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Old May 12, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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DIY carbon fiber wrapping

saw this on the lexus site. seems they are just wrapping with carbon fiber cloth and forgoing the resin and clear which are the really hard parts and the end result looks pretty good at least in picture form. My dash is in pretty decent shape but this might not be a bad and inexpensive solution to the peeling dash problem.

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-s...-wrapping.html
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Old May 12, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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Wish I saw this a year ago when my dash was out, damn it looks pretty good!
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Old May 14, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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That looks good. I wonder how it holds up over time without the resin/clear coat though.
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Old May 14, 2009 | 02:26 PM
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It's not true carbon fiber, its a synthetic cloth that resembles CF patterns. It is getting more and more popular these days and I've seen a few BMWs with it done. Definantly looks sharp and costs a bit less then doing true CF.
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Old May 20, 2009 | 12:56 AM
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This is tempting . . .
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Old May 20, 2009 | 09:18 AM
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makes me want to find some cheap beat up 93 platics and give it a shot also but just dont have the time at the moment.
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Old May 20, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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where did he get that CF cloth from ?
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Old May 20, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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+1, where do you get that cloth from?
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Old May 20, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Cheapest company out there right now is http://www.neffywrap.com/ or to sign up on the bmw forums and get in on the group buy (prices are almost the same)
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Old May 20, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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man that is tempting...
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Old May 20, 2009 | 04:13 PM
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Just saw this and I LOVE IT!! I can't wait to do this...i've got a whole bunch of stuff in mind I just bought about 12'
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Old May 20, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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Just saw this and I LOVE IT!! I can't wait to do this...i've got a whole bunch of stuff in mind I just bought about 12'
sweet, please report back with pics once you get going. The lexus guys make it sound like it is very easy to work with even around curves so if you can confirm this that would be great.
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Old May 20, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Ali RX7
sweet, please report back with pics once you get going. The lexus guys make it sound like it is very easy to work with even around curves so if you can confirm this that would be great.

I do stuff like this for a living pretty much. I wrap cars and just about anything and everything you can think of so this falls right in line with that. I'm wrapping my FD very soon and will do the interior with this stuff.

I'll post pics of whatever i do up for sure!
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