Well done

 

Very nice. I'd like to do my door panels. When the sun hits the black it almost looks like a different color and is very plastic looking. The CF looks great.

 

I did my roof rack today.











Door panels are probably next. I'm planning to remove them so I can wrap on a horizontal surface. I have a set of plastic panel removal tools coming this week so I don't scratch up the paint with screwdrivers.

 

Nice!!

 

Any recommendations on doing the side panels? Were those pieces fully removable? How much CF would I need?

Great job everyone. Looks great. I had the JCW CF dash in my 2004 MC and I loved it. I'd like to get some in my Countryman.


Thanks guys!

 

I never could get the door panels off, so I just wrapped the door trim while still on the car. The trim doesn't detach anyway, so it's not that much different. The trim is about 2 feet tall by roughly 5 feet long, so you need a minimum of 20 square feet for both sides of the car. You may be able to get by with less if you were really precise, but having some extra is nice. I ordered 25 square feet so I could do my roof rack as well. If you plan to do headlight/taillight rings you probably need another 4 square feet.

I'll post some pictures of mine when I get home. It turned out really well.

 

Here are a few shots:

 

Very nice! I have red interior envy!

 

Fantastic. Great job. I particularly like the strip you did across the dash board. I think I would prefer to just do that and the door trims. A little here and there goes a long way. I wouldn't want to go too crazy. As for the exterior I think i only want to hit the side scuttle trims.

Does this material have texture to it? I guess I should grab some samples from them.

Thanks again for the info and the great shots of the job you did.

 

What gets me is MINIs concept of where they decide to paint silver and black. Why are some rings black and others have silver. If I had a Countryman, I would do my best of to find a CM that does not have Sliver Mickey Mouse Ears. Needs to be black or cover that with CF. They really screwed up IMHO with the 2009 MCS models (my R56). All silver on them. Then 2011, they have the air vent rings sliver and the wheel controls and tach matte black and the horn ring gloss black.

They need to rethink their interior color design. Sorry, after seeing the Mickey Mouse Ears silver, I just had to say something.

Great job on the CF covering yourself by the way. I am now going to do my wavy checkers on the door panels sometime, the side scuttles, my gas cover, etc. All of my chrome has been plasti-dipped, but I am now going to wrap some parts.

Here's few things I have done thus far:

Left Cup Holder Ring:


Right Cup Holder Ring:


Hand Brake:


Key Fob:


I also cover any car parts with Di-Noc CF from MetroRestyling on the side, here's a pix of my friends Si boot handle:


Here's a customer's Soobie Center console and center dash, (I have yet to do it as he does not have the money available to pay, but this is what it will look like when I am finished:


IF anyone doesn't want to deal with the hassle of CF covering their parts they can send them to me. You can contact me at carbonfiberwrapping@gmail.com and we can further discuss what you want done and how long and how much it will cost.

 

Did you end up using the excess material after cutting the door trims for the smaller pieces like the dash and the steering wheel? On a related note, does removing the steering wheel pieces really involves disconnecting the battery and temporarily removing the airbag?

 

Yeah, I made reasonably accurate templates so I've have lots of leftover scrap for the small stuff.

You can possibly get the steering wheel doors off without removing the airbag, but I wouldn't recommend it. Taking it off is really simple.

I need to try wrapping my fob again. It was the first thing I tried and it turned out pretty bad so I pulled it off. I think I could do a lot better now that I have more experience.

 

How did you wrap the doors? Did you just press the excess in on the sides with the credit card looking thing? (sorry I don't know what it's name is.) How about the end, how did you get it to shape nicely near the door's edge?

Did you take off that part of the dash above the glove compartment to wrap it?

 

How did you remove the side air vent surrounds and the side wheel spoke with the paddles in the way of the screws?

 

I cut the vinyl just a little bit long and then used a microspatula to push it into the gap. I then used a scalpel to cut off excess as needed. (Microspatulas are commonly used in book repair, and my wife is a librarian, otherwise I never would have even heard of it.)

The end is pretty tricky. I cut a lot of lateral slices and then layer them over each other. It's what I do on most curved pieces and turns out well if you get the cuts just right. Some turned out pretty well, but some are a little lumpy. None of them are perfect, but it's really not noticeable.

I wrapped those pieces in place. The one by the glove box isn't too bad, but the two by the steering wheel are a pain. Again, the curved ends are a bit lumpy, but it doesn't really bother me. If I could figure out how to get them off, I could do a much better job.

 

Interesting.... Just took delivery off the dealer's lot of a Pepper White Clubman, the interior has some PW bits I'da rather had something darker, like the carbon-fiber pattern on my traded-in R56. This just might be the ticket if'n I can figure out how to do the dash panel behind the tach!

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Is everyone removing the steering wheel trim to do the vinyl or are you doing it right on the steering wheel?

I've been trying to find information on how to remove the pieces and I am seeing all different info. If anyone could tell me how to remove these pieces, I'd really appreciate it.

 

The easiest way is to remove the trim. I have a post a page back where I talk about how to remove them. I'd post a link, but I'm on my phone.

 

Is there anyone in the SoCal area willing to help me out with this?

 

Hi can you give some tips for roof racks?
How to do it, it seems perfect, I have carbon fiber vinyl

 

Can someone tell me how to remove those trims off the doors so I can redo Them? Please
Thank you
I have Googledone 100 times and can't come up with anything. I have a 09 r56.
Ben