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Offline sharki786

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carbon wrapping in birmingham & how much
« on: 25 April 2012, 10:13 »
thinking about getting the door cards wrapped and the dash, lower glove box & the centre console. How much will i be looking at? I need individual prices. Also if anyone on here can do it for me please pm me with prices and i will let you know. Thanks
p.s the door cards will be leather.
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Re: carbon wrapping in birmingham & how much
« Reply #1 on: 25 April 2012, 11:23 »
you know this won't make your car any lighter don't you?  :wink:

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Re: carbon wrapping in birmingham & how much
« Reply #2 on: 25 April 2012, 11:32 »
you know this won't make your car any lighter don't you?  :wink:

haha c0ck!
Na nt interested in lightening the car otherwise id empty out the boot. just bored with the inside of it.
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Re: carbon wrapping in birmingham & how much
« Reply #3 on: 25 April 2012, 11:34 »
you know this won't make your car any lighter don't you?  :wink:

haha c0ck!
Na nt interested in lightening the car otherwise id empty out the boot. just bored with the inside of it.

charming!  :grin:

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Re: carbon wrapping in birmingham & how much
« Reply #4 on: 25 April 2012, 11:37 »
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Re: carbon wrapping in birmingham & how much
« Reply #5 on: 25 April 2012, 11:40 »
Contrary to popular belief it won't add BHP either  :sad: I learned the hard way  :lipsrsealed:

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Re: carbon wrapping in birmingham & how much
« Reply #6 on: 25 April 2012, 11:53 »
Nor will it look good imo.

Small bits of carbon wrap look fine. big things look gash. especially as when youve seen proper carbon you will notice the difference between wrap and proper carbon.

imo either pay to have it made properly (will be expensive) or do a small amount.

even with it all done in proper carbon i dont think it will look too good. Be too much.

as for prices. youde proberbly be looking at 75 quid + for materials. then the labour of  them taking car apart and wrapping each thing individually.

Give it a go yourself. its not that hard. just heat up and stick on. remember when using carbon though a littlee strech is fine. but too much and you distort the pattern so can need cutting for tight parts.

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Re: carbon wrapping in birmingham & how much
« Reply #7 on: 25 April 2012, 12:20 »
Do it yourself considering 1.5x1.5m of wrap is £35. All you need is a squigee and heat gun. I did two bonnets already as I was quoted the £200 on the lowest end. Not paying that IMO, but its not as hard as it looks, for big things a set of extra hands is required.


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Re: carbon wrapping in birmingham & how much
« Reply #8 on: 25 April 2012, 15:17 »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmcdGmYexd8

This is quite neat. I think you can buy kits to do it yourself too.

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Re: carbon wrapping in birmingham & how much
« Reply #9 on: 25 April 2012, 23:03 »
thanks peeps :cool:
wont be doing the dash as some of you say and my mate also advised me not to.
il just do the door card (plastic bits) and the centre console and the lower glove box.

thanks guys
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