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phillycivicsi · 08-12-2009, 01:36 AM

Dude that is sick!!!

Scapegoat · 08-12-2009, 08:11 AM

he needs to do the rest of the car

R33E8 · 08-12-2009, 08:23 AM

Hahaha.. You guys know that real carbon fiber is less than $3 a square foot, right?

Scapegoat · 08-12-2009, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R33E8

Hahaha.. You guys know that real carbon fiber is less than $3 a square foot, right?

you do know this stuff is a lot easier to work with considering it only requires an xacto blade and something to apply heat

OMGz Turbo · 08-12-2009, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

you do know this stuff is a lot easier to work with considering it only requires an xacto blade and something to apply heat

WTF do i want REAL carbon that id have to use resin with when i can have this **** and a razor blade and be baller.

Scapegoat · 08-12-2009, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OMGz Turbo

WTF do i want REAL carbon that id have to use resin with when i can have this **** and a razor blade and be baller.

Wow... so much maturity... iirc, upperguy mentioned this was the same material used on the interior by bmw? While I'm not saying, "wrap your hood" with the stuff... I see no issues wrapping interior bits for accent pieces.

Its really damned if you damned if you don't in this place... you get called a ricer for swapping out interior components with actual carbon fiber parts IF they're available (because its negliable weight savings) and you get called a ricer for wrapping it in a high quality vinyl product that is cheaper than the part would be if it was available.

Granted, I won't be wrapping any part of my car with this stuff. I picked it up to wrap my Eee, as you can see a couple pages back. I sure as hell am not wasting my time and money building a carbon fiber case and then transfering the hardware over.

I picked up some extra to dick around with too. Its a fun material to work with.

upperguy · 08-12-2009, 12:33 PM

You know what guys, I wrote up a whole big thing but deleted it because it's not worth my time. If you don't like it what is the draw for you to come in and **** on it? want to see what it's really like? I'll give you a sample or bring some to the 309 meet tomorrow night. I don't even know why I waste my time though, Chances are you will back out last second after I cancel plans to meet up with you.

Scape, thanks again for backing the product up, let me know if you need any more.

GearHead899 · 08-12-2009, 01:06 PM

looks like a really cool product. you could deffinantly do some unique stuff with it. and as for everyone downing this product, like he said, you dont have to buy/ use it so theirs no need to put it down

Username · 08-12-2009, 03:58 PM

http://www.rvinyl.com/film/carbonfiber.htm

Check out RVinyl.com's Carbon Fiber wraps.... totally cheap, and looks amazing. I have worked first hand with some of the wraps and when done right, you cant even tell a roof/hood/trunk is wrapped. It looks like real CF. Plus its reallllllly cheap for a huge roll of it.

SeMaxima99 · 08-12-2009, 05:16 PM

where is this on 3m website?

upperguy · 08-12-2009, 10:23 PM

Username, I can ship you out a sample and you can see this 3m stuff. I've seen almost all the carbon look wraps on the market and in my opinion none of them really come close to this stuff.

Maxima, I don't know if the material is actually listed on 3M's site to be honest, I've never really looked.

fc3spower · 08-12-2009, 11:16 PM

im in! pm me

Hopia · 08-13-2009, 07:18 AM

Where exactly is the 309 meet?
i'll try to escape from inlaws & go there.

upperguy · 08-13-2009, 10:12 AM

Here's a link to the meet info: http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/...ad.php?t=76923

I'm gonna bring the material too so if you decide you want to pick some up I'll have it on hand.

Hopia · 08-13-2009, 11:11 AM

Man, thats 2hrs. away from me one-way!
i hope you can give me a good deal if i decide
to buy like 3yrds.

upperguy · 08-16-2009, 10:56 PM

So a friend who went in on a bunch of the material with me initially did his suby and then one of his friend's Miata. Here is the aftermath:

About midway through the day his friend showed up in his 2 hour old miata, The rear piece was rhinolined with some crap. They sanded what hadn't chipped off and applied the wrap there:

some general pics of the vinyl.

jbell · 08-17-2009, 12:59 PM

hey, those are my pics, my driveway, and my friends!

Spoolin_VQ30DE · 08-17-2009, 08:03 PM

nice pmed you bro

disturbedfan121 · 08-18-2009, 12:39 AM

thats my friends steves miata who he bought off my friend mike lol. saw those cars that night. stuff looks sick!......seriously considering doing this to my hardtop so i don't have to paint it...

you know rabbit? jay? Nick? steve? etc....if so how do i not know you lol

polarexpress17 · 08-18-2009, 01:32 AM

this is NICE! how much do you think it would take to do a hood, roof and hatch?

actually, it could take a ****load if you dont know what the measurements are

i'll go grab some real quick

08-12-2009, 01:06 PM	#108
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08-18-2009, 12:39 AM	#119
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08-18-2009, 01:32 AM	#120
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08-12-2009, 01:36 AM	#101
phillycivicsi Tri-State Post Whore Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Philadelphia Member #8548 My Ride: more than you can afford pal iTrader: (0)	Dude that is sick!!!

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R33E8 Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South Jersey Member #1362 My Ride: a slow car iTrader: (3)	Hahaha.. You guys know that real carbon fiber is less than $3 a square foot, right?

08-12-2009, 03:58 PM	#109
Username Tri-State Aficionado Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: levittown, pa Member #13480 My Ride: mk4 jetta 1.8t iTrader: (1)	http://www.rvinyl.com/film/carbonfiber.htm Check out RVinyl.com's Carbon Fiber wraps.... totally cheap, and looks amazing. I have worked first hand with some of the wraps and when done right, you cant even tell a roof/hood/trunk is wrapped. It looks like real CF. Plus its reallllllly cheap for a huge roll of it.

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SeMaxima99 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Broomall Member #1486 iTrader: (0)	where is this on 3m website?

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fc3spower Tri-State Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: easton, pa Member #7765 My Ride: 93 Honda Del Sol iTrader: (1)	im in! pm me

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Hopia Noob-Jersey Join Date: Aug 2009 Member #14367 My Ride: '02 wrx iTrader: (0)	Where exactly is the 309 meet? i'll try to escape from inlaws & go there.

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