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siu_loong_bao Rising Star

siu_loong_bao

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Hi All,

Anyone know where I can get my dash and centre console carbon fibre-ed? I mean, just the fake style....like fake woodgrain.

My dash and console plastic piece is scratched and faded, so is the face of the ashtray.

If the above cannot be done, how about buying it in kit form?

I am in Brissy.

Nizmo Grand Master

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have you actually seen this on a car?

cos we used to put them on corollas n stuff at work ..... and it looks really fake n really cheap.

Cant remember where we got the kit from i think it was a motor trimmers place ordered them in for us.

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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Some looks good and some looks bad, even a good air brush artist with some silver paint and gauze can make the look happen. I tried the good looking stuff for a laugh and only needed to prep really well and use a hairdryer to soften and mold it (decal type) but eventually just laid up the real thing over the components and used surfboard finishing resing as the proper CF resin is real nasty....from experience. Can lose feeling in you fingers for a couple of days if the gloves split.

Veilside R33 Veteran

Veilside R33

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so who knows of a place to get the "good stuff" from? if there is good and crap then whats good and where from? im changing my red interior to creme and i wouldnt mind doing the main dash in c/f graphic, who knows prices? couple hundred$$ for say half the int. or something?

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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I got mine from Autobarn a few years ago, it was thick and looked the goods, but they couldn't get anymore and only had cheap nasty looking stuff. I can't help other than that.

With the leftover woven mat i had I made up speaker mounts from MDF and put the dry mat over some sub filler I had and stapled it on, then sprayed it with clear acrylic to stiffen the CF and stop displacement of the weave. really came up nice but doesn't have that deep glossy "cased in glass" look as it is now just black woven stiff material. Maybe I'll do the resin thing one day. The weave was about $65 for a square metre but it is rough on scissors and dry spiky ends are deadly sharp after resin goes off.

51jay Mentor

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Hi All,

Anyone know where I can get my dash and centre console carbon fibre-ed? I mean, just the fake style....like fake woodgrain.

My dash and console plastic piece is scratched and faded, so is the face of the ashtray.

If the above cannot be done, how about buying it in kit form?

I am in Brissy.

http://www.modicoat.com/ Check this site out ...but it's not cheap. Hi! I'm back in Bris :wavey:

siu_loong_bao Rising Star

siu_loong_bao

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jay,

u're the best!!!!! always so helpful.

i will pick up my sideskirts tomorrow. will give u a buzz then.

i also did my brake callipers red on the weekend. i will post a thread up now.

nelson.

siu_loong_bao Rising Star

siu_loong_bao

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also, based on that website, does anyone have a preference for what kind of colour or coating?

i am considering:

Double-weave carbon fibre

Fine-brushed alloy

Granite

What do you think?

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