After the Alacantara steering wheel , I continue with the interior mods. I really wanted black carbon fiber but wanted to avoid crappy overlays, so I found this guy, John Perez, on Lexus-F.com that does real Carbon Fiber wrapping of OEM pieces. I found a cheap center console and door trim pieces on eBay and give it a shot...

The result is nothing short of amazing:


The parts are very well finished, they look and feel great, there are maybe a couple of little recessed dots in the clear coat but that’s about it. Installation was very easy; none of the epoxy blocked any of the mounting points, everything snapped right back in, Lexus fit and finish.
Cost was very acceptable (actually I found it cheap for the amount of work, but I should not said that!), it took around 3 weeks of turnaround time and John updated me with pictures regularly and was not afraid to tell me when things didn’t turn out perfect (he redid two of the pieces that were not perfect after curing). John’s a great guy to work with, I will have more done.

Note the Side garnish and shifter are from Think Design.

 

As I said, John send me regular updates along the way, and I think it does show the amount and the quality of the work that goes into making theses.

1- Sanding


2- Epoxy basecoat so the Carbon Fiber fabric has something of tack on


3- Carbon Fiber Fabric application


4- More epoxy and Vaccum bagging



5- Curred and prep'd for clear coat



6- Clear coat drying


7- Finished product

 

Looks amazing man!!!

Why this wasn't a factory option is beyond me?

 

looks very glossy in some pix! im definitely liking it! it would match well with the blackened central unit on the 09+ IS F.

 

Impressive, does he shape boards in Hermosa Beach

 

looks amazing

 

Wow, that looks beyond great! Would it be possible to let us know pricing?

 

lol might i inquire as to why theres a gun laying on the table? and what was the pricing and can we get this guys contact info?

 

LOL ^^^ Looks great! I have someone local thats going to tackle that project for me soon enough! I shall have an OEM CF Engine Cover along with other mods

 

looks kinda like the parts were being held hostage! lol! maybe someone wante the gun in carbon fiber?

 

very interesting... can you please pm me some info? thanks buddy

oh... looks GREAT!

 

Thanks so much for posting our work! I'm goign to find out how to become a sponsor so that way I can offer this as a service to you great folks!

 

sweet man!! looks really good!

ive got some 2x2 twill and i might try this!!

ive have some west systems 105 epoxy resin that ill use. what resin did u use?

 

What part of IL are you in? I'm originally from Naperville and would love to have you guys do my interior pieces as I really dislike the silver CF Never liked "colored" CF and hate how lexus chose this as the OEM option!

 

I truely hate to be a jerk but I really cant say the type of epoxy we use All I can say I purcahse it from a local distributor in Chicago. West systems is good though

We are in the chicago area btw. Naperville isnt far at all 40 min drive from here.