Dreamer said:Just done my dash strip with the carbon film. Looks good.
Just wondering if im brave enough to get the center console out now
Srhutch, do you have the rest of the pictures to that italian guide? Just looking at it and im not sure of a few things, does the gear shift need to come of?
looks good the door handles are a nice easy job to start with and gets you used to handeling the materealMr Whippy said:Got mine from the depot this morning.
End of tube was a bit damaged, so one end of the roll is a bit iffy, bit annoying but hey ho.
Nice stuff to use, but to do nicely it takes ages, and tight corners are a bugger, lots of cutting and re-forming and taking out wedges to get nice curves etc.
Here are my door handles. Now, one thing to look out for. The part is diagonal vs the 'grid' of the fabric, which made the visible line that reflects normally on the passenger handle have horizontal lines. I copied that for the drivers side, but interestingly, I think, the fabric would need to be at 90deg, because my drivers handle has the lines going down.
So just watch out for that. If you are doing something that you mirror I *think* you need to rotate the fabric 90deg... since my sheet of stuff was the cut-out on the sheet so "should" have worked ok
Have some spare handles in almost mint nick, so covered up these tatty ones. Quite like it actually, feel very nice in hand and with good corners you really can't tell that it's a fabric overlay!
Dave
klarky said:got my wrap last week, just done the dash tonight, wasnt too bad actually. top tip i can give is dont use a hair dryer, i held the bit i wanted to heat near a halogen spot light we have in the kitchen for 3 -4 seconds. it heats the exact area you want rather than big sections so easy to pull / stretch tight. ill be doing the door pulls this weekend and then center console, maybe a few more bits after that depending on what i have left
TBH I dont think a cable tie will be good enough as the clip also acts as a wedge. With the cable tie I think the panel might not sit flush, an also will be harder to remove next time. I removed my clip by going through the air vent.
beware the clip at the passenger side holding the dash piece in, mine wouldnt budge so have to take the glove box out. in the end i pushed it out from the bottom with a pair of plyers, think ill cable tie that in rather than using the clip again!
Dreamer said:Yep you squeeze it together. Mine was an absolute WRESTLE to get out! :x
A bit of a warning to everyone about the wrap...Mine has now suffered from heat through the windows and in tight corners has 'webbed' if that makes sense to you all. Kinda like the skin from your thumb to your finger!
Im wondering wether to take it all out and start pulling it tight again or have the pieces sprayed now.
Im taking the car down south of france soon and the temperature will be pretty high so not sure how the wrap will cope.
Tweed said:don't give up so easily Taz... a carbon dash would look sooooo good in your car, really would finish it off. I say go for it... I'm sure if we tried we could find a home for your piano dashTaz x said:
to you then
