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DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby sticky nicky » Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:55 pm

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This is what you can do with a $25 roll of carbon fibre from Ebay, a rainy weekend and a hairdryer.

I must admit some of the curves were a challenge and I blew my hair dryer up. Then borrowed my dads heat gun which worked a treat!

I think the end result was worth it :D
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Re: DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby Regie » Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:57 pm

I'm gathering vinyl wrap??

Looks good, I want to do my piano black inserts on my nc dash
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Re: DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby sticky nicky » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:05 pm

Yes its vinyl wrap.

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Re: DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby bruce » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:08 pm

What's the boxy meter in front of the passenger seat? Is that your taxi meter?!

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Re: DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby sticky nicky » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:13 pm

bruce wrote:What's the boxy meter in front of the passenger seat? Is that your taxi meter?!


hehe, no its a rally trip metre, was in the car when I bought it. The speedo is out slightly so I use it if Im going along major roads to get the correct speed. :wink:

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Re: DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby Aussie Stig » Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:28 pm

Yeah. more chick input in this forum. :D :D
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Re: DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby spikes » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:25 pm

Aussie Stig wrote:
Check out Emily she is ultra cool. 8) 8)


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Re: DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby Hjt » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:45 pm

I blew my hair dryer up


Atleast you can move your hair dryer, mine is stuck under the bonnet!

Looks the treat!

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Re: DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby sticky nicky » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:25 am

I have one under the bonnet as well :D

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Re: DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby Guy_Coles » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:29 pm

Regie wrote:I'm gathering vinyl wrap??

Looks good, I want to do my piano black inserts on my nc dash

It's a no brainer to do Adam, the vinyl is about 1m wide and from memory costs about $110/m the good stuff is made by 3M and is called DiNoc. I did my chrome plates under the frankenstein bolts about 4 years ago and only now does it look like it might need a reapply. Also did the surrounds for the spotlights but never bothered to install them:

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Re: DIY Carbon Fibre

Postby Regie » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:11 pm

Thanks Guy

I have had a chat to Carbon Deamon.

Its on the list of "to do" things :D
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