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Carbon Look???

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:18 am
by KCSX
Ive decided that my interior needs to be refurbished and the thing is i cant decide if i wanna go with carbon fiber bit or just respray the plastic bits and keep it original

What would you guys go with carbon or matt black paint?0

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:40 am
by Charlvdw
Mine is mat black at present but im considering carbon. The thing is it has to be real carbon those stickers looked shit when i tried it.

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:00 am
by rat
hotstuff resprayed the plastic bit inside silver. looked really good

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:01 am
by KCSX
Auto style has this new carbon sheet sticker thing , but its priced at R 300 for 60cm X 40cm sheet , what do you think about that , think its worth it , any body try it?

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:08 am
by rat
i don't think the stickers will look good

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:08 am
by Charlvdw
Thats what ive tried and it looks kak. The color is not right to start with.

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:25 am
by KCSX
so i guess im gona go with spraying it , is the anything i need to do before i start spraying , sanding or priming ??

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:27 am
by Riekert
just sand it with a fine sand paper. and maybe use a plastic primer.

worked nicely on mine.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:27 am
by Charlvdw
Sorry man i had a second look at the autostyle stuff and its not the same i used i think it might look better then mine did.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:43 am
by KCSX
Yea they the cheap one that looks kak, and then the expensive on which looks like CF, i just dont know if it worth, how much would it cost to a proper 100% CF center console made?

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:55 am
by poizen
KCSX wrote:Yea they the cheap one that looks kak, and then the expensive on which looks like CF, i just dont know if it worth, how much would it cost to a proper 100% CF center console made?
3k or more

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:03 am
by Charlvdw
Ive seen this one dude who did his bemers bonnet and boot , it looks great. The only catch is that he did cf ontop of the metal so it looks the part but no weight reducktion.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:20 am
by Guy
Carbon look is gay, and looks gay. At the very least skin the parts with a layer or two of carbon if you want that look. Will be much cheaper than trying to have the part made entirely from carbon.