Painting your interior, removing carbon fiber stuff...... Options

[Eddo456]

When i bought the car, the guy already had some carbon fiber kit installed on the inside, and due to the extream heat in florida and sun, the damn thing cracked, and i think it looks cheesy, so how hard would it be to remove it and paint the bottom surface??? Would i need to sand it down? Just wondering and any suggestions would be great

[Charlie97L]

it should just pull off. maybe there will be some adhesive stuck to the panels, but it wouldn't have like, damaged them or anything. get a hair dryer and heat up the CF first, it wil make it easier to get off.

[TiG4]

I just did this same thing with a woodgrain kit so i could install my CF kit. Just get a heat gun and heat it in sections for example heat the driver door part that goes over the window switches. Get it pretty hot (but watch out not to melt your doors plasxtic) then get a tiny screwdriver and peel off the corner, then with your hands pull it off, it should come off and you might have to pul;l hard, dont worry if the poanel comes out you can snap it back in. Most likely there will be glue left over on the panel, so just get your heat gun, heat it up as much as possible,a and start at one end and kind of with a rolling rubbing motion start rolling it off, it will kind of roll into like a paper towel looking roll or something. If that doesnt work, i used carbeurator cleaner and a shop rag, just spray the stuff on there and take the rag and rub. It WILL all come off. It took me about 2 hours to do the whole thing and another 30 minutes to put the cf on.

Hope this helps.

George