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Old 05-12-2011, 10:35 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by christian370z View Post
That looks really good, the weave definitely looks more realistic than di-noc. What is the texture like? Shame about the damage though, you made the best of it.
The texture feels like it looks. If that makes sense. It is not flat if that helps.
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Originally Posted by FastPaced View Post
Wow, great job! Do you think a novice (like myself haha) could do something like that? What tools did you use? I'm really thinking about CF wrapping my panels as it would be much cheaper to do it myself.
I'm a novice too. This was the first time I had done anything like this.
Remember. This isn't real Carbon Fiber. It's vinyl.
I used 3M Adhesion Promoter to make the surface tackier so that the bond was better. I used a plastic putty knife as a squeegee. I also used a heat gun to soften the material and it also helps it form around the edges of the lid.
When you take the covering off of the lid, there is a "trough" that made space for the stitched seam. I filled it in with Bondo (also my first time).
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