Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea

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Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea - Rabster - 04-04-2019

ok so i ahte the wood trim found inside my car see the pic below

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so was thinking i will give carbon wrapping a go i know you need to use a Heatgun to soften the glue up and to make it more plyable any tips.....

i also thought i might do the same with the wing mirrors as they have some cracks etc that need repairing, with the car being a pearl white i didn tthink the odd carbon wrapped parts would look to out of place around the car what are your opinions ?

what other parts should i possibly consider wrapping if it looks good enough....

Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea - Phil01 - 04-04-2019

Go for it Rabs, carbon will look good on the white car

Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea - Lexusboy - 04-04-2019

I happy to help you, i found as long as you take your time it is easy enough to do

You may want to try different carbon as some is thicker than others.

Might be worth asking for samples or just order a small piece to see if you think it strong and long lasting enough

Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea - jimxms - 04-04-2019

Di-noc it mate. Looks like a perfect candidate for that stuff. No big curves or dips.

Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea - Mikey - 04-04-2019

you need the heat to make the film more plyable if you not confident practice on some different bits first to get the hang of it dont use to much heat or the film will blister.

Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea - jasons - 04-04-2019

Carbon wrapping?

Peice of pee mate- I did the trim on my E39

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Also did some on my bike as well- I did a walk through on doing it if you're interested?

J

Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea - Rabster - 04-04-2019

Walkthrough would be good I will try and do a walkthrough on what I do as well

Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea - Rabster - 04-04-2019

Ooh just looking at the car through my office window I think I might try wrapping the silver bump strips.....

Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea - jasons - 04-04-2019

Okay, here you go:

Heel plates- Kawasaki Ninja:

Take 2 heel plates- clean and dry.
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Cut a piece around twice the size- if you cut to tight you cant get it around curved and edges well enough and will 'crinkle'...
Place item to be wrapped in the centre:
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Place the item on top of something so its slightly raised. Now use your hair dryer or hot air gun (on a low setting-if it gets too hot it will loose shape (and more importantly, texture).
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When its warm, pull it tightly round the edges.
From the front:
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Cut the holes out:
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Trim the reverse:
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So it looks like this:
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Et voila!:

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I also did the fairings of that bike also:
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where are you based as I recon you could get that 'wood' covered in about an hour?

J

Carbon fiber Wrapping parts of the Stagea - Sparkystav - 04-04-2019

The fairing looks great!