[F30Mo16]

I want to wrap my interior trim with white carbon fiber and was curious if anyone knew the amount needed to do this? and the best vinyl to get?

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by F30Mo16

I want to wrap my interior trim with white carbon fiber and was curious if anyone knew the amount needed to do this? and the best vinyl to get?

White Carbon.....

Isn't that a contradiction.

[ooshnoo]

Nobody here would know since we have no idea how much of the interior you want to wrap.

[F30Mo16]

Originally Posted by ooshnoo

Nobody here would know since we have no idea how much of the interior you want to wrap.

Okay... I was assuming being on this thread and seeing people wrap their interior it would be a given.. I was mistaken.

Dash, iDrive console, door handles...

[F30Mo16]

Originally Posted by IK6SPEED

White Carbon.....

Isn't that a contradiction.

I have red interior with silver trimming.

I've seen it done before looks real clean.

[Billfitz]

I wrapped everything with a 2x4 foot piece with plenty left over. This shows most of what I wrapped:


I did the door handles, front and back, as well.
I used 3M DiNoc, color Gloss Bubinga.

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by F30Mo16

I have red interior with silver trimming.

I've seen it done before looks real clean.

Not my point.

Carbon is black

White Carbon is a contradiction in terms.

[F30Mo16]

Originally Posted by IK6SPEED

Not my point.

Carbon is black

White Carbon is a contradiction in terms.

Your point wasn't asked to be discussed in the first place, and we are all entitled to opinions. Thank you for yours.

[F30Mo16]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

I wrapped everything with a 2x4 foot piece with plenty left over. This shows most of what I wrapped:


I did the door handles, front and back, as well.
I used 3M DiNoc, color Gloss Bubinga.

Looks good! I've read different reviews about 3M 1080 and 3M DiNoc. How was your experience with DiNoc? It's said to be harder to work with but won't tear as easy as 1080.

Thanks for sharing those pics, was it difficult to do?

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by F30Mo16

Your point wasn't asked to be discussed in the first place, and we are all entitled to opinions. Thank you for yours.

You will learn that posting onto a forum that is open people will always give their opinions whether you like them or not.

And it still is a contradiction in terms.

[F30Mo16]

Originally Posted by IK6SPEED

You will learn that posting onto a forum that is open people will always give their opinions whether you like them or not.

And it still is a contradiction in terms.

I'm aware what an open forum is, thank you.

I appreciate your small lesson in carbon. Can you answer my original question on how much material would be needed to do the project I'm interested in doing on my car? or you are more interested in stating your point how it contradicts carbon and get more post counts? I just wasn't aware we were having a technicality debate in my OP.

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by F30Mo16

I'm aware what an open forum is, thank you.

I appreciate your small lesson in carbon. Can you answer my original question on how much material would be needed to do the project I'm interested in doing on my car? or you are more interested in stating your point how it contradicts carbon and get more post counts? I just wasn't aware we were having a technicality debate in my OP.

Vinyl looks like shit. It's, well, plastic.

Anyone who thinks it looks like the real thing doesn't have a sharper eye for detail.

So I would never use something to make my car more plastic.

[F30Mo16]

Originally Posted by IK6SPEED

Vinyl looks like shit. It's, well, plastic.

Anyone who thinks it looks like the real thing doesn't have a sharper eye for detail.

So I would never use something to make my car more plastic.

Thanks for your input.

[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by F30Mo16

Okay... I was assuming being on this thread and seeing people wrap their interior it would be a given.. I was mistaken.

Dash, iDrive console, door handles...

Why do you don't refer to the DIY section and the referring thread? There are plenty of information of dos and don'ts plus used sizes.

[Billfitz]

Originally Posted by F30Mo16

Looks good! I've read different reviews about 3M 1080 and 3M DiNoc. How was your experience with DiNoc? It's said to be harder to work with but won't tear as easy as 1080.
Thanks for sharing those pics, was it difficult to do?

I used 1080 in earlier projects, it does tear much more easily than DiNoc. Wrapping isn't difficult, once you get the hang of it. What's key is having a low temperature heat gun, like this:
https://www.amazon.com/ABN-Mini-Heat...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Hair dryers are too slow, high temp heat guns are too fast. Set the heat gun on a work bench so you can leave it running. Hold the work piece in one hand, very briefly place it in the hot air stream from the gun, stretch the vinyl in place with the other hand. Stretch small sections at a time. Also key to success is proper prepping. Get a can of this:
https://www.amazon.com/3M-Tape-Prime...3Q6QAFD2JFMAQM

Call it whatever color you wish, this is DiNoc wrapped:

[mlev]

I wrapped my interior with DiNoc dry CF. It lasted about 3 months before deciding I didn't like it. It has no true CF texture and everytime I looked at it, it just felt like I had a cheap sticker on everything. Ended up just buying the full dry M Perf CF interior trim set from Schmeidmann. $$$ up front that can mostly be returned via resale when/if I sell the car. To me, the wrapping looked good in pictures, but I just did not like it in person. Plenty of people are more than happy with it and it's cheap enough to "try out". 8sq ft is plenty.

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by mlev

I wrapped my interior with DiNoc dry CF. It lasted about 3 months before deciding I didn't like it. It has no true CF texture and everytime I looked at it, it just felt like I had a cheap sticker on everything. Ended up just buying the full dry M Perf CF interior trim set from Schmeidmann. $$$ up front that can mostly be returned via resale when/if I sell the car. To me, the wrapping looked good in pictures, but I just did not like it in person. Plenty of people are more than happy with it and it's cheap enough to "try out". 8sq ft is plenty.

Yep. Big difference in pics and real life....just as there is in Summer Heat/Interior Car Temps between New Hampshire and Scottsdale, AZ as the OP will eventually find out.

[19bis]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

I used 1080 in earlier projects, it does tear much more easily than DiNoc. Wrapping isn't difficult, once you get the hang of it. What's key is having a low temperature heat gun, like this:
https://www.amazon.com/ABN-Mini-Heat...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Hair dryers are too slow, high temp heat guns are too fast. Set the heat gun on a work bench so you can leave it running. Hold the work piece in one hand, very briefly place it in the hot air stream from the gun, stretch the vinyl in place with the other hand. Stretch small sections at a time. Also key to success is proper prepping. Get a can of this:
https://www.amazon.com/3M-Tape-Prime...3Q6QAFD2JFMAQM

How did you used the primer? Reading the reviews on Amazon, it sounds like the primer significantly increases adhesion, but makes it very difficult to reposition the wrap.

I looked at the gloss Bubinga, but ended up using Rosewood DiNoc. The first piece I wrapped (one of the rear door handles) didn't come out so great and is coming a bit loose around the edges. I will re-do it and will trim to leave more material to wrap around the back but was wondering if the primer woudl also help.

[Billfitz]

I brush the primer on, using plumber's acid brushes, which are very inexpensive. You don't reposition wrap. Apply it starting in the center of the work piece, then heat and stretch it over the edges in one shot. Be sure to prime the back side of the piece, failure to do that can result in it peeling. Cut the vinyl large enough to have at least a half inch of overlap to the back of the piece, trim it as much as necessary afterwards.

[19bis]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

I brush the primer on, using plumber's acid brushes, which are very inexpensive. You don't reposition wrap. Apply it starting in the center of the work piece, then heat and stretch it over the edges in one shot. Be sure to prime the back side of the piece, failure to do that can result in it peeling. Cut the vinyl large enough to have at least a half inch of overlap to the back of the piece, trim it as much as necessary afterwards.

What do you do when you have to work out a wrinkle? Working with odd-shaped trim pieces, there were a number of places where I had to lift the vinyl, heat, stretch, and lay it back down smoothly. Maybe that was just my poor novice technique.

[Billfitz]

Reheat, lift it, stretch it. Primer doesn't interfere with that.