See you can now get WHITE and SILVER

 

nothing like a bit of free advertising ay Kenny

 

Scoobynet discount

 

My attempt at 3M carbon

 

My attempt at 3M carbon

 

I used a few pieces, one from the cut, which folded in, then made parts to fit, plenty of heat got them to work.

 

Has anyone had any problems with it wrinkling on a hot day? I covered some interior bits in my bug eye last night and today its was a hot day and they are all wrinkled?

 

yeah on my bugeye centre console stuff. some has peeled away etc. think its down to my skills as my roof hasnt moved

 

HAs anyone used he 3m glue before sticking this stuff down?

Ricey

 

Only one of my door parts had come un-stuck in the corner where it folds in tight, guess because its in such a tight gap and a tight bend if come away in the heat from the sun. I just re-heated it with the hair dryer and pushed it back in place firmly, been ok since-that was 3 weeks ago now.

 

You new age owners have got it easy, spent the evening doing my classic dash trims



Done more but didn't get pics

 

^^very nice! More pics!!!

 

this is all the rage right now in thailand, many cars have got this vinyl film. i saw a pastel pink vinyl filmed porsche at the motor show recently

 

Yes mate, every hot day I have bubbles that seem to appear and the film is lifting from the tight corners! Not impressed!

Anyone with 3M contacts or sellers of this stuff?

 

Have the same thing on my 2 front panels.

I think its where I over streched it as the 2 rears and radio panel, and boot are fine. Mine was the 3m. I think there is a fine line between streched and over stereched under heat.

 

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...TI/CFTrim9.jpg

 

Could this 3M Carbon vinyl stuff be coated with a clear lacquer after covering something to give it a gloss finish?

 

I think someone tried that early on in this thread but it didn't work very well.

 

As rich said mate, a company tried it but couldnt get the weeve to show through correctly after a top coat.

 

The clear coat doesn't seem to work well, I used some on my grill, wanted it to blend in more with the real glossy carbon, so gave a few coats of clear, it made it glossy..........but it lost some of it weave/texture look.

But on another part I did, I only gave it one coat, the look is still there, but its not as glossy. Looks like you have to reach a happy medium with it.

 

Any pics Darren?

was going to do the overcoat the roof for protection buy didnt want to lose any effect

 

If I were you I wouldn't risk it on the roof, too bigger part if you dont like it.
I didn't take any pics of the part I gave one coat to, as it doesn't show that much the gloss. The grill part is very hard to see as it was right on the sides and they are tucked away ,only covered that part because there was a tiny gape and it anoyed me lol.

I'll take some and see how they come out for you.

 

My feelings too mate, as soon as i saw someone had tried it i decided against it and sold the real carbon bits. glossy bonnet and matte roof dont go

 

The front grill is too hidden for the sides that I put some 3M on, but it really had made the effect a lot left, glossy but dark.

Heres one that only had one coat of clear applied, when its up against none laquered carbon you can just see its different but on its own I'd so no. I still say I wouldn't spray your whole roof, you just won't get the right result to match the bonnet, as I said, yes it will be glossy BUT it goes so dark.

 

has anyone done some morrete bugeye lights? just bought some and cant be arsed to get them sprayed. how much will I need to do it??

 

morettes were to hard!!! done the interior bits and my bonnet though, have to say the bonnet was much easier than I expected. heres some pics, what do you think?






James

 

Looks good!

Ricey

 

cheers ricey, im going to do the roof next.

 

wrong thread! doh!

 

Looking good James

Roofs look great but im biased