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09-18-2010, 10:46 PM | #1 |
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CF Di Noc Wrapped my Trim!
After a lot of help and support from fellow members I bit the bullet and did a Di Noc CF wrap on my car. From a noob at just about everything I can say that there is NO way to pay hundreds for somebody to do this, It is easy! Just takes patience and some extra vinyl... Thanks for looking!
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09-18-2010, 10:48 PM | #3 |
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X2 nice job - would've personally forgone the shifter but to each their own. How do your edges look?
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Removing and reinstalling the trim is pretty straightforward - wrapping takes patience
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09-18-2010, 11:14 PM | #6 |
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Thanks for the complements!
Edges: nice and straight, I had to redo a lot of pieces but I ordered enough for a small house so I knew I could mess up Price: I paid 150 something for the vinyl. And as stated above, keep a lot of patience. A lot. And be sure to go easy on the blow drier as you can "melt" it and distort the CF line. As for the shifter, it got late and I got "wrap" happy. I'm not sure on it yet. I do like my CF iPhone! Haha
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09-18-2010, 11:40 PM | #7 |
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looks good
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It looks good in pictures and you did a great job.
A question - doesn't the whole "fake CF" bother you? To me it is like putting an M badge on a base car.
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09-19-2010, 08:02 AM | #9 |
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Never really thought about that, I mostly did it as the sun had rippled and cracked my wood around the shift boot area and it looked horrible. So the only good looking and cheap fix I could find was this. I won't and havent been going around telling people it's a carbon fiber set up. That be wrong.
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09-19-2010, 08:46 PM | #13 |
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I stupidly did the first piece \\\ so I had to finish that way haha. As for the iPhone I'll have to dig up my camera as I use the iPhone! Haha
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09-19-2010, 09:08 PM | #15 |
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You mean the whole ashtray assembly or just the top part? I broke the top off mine, wrapped it, then used liquid nails and pressure clamps to set it back then screw back on from the bottom and voilą!
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09-19-2010, 09:20 PM | #17 |
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Hmm, looks like you'll have to take it apart. Mine broke of so I don't know how it should have come apart... that sucks!
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I have to laugh when I tell you, I just put a flat head screw driver in the bottom and pried slowly! And i broke like 10 tabs. Haha. So I just wrapped it (total bitch) and it was a little bit wider so it wedged itself stuck there! Aha
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09-19-2010, 11:58 PM | #20 |
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looks very professionally done.
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09-20-2010, 12:16 AM | #21 |
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wouldnt bother me, what would bother me would be spending money on real carbon fiber on a street car when the only purpose is looks. when people see this guys car, 98% wont even think to wonder if its real or plastic wrapped. they may wonder about his phone though. it looks much better, i myself hate the wood trim but am not going to pay $600 to change it. maybe one day i will wrap mine also i would go flat black, dont know how that would look but from the options i think that one sounds best, not a fan of carbon fiber either.
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