so i just recently found out about hydro dipping

i know its been around for a long time i just have never seen this til about yesterday

def wanna try this on some interior pieces


Carbon Fiber and Camo wheel dip - YouTube

 

wow. very interesting. i wonder how well it holds.

 

yeah idk about rims or not, but def some of the silver/gray interior pieces in the cobalt would look really good carbon fiber, i know you can do inlays but i think this would be a hell of a lot easier

 

im sure alot of aftermarket companies have been doing this on parts for years, i just never knew about it lol

 

ya. ive been comtimplating painting my interior trim pieces(the gray pieces) for awhile now. but dunno wat i would use and i figure it looks sorta tacky. but carbon fiber look does look good.

 

yeah, i have a yellow cobalt and i just dont care for the gray pieces being paint matched, buddy of mine did it all flat black and had the black hvac and a black indash so it looked really good.

 

thats ****** awesome. I think one of the guys i talk to a lot around here at car shows got a few things on his GT500 done like this with the carbon fiber look. I'd love to do this to my TC wheels with the Carbon fiber. would definately be unique.

 

yea for sure, just wanna know how well it holds up from rock chips and what not, looked up prices and its not bad i think 100 for a kit, idk how big the sheets are or how many, but looked pretty decently priced.

 

I've seen it done on an evo with digital camo

 

Maven just did this with his current set of retros I believe, Talk to him and see what he thinks about it.

 

yeah his carbon fiber lights look pretty good

 

Yea, I also wonder how durable the paint is.

 

that would b sick on my TC wheels. wuts the pricing i kno it has to be hella expensive

 

yea Maven's lights are done like this, but i just wrapped my interior trim the beginning of the week with 3D CF vinyl if you just want that look ... $22 bucks at metrorestyling.com for a 48" x 24" sheet and i only used 2/3 of it so i may wrap my mirror covers come spring time... there's a couple spots that were tough as hell to make smooth but it didnt turn out bad and i've had nothing but compliments so far, here's a pic....

 

I have my interior trim hydro dipped. I did it back when it was a fairly new process. Only myself and one other member (who did the job for me) had this done. Here's some pics:

Before:



















After:









Installed:























Honestly, after six years with this trim, the only problem I have is the some (very little) of the gloss black part is chipping and cracking. I think as popular as it is now, I could find someone to redo this part for me. If not, I don't mind spraying it down with some paint.

Here's a pic though of the other member (no longer posts here) who did it for me:





Like I said, I got this done when it was brand new. So yes, it was very expensive. It cost (if I remember correctly) about 700-850 for everything I did with the trim. So I imagine it would cost ball park around that much for wheels today, if not slightly more expensive.

 

 

I guess I'm just going to good hydro dipping around my area. lol