2012 by M2FNG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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