home brewed carbon trim

[quattronutter]

i had a big sheet of carbon left over from a job ,which i had forgotten all about so thought i would make my own carbon trims,took me all of 20 mins to cut shape and paint with 8 coats of ici clear laquer,door and rear quarter trims in progress,will post more pics when completed... http://www.msnusers.com/vagpictures/...oto&PhotoID=19

[Chris M]

Nice red G60 Mk2 Oh and S2 of course

Cheers,

Chris

[quattronutter]

cheers dude,silver s2 now gone but replaced by new project black s2 all ready for some engine mods.....

[quattronutter]

finally got 5 mins to finish my carbon trims,going to make some lower door and quater panel trims from carbon too will post some more pics when completed..http://www.msnusers.com/vagpictures/...oto&PhotoID=20

[BRY]

Nice job, looks cool

[quattronutter]

cheers dude

[Acidburn]

Sorry for bringing an old thread back to life but how did you get on with this?

[quattronutter]

easy enough to replicate,dont think i have the photos anymore,carbon cut to shape of the interior trims,5 coats of 2k laquer for a nice deep finish then bonded to the original aluminium trim pieces after peeling of the perforated leather

[Acidburn]

did yours have the blue flek in it like genuine or was it just normal carbon?

[quattronutter]

did yours have the blue flek in it like genuine or was it just normal carbon?

normal carbon,without the blue weave

[UrS4boy]

I recently completed the DIY instructions for overlaying the C4 UrS-car automatic climate control surround with carbon fibre cloth and resin. Darin Nederhoff has graciously offered to host the pdf on S-cars.org. The link is:

http://tinyurl.com/2qlmqe

Dave F.

[Error404]

I've been thinking about doing this for a few bits and pieces just becasue i'm a bit of a carbon tart

Looks quite tricky to get right, but worth the effort

Was that your first attempt Dave? Any pics of the fitted article?

[UrS4boy]

I've been thinking about doing this for a few bits and pieces just becasue i'm a bit of a carbon tart Looks quite tricky to get right, but worth the effort Was that your first attempt Dave? Any pics of the fitted article?

The surround in the photo was my second attempt. The first attempt turned out equally fine but with a few flaws that only I would find. The first one was over a walnut surround (which is two pieces, the metal-backed walnut veneer-plywood clips into a plastic base that clips into the console (at least on a C4)). The second, shown in the photos was over a plain black plastic one-piece surround like in my 93 S4 (with CF trim).

The link to my first results is at:

http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/210092.phtml

I had no clue when I started so I presume that with my instructions others will be able to do this without mistakes the first time. (Hopefully). No photos of the installed piece (yet).

Dave F.

[Puglife]

http://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/carbon-fiber-motorcycle-parts/

good link with advice for making up CF parts and homemade vacuum forming...