evoluXrichie

So you are saying that the real carbon looks fake, so go buy the fake stickers and have that put on so it looks more real?? I'm confused...

ILowNslowI

Great write up!!! looks awesome...id like to see the finished product installed

Fishstix

iTrader: (1)

You want a shiny interior like the one presented in the original post?

The 3M vinyl is a dry carbon imitation. It will look better.

beetle_orange

iTrader: (58)

^pics?

tundeclips

iTrader: (2)

3m vinyl for the win! seen it done in my shop and it looks good plus you can choose the shade of carbon or choose to have it BBY to match your exterior (very nice touch) seen it done on a custom G35 sub trunk layout and a lambo orange evo interior and the colour match carbon is a real treat for the eyes. and WAYYYYYY less hassle. Glue and a heat gun and you're game. Sounds stupid that it looks better than real carbon but when someone finds lambo orange dry carbon i can buy by the yard...PM me

Fishstix

iTrader: (1)

Yeah, they have it in silver, gray, black, and gold. It's quality stuff. I'll post pics when I get home from work, but if you google it you can find some examples.

rogue

iTrader: (34)

Looks good. How do you ensure a straight weave when casting it.

Evostare

iTrader: (2)

3M Vinyl Wrap, not mine but got it from the net. Looks pretty damn good.

msterrorist

iTrader: (7)

the 3M stuff looks like ****, real carbon wrapped parts ftw, I have a bunch of my interior wrapped in real carbon

ILowNslowI

where did you get this!!!

flyguycfi

iTrader: (4)

I would bet you $100 you can't tell the difference from 5 feet. You can't possibly deny that the picture above looks like **** or you are full of it yourself.

Fishstix

iTrader: (1)

The 3M stuff is great. I can see why people would prefer carbon fiber on parts of the car where weight reduction is practical, but the 3M is an economical alternative that looks just as good for the other parts.

PlayinWithFire

iTrader: (3)

fishstix... he is using real CF in the first post... you can see the woven carbon fraying at the ends.

Carbon fiber represents a high performance material adding strength and reducing weight in its conventional usage. Coming from someone who is infatuated with overall look and design produced by the weave of the fiber, I find any imitation an "epic-fail", if you will, of an attempt to try to bring the same point across. You can't beat the real thing in this case and saying that the imitation would provide a "better" look seems quite comical to me.

RaysEvoX

iTrader: (3)

I agree, nothing beats real carbon fiber. It looks the same at a distance. If you are getting it for looks, more than likely people will be looking at your car close up, and they will be able to tell it isnt real carbon fiber.

kajida

Good job at going at it on your own!