interior trim, looking for suggestions. Options

[MisterRay]

Im really against painting the interior car parts ae it looks terrible and devalues the car a lot and 2nd the paint smudges and lets go after a while lol, each to there own tho
keep it standard best way is what i reckon

Iv had paint in my car for last 2 yrs. it hasn't rubbed off or "melted" or nothing. there's a bit of chipping where I dropped stuff or caught it with a screwdriver but that's it. u always kept urs black?

[Box]

Im really against painting the interior car parts ae it looks terrible and devalues the car a lot and 2nd the paint smudges and lets go after a while lol, each to there own tho
keep it standard best way is what i reckon

If you know what you're doing it turns out nice and holds just fine, the secret is in preparation and using the proper primer, paint, and clear.

[PegGTS]

This is what I have planned for my interior (in carbon fiber)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgEjrtBprlo

This post has been edited by PegGTS: May 10, 2014 - 2:53 PM

[MisterRay]

This is what I have planned for my interior (in carbon fiber)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgEjrtBprlo

iv thought about doing alloy wheels with hydro graphics but im really not sure how well it would hold up. its too expensive to try and then **** it up lol but graphic possibilites are endless with them tho! dont you think our interior pieces are too "thin"/not enuff surface space to do stuff like that?

[smkr3w]

I've had red painted interior, woodgrain wrap and now carbon fiber wrap.

+1 for CF..


mines original 3m black cf.. I'm a fan of complimenting colors vs contrasting colors. When i had mine in red it became rough to look at after awhile.

[hotgt4]

Im really against painting the interior car parts ae it looks terrible and devalues the car a lot and 2nd the paint smudges and lets go after a while lol, each to there own tho
keep it standard best way is what i reckon

Iv had paint in my car for last 2 yrs. it hasn't rubbed off or "melted" or nothing. there's a bit of chipping where I dropped stuff or caught it with a screwdriver but that's it. u always kept urs black?

Oh ok yeah ive seen a few of my mates cars where they painted the interior parts and its let go and smudges. they must of used crap paint.

But yeah ive always kept my interior black original colour. looks mean when you shine the black interior up.

every ones different tho

[hotgt4]

Im really against painting the interior car parts ae it looks terrible and devalues the car a lot and 2nd the paint smudges and lets go after a while lol, each to there own tho
keep it standard best way is what i reckon

If you know what you're doing it turns out nice and holds just fine, the secret is in preparation and using the proper primer, paint, and clear.

yes your right about preparation. And if you now what your doing.
But its not my thing. each to there own, its your car so do what you want to it

[MisterRay]

I've had red painted interior, woodgrain wrap and now carbon fiber wrap.

+1 for CF..


mines original 3m black cf.. I'm a fan of complimenting colors vs contrasting colors. When i had mine in red it became rough to look at after awhile.

im a huge fan of contrasting colours but since my car is mainly black and red i thought i would add a third as an accent colour. and you are right the red has become a little rough to look at lol that cf wrap looks good. how is it holding up? have u had it for long? my centre console is wrapped in brushed aluminium atm. looks good but it has that "fake shiny" look to it if u know what i mean hence why i want a paint job. maybe a satin finish

[yellowchinaman]

Ive never been a fan of carbon viny. Other then the 4D carbon from china whicb isnt conformable, none looks real.
Hyreodipping is worse. Ive seen hundreads and only ever seen one good print which looks like real carbon.
Nothing beats the real deal.
http://s732.photobucket.com/user/rt-perfor...Interior%20Skin

[MisterRay]

Ive never been a fan of carbon viny. Other then the 4D carbon from china whicb isnt conformable, none looks real.
Hyreodipping is worse. Ive seen hundreads and only ever seen one good print which looks like real carbon.
Nothing beats the real deal.
http://s732.photobucket.com/user/rt-perfor...Interior%20Skin

On average how much would it cost to skin the items in a couple layers of carbon fibre like that in the pic? ur right... nothing beats the real thing damn. looks so good

[Box]

Kind of makes you wonder. The 3M vinyl isn't necessarily cheap, probably real carbon fiber wouldn't be too much. Since it's not structural you could get away with lower grades as long as it still looked good.

[MisterRay]

Kind of makes you wonder. The 3M vinyl isn't necessarily cheap, probably real carbon fiber wouldn't be too much. Since it's not structural you could get away with lower grades as long as it still looked good.

agree but im sure carbon cloth is thicker than vinyl wrap. woudnt it stop the trim from fitting back in place properly? im gonna look into cf skinning n see how much it will cost to have som1 do it for me or to buy kits

[Box]

Was messing with some fiberglass cloth yesterday and it's fairly thin, I'd imagine carbon fiber wouldn't be any thicker. It's thinner than the good vinyl, so I'd imagine it'd be easier to worth with in that regard.

[MisterRay]

Was messing with some fiberglass cloth yesterday and it's fairly thin, I'd imagine carbon fiber wouldn't be any thicker. It's thinner than the good vinyl, so I'd imagine it'd be easier to worth with in that regard.

Prices for a decent skinning kit start at about £45 tho. but theres enough carbon cloth jus to maybe cover the centre console trim properly. includes resin n all. but if it is thin I will keep that in mind as spray painting will cost around 50ish

[Box]

I just looked earlier and actual carbon fiber cloth is a good bit cheaper than the 3M 1080 vinyl. At least that's the case with buying off the U.S. eBay site. One of the carbon fiber cloths I found was a 36" x 50" square for $32 OBO plus shipping, was .009" thick as well. I'd imagine would be much easier to work with than vinyl and it's actually cheaper. If I go to redo interior again I'm considering it.

[MisterRay]

I just looked earlier and actual carbon fiber cloth is a good bit cheaper than the 3M 1080 vinyl. At least that's the case with buying off the U.S. eBay site. One of the carbon fiber cloths I found was a 36" x 50" square for $32 OBO plus shipping, was .009" thick as well. I'd imagine would be much easier to work with than vinyl and it's actually cheaper. If I go to redo interior again I'm considering it.

That's a really good price. I might have to start buying from US. everything here is a ripoff lol

[MisterRay]

After seeing the trim colour on my m8s Vauxhall astra Iv decided to go with gloss black for the centre console trim and a pearlescent grey/silver for the door bits and vents etc. hopefully Will look good. gotta buy the paint soon