carbon wrapped vinyl over wood trim.
 

The wife and I aren't big fans of wood trim so I began wrapping my wood trim pieces in CF vinyl
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I did not remove the glovebox because the panel is held in by rivets.
I'll be doing the doors tomorrow if I can figure out how to pull the trim (looks like the aluminum trim below the wood is screwed in :confused:

Looks good! I haven't seen this on an e70 yet. Did u use 3M Di-noc?

i had some Dinoc like stuff from metrorestyling.com
I was wrapping my roof of my Evo and it ripped, so i took it all off and started using it to wrap random x5 parts

It is the 3M 1080 finish. The dinoc is more of a matte finish, which is what I personally prefer for the interior and resembles the factory carbon fiber look for the interior trim the most.

Not my car, but I do vinyl work, and this is one of the cars I did.

http://www.wannaberacer.com/vinylwra...oofwrap421.jpg

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-Don

Just do the doors in place...
 

Did mine this past summer...

Here is a thread from Energetic about doing this.
http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...vs-carbon.html

FYI, I did the doors and console with the trim in place. It's pretty easy to do if you take your time. Hint: Cut the material about 1/4" longer/wider than needed and tuck it in between the trim and the leather. A heat gun or hair dryer will help. Use a sharp exacto knife and go slowly to cut it along the aluminum trim strips.

Enjoy!

not bad at all

Great job! I love playing with Di-Noc (we have it available HERE), my car is on the over side of being wrapped B pillars, trim, most of the center console :rofl:

James with ECS Tuning

Looks Great! Nicely done! :thumbup:

I've been thinking alot about doing this lately. but I hate the thought of removing the center console to do the long trim panels on next to the seats. How did you wrap it without taking the center console out? the panel goes under the dash and console lids. did you apply any primer?

so far i've only done the steering wheel controls in 3m di-noc cuz the peeling was starting to look really bad.

can you post some pics of your wrap?

CF Wrap
 

Hi,

My dash/glove box pictures look pretty much like the others in the post, but here are a couple of the center console.

Cut a couple of long skinny pieces and start in the middle and work your way out toward the edges/ends. No primer needed, but clean the plastic (wood) off well before starting. You can tuck the extra under the carpet at the bottom and under the trim pieces on the top...

Cheers.

That looks nice! Thanks for the tips. makes me feel better about trying it.:thumbup:

Does this trim need to come off? I want to do this but don't want to remove any of the wooden trims as some have very fine cracks and afraid it might do more damage.

Yes to do it right. Cleaner. Faster install believe it nor not compared to meticulously cutting it to the right line/edges of the trim when they are not removed.

I did mine with the trim in place and it worked great!
Up to you, but could be done either way.

Thanks,
John

Seeing pictures of the trim removed, seems like the only advantage of removing it would be to wrap around the top over. Where the wood meets the metal you would still have to tuck it in with a thin card or tool no?


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There is a tool kit you can get for that type of job. It's for those who chooses not to remove the trims. Very useful tools.

The trims are not hard to remove by the way. I have done it hundreds of times in the past.

This shall be my next project as my light poplar wood trim has cracks on at least 3 of them (and I baby this car so it shouldn't happen). So I saw you can get this stuff for $20 on Amazon? I'm not planning on removing the trim to do it - is it just exacto-knife work?

Yes, you can get it on Amazon or eBay...

Just take your time and you can do the doors, console and glove box with the trim in place.
You might start with the trim around the start button and the trim to the left of the cluster as those are easily removed, and you can get a feel for working with the material.

You can't tuck it in between the metal and the "wood" as they are attached with tabs and you would likely break the tabs off...

You position the film and carefully use an exact-o knife at the edge where the wood and metal meet.
It's easier than it seems, BTW.

I would advise starting with the little pieces on either side of the cluster, as you can easily remove them and get used to the material and installing it on them before starting on the other parts.

Maybe do the doors second...
Be sure to leave extra material at the bottom of the trim pieces so you can tuck it under between the trim and the door panel or carpet.

Does it tack on slightly and we heat it to shrink wrap it on or is it simple stick-on (which may seem harder to size/apply with)?

If you get the 3M DiNoc (which I recommend) instead of some of the others out there, it sticks on with an adhesive that is already on the back of the film.
1. Cut it to the shape you need, with extra on all sides and then stick it at the CENTER of the piece you are covering first and work out toward the edges.
2. The heat (only a very small amount, a hair dryer would work fine) is only used to help make it more flexible to bend around the edges or shapes, or if you need to remove it and re-apply it.
Too much heat will stretch the film and distort the CF pattern and you don't want that.
3. Yes, if you don't like the way it looks, you can remove it and re-do it with the same piece...
4. Cut or tuck the edges and make sure it's smooth and you are all done.

It's really easy... just takes a few minutes to get the hang of working with the material.
You might want to experiment with covering something else first, or just go for it.

There are a ton of videos our there with help on how to install it.

Buy some, and try it... very easy and fun to do.

I'm assuming all the imperfection underneath the wrap will show thru? Like cracks on the wood?

The 3M DiNoc film is pretty thick, so if they are surface cracks, likely not, if they are deep and into the trim itself they may.

Hmmm. The clearcoat/varnish is cracking on my bamboo trim and it looks hideous and is embarrassing. I might have to try the 3M brown CF and see if it hides the cracks. That may be my next project.