[Buttons]

Hi,

Thinking of getting my dash and centre console trim wrapped (currently brushed silver) but have reservations......

I'm debating either gloss black or carbon colour but i am concerned that the interior will then be too dark as its an M Sport with black headlining and unfortunatley i dont have a pan roof

Has anyone else had the same reservations or am i just fretting over nothing??
On the same token, does anyone have any thoughts - good or bad - about wrapping the interior trim?

[P 5UML]

fretting over nothing bud!

i had brushed silver...then i did the CF theme...got bored of it and now have changed it to full black alcantara!

love it! proper stealth, clean and not an eye sore as the bright silver in the car!

[Dizzle]

I've seen the piano black finish in an all black interior in a e87 and I liked it

[Jedimindtrix]

I was in the same boat a while back.

I now have a piano black trim with black leather interior and it looks great.

The gloss finish of the trim against the leather does work.

[Buttons]

A work collegue of mine has piano black with black leather in hi 5 series and i love it!

Was your piano black trim fitted from new?
Not sure how convincing a wrap of such would look though.....

[Buttons]

I'm off to view the vinyl tomorrow to see what it's like in the flesh.
I want to see how 'deep' the colour / shine is.

If I'm honest, I'm still very concerned that the interior will become too dark once done
The cars I've seen with it all seem to either have pan roofs that let plenty of light in or have light interiors already (tan or oyster leather).......

[Danny.B.]

I had brushed too and went for silver CF! looks very good I think.

[Buttons]

I'm starting to feel that brushed is a bit bland, especially as my previous BMWhas it too but like I said........ Concerned about the darkness!

Also read a lot about the gloss / piano black being a bitch for scratches but this may be more for the OEM trim than a wrapped one??

[DocD]

Does this help?

View post on imgur.com

[Buttons]

Hi Doc,

I like that - what is it, black CF?
I see you didn't have door strips done, I was thinking similar in leaving those silver...... Good to see someone else think similar

[DocD]

Originally Posted by Buttons

Hi Doc,

I like that - what is it, black CF?
I see you didn't have door strips done, I was thinking similar in leaving those silver...... Good to see someone else think similar

It black 3m Di Noc, coincidently just finished this evening. I do intend to do the door strips too, probably tomorrow if I have time after work.

[Buttons]

It looks great.
Does it feel really dark inside now?

[dest]

I'd go for carbon, but only if its real or at the very least laquered so it looks a bit more realistic.
I had it in my last RS4 and loved it, but the wrap on its own just doesn't look the same IMO.

I've seen various cars with piano black trim and as nice as it looks, it gets marked very easily and will drive you crazy if you get finger prints on it!

[DocD]

Originally Posted by Buttons

It looks great.
Does it feel really dark inside now?

Not to me it doesn't. There are plenty of cars with totally black interiors.

[dest]

For example, this is my Audi with everything black apart from the carbon trim, I never thought it was too dark. The rooflining was black too

[Icekube]

BMW Performance done real carbon, not cheap though!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Perfor...-/170888275784

http://www.getbmwparts.com/partlocat...catalogid=4462

[dest]

That might have to go on my wants list!

[gaza01]

As a solution get some black duck tape and place over the trim. Doesnt have to be neat as yr just judging the overall interior darkness. Then u can see frst hand whether u like it or not.

[safety_james]

I had silver, and carbon dipped it myself at home and the interior is much better, really pleased with the results, more of a pain in the arse than wrapping, but if you are careful and paint/prep properly, its great, gradually doing more and more.

[Buttons]

Originally Posted by gaza01

As a solution get some black duck tape and place over the trim. Doesnt have to be neat as yr just judging the overall interior darkness. Then u can see frst hand whether u like it or not.

Brilliant idea, I'll give that a go

[DocD]

Originally Posted by gaza01

As a solution get some black duck tape and place over the trim. Doesnt have to be neat as yr just judging the overall interior darkness. Then u can see frst hand whether u like it or not.

Genius

The best ideas are always the simple ones.

[DanTheManc]

I wrapped my trim gloss anthracite. I wrapped the centre trim in 3m dinoc black carbon fibre, but wasn't happy with it. I then bought a genuine carbon fibre centre trim which looks far better. The main problem I had with the carbon fibre vinyl was it was very dull and not glossy. If you want to go carbon fibre, i would get your interior carbon dipped rather than wrapped.

Here's a quick phone photo of mine





Here's some photos comparing genuine bmw carbon fibre trim and 3m vinyl wrapped trim. As you can tell, there's no comparison