Carbon Fiber Woes, ... need some advice. Options

[KAOS]

I'm having a hard time completing the vision I have for my car because of the lack of parts readily available.

Here's my dilemma; I need a CF ST205 hood.

- RTP costs an arm and a leg to ship overseas (great quality materials, but definitely out of my price range)
- Seibon make a CF replica of the ST205 hood, but I've heard nightmarish stories about their fitment; enough to make me NOT want their product.
- not a fan of the look alikes (ie, Cyclone, etc)

Here is my thought; the ST205 oem hood is amazingly light. and the best part is, its OEM and fits great!

I'm thinking I will just use a CF wrap to achieve the look I need, as the performance of weight reduction probably wouldn't be worth the cost right now.

3M Di-NOC Carbon Fiber Vinyl wrap has come highly recommended. But the look of it is obviously fake. Is it feasible to wrap with the vinyl overlay, and then put resin / hardener on top?

I would attempt the REAL carbon fiber wrap, but I'm afraid I would screw up the weave on a big peice like the hood. Can't have that.

Thoughts or ideas guys? How big of a sheet would I need to properly cover the ST205 hood?

[yellowchinaman]

All carbon Vinyl wrap looks so fake it's stupid to even call it carbon. If you're going to have a vinyl wrap, never put on anything with real carbon cos they look totally different side by side.
I'd say if you're gonna wrap it the wrap it in real carbon. At least it won't make your car look cheap.