It's easy on simple parts, more complicated shapes get more tricky.
And tight curves or angles r a bitch lol

 

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On interior on the trim edges is there an easy way to wrap it? And is real carbon from cloth better looking in person then the cheap vynl kind? Haven't seen much real carbon and never kind done by someone from the cloth kind

Also how many yards would it take to do the interior trim?

 

Well carbon fiber hood and stuff start out as fabric so that should answer that. And I'd like to think a yard would do the dash trim seeing as its 1 yard x 50-60"

 

Yes real carbon looks better then the vinyl

 

Oh ok. Sorry I'm very Unknowledgable in this area.

 

No worries man just trying to be helpful. Whenever I wonder something I google it and look for vids on youtube. Been researching it for years but can't talk myself up enough to invest in the carbon fiber and resin to learn with. It would be an expensive mistake if I messed up. When I get ahead on money and can find bumpers for my civic I'd like to repaint it in morpheous metallic and use the purple cf for the hood and roof.

 

joe if you really want to practice try with fiberglass. you can go to a local autozone and pick up a small container of resin and some fiberglass mat for 10-15 bucks maybe (even thou buying it online or in bulk is way cheaper)

i really really recomend you dont try to cover something with CF cosmetically as your first attempt. its not "hard" however it is a skill and removing it isnt easy

 

Lol I've been doing fiberglass work for years now. Had to fix body work on bikes and other parts. Even built a custom seat cowl out of an old ripped up.pillion seat with woven fiberglass and bondo. Built the hump out of cardboard. I wrecked the bike a couple years ago and never got a pic of the finished product. Plus its been missplaced wih parts for the bike.

 

I had pics in my old phone of the process all the way up to the bondo

 

then you should be good... the epoxy resin isnt as forgiving as the polyester but otherwise its the same

 

I'm using polyester resin

 

Is be too afraid to use polyester resin cause of the yellow tint it has.

 

Check out my cf dash trim thread to c the look of real carbon dash pieces. A yard is more than u need to do a dash

Which is y we use epoxy resin and even then a uv clear on top

 

That was in refference to him saying he is using polyester resin.

 

I know. I was agreeing with u

 

The resin is pure 100% clear

 

And has the uv resistant crap in it already

 

where did u buy the resin? i was under the impression that only epoxy could be clear (not all epoxy is clear though)

 

May stil want to consider uv clear. That all in one crap works, well, like crap. And would hate to c that not come out right

 

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bump for updates and more pics!

 

Will update as soon as I get more done lol

Last coat of resin is going on in the mornin on the tv mount
Rear deck pieces r ready for a polish

 

Couple drips to trim off on the under side , but ready for a polish

 

Amazing what a qwik buff will do