My interior trim pieces were badly ruined before I bought the car, so I decided to remove the carbon fiber pieces and try out some hydrographics.

I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, it looks slick.

So now onto the big question, should I do the faded center hood scoop to match?

 

that looks amazing! great job man. I wouldn't do any exterior pieces with it though

 

looks awesome

 

Very nice(in my best Borat voice) Just don't do anything on the outside

 

Is it vinyl wrap? Do they apply it or do you?

 

No, hydrographics. Look it up on YouTube or something. It's really neat actually.

What shop did you get this done at, if you dont mind me asking?..

 

It what they call hydrographics, or hydro dipping, or water transfer printing.

It is a film that is laid into a water tank, chemically activated, and then the part is dipped through the film and into the water. After rinsing and drying, the part is clear coated. No vinyl to peel away or fade out.

 

STB Coatings in Portland. I kind of regret it just because they took way too long to do it. And I just found out about another, closer guy that does it.

 

In the first two pics, what is that brown-redish like under the seat insert? Is that faded? I would try to cover that up some, but it looks great.

 

When I got the car, the original owner had glued some carbon fiber overlays onto the seat surrounds, and all of the dash trim. That's why I re-coated all of this. Everything was covered in 3-4 different kinds of glue. What you're seeing on the seat is one kind of glue. There are a couple spots where they got some on the door panel too. Sucks, but its a 50K mile used car, so oh well.

 

Hmm.. Can you dye it black, or somehow turn it black instead of that ugly brownish color?

 

I like how it's original, but I would never do that to my car. Looks like some low rider style stuff...

 

Yea. Def original, and the work looks top notch. But I wouldn't ever go with a "skull" kind of thing. I could see a CF look..

Does this stuff fade over time, or yellow?

 

Wow that's pretty clean

 

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