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Has anyone else done this? I put tinted wrap over the silver carbon interior trim

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Old 10-03-16 | 03:11 PM
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***10/3/2016*** UPDATED- Here are a couple new pics. First compares smoke to dark black. Second pic is dark black. I will finish tonight and get installed pics. Dark black mimics real carbon pretty damn well though.



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Well, I just found out what I'm going to be doing once my car comes back from Lobuxracer.

Excellent work! And I was about to drop a lot of money for real carbon. It looks just as good!
Old 10-03-16 | 03:48 PM
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That looks killer. How hard is it to wrap at the corners? Look forward to seeing the pieces installed back in the car.
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Originally Posted by BirgeyT1
***10/3/2016*** UPDATED- Here are a couple new pics. First compares smoke to dark black. Second pic is dark black. I will finish tonight and get installed pics. Dark black mimics real carbon pretty damn well though.
Wow, that looks really good.. Looking forward to seeing it installed..

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Outstanding.. do you know how much material is required? When you are done, please do a DIY.

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Nice job man, looks killer. Great cheap(er) DIY mod.
Old 10-04-16 | 03:58 AM
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I think I'll be ordering some of that today. That looks great.

Do you have any real black carbon fiber pieces to compare it to side-by-side? Just to see how the color match is (I have an F Sport shift **** that is black carbon and would also like a carbon steering wheel so I want it to look uniform)

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Outstanding.. do you know how much material is required? When you are done, please do a DIY.
Amazon link says it is 16" x 48" so I would imagine 1 roll should do all the carbon trim

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Old 10-04-16 | 11:30 AM
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Cant wait to see the finish product. I ordered my tint and should be here tomorrow. I'll post pictures when i'm done.
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Originally Posted by zmcgovern4
I think I'll be ordering some of that today. That looks great.

Do you have any real black carbon fiber pieces to compare it to side-by-side? Just to see how the color match is (I have an F Sport shift **** that is black carbon and would also like a carbon steering wheel so I want it to look uniform)

Amazon link says it is 16" x 48" so I would imagine 1 roll should do all the carbon trim
Here is the link to what I ordered in the dark black: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I only used two of the sheets.
Old 10-04-16 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by BirgeyT1
Here is the link to what I ordered in the dark black: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I only used two of the sheets.
I ordered two of the dark black from your first link. For 20 bucks, hey, maybe I'll wrap something else. LoL

Great ideas here & good work.
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***10/4/2016 UPDATE*** As promised guys, here are the completed pictures. Turned out so awesome!











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Oh Damn! Looks great!
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From your pics, it looks like your work gives your interior a whole other personality.

Thanks again for sharing.
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Well, I have a feeling this is going to be an extremely popular mod on this board. Well done. Any tips for getting the film applied with no bubbles or wrinkles?
Old 10-04-16 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by STLblueF
Well, I have a feeling this is going to be an extremely popular mod on this board. Well done. Any tips for getting the film applied with no bubbles or wrinkles?
The stuff I used is actually breathable so it lays down really nicely as far as bubbles are concerned. For corners and whatnot you just need to make relief cuts where you fold it under to avoid wrinkles.



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