Carbon fibre

wilkoturbo · Post by **wilkoturbo** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:14 am

Hi all where is the best place for a small sheet of carbon fibre to cover the middle of the sterring wheel sliver or black carbon , oh post links and pics please sorry if it's a bit early in the morning

Have a nice day
Paul

Turks · Post by **Turks** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:55 am

CF would be too thick mate. The only way you could do that is to take moulds and make a new piece out of CF but that to my mind is far too much work and money.

Just get a sample sheet of 3M Vinyl Wrap and have a go with that. Carbon effect so it looks ok.

Turks.

kena · Post by **kena** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:21 pm

I'm sure someone over on Outpost did his whole interior with a CF wrap and it looked impressive. Don't have time to look for you as i'm at work, but I think there was a bit of a " how to " in the thread and materials used explained.

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:55 pm

Do you mean this one?

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/ ... mod-9.html

wilkoturbo · Post by **wilkoturbo** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:06 pm

Yea that's what I want but how do u remove the middle bit of the wheel , the bit that is covered in rubber ??

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:46 pm

You have to take the airbag off first (spring loaded clips behind the horizontal spokes, use a screwdriver) - then 3 screws iirc at the back of the steering wheel and the centre part comes off.

Be careful if you take the airbag out - best to remove the fuse or battery terminal. And DON'T switch the ignition to poistion 1 or 2 as the light will then come on and only possible to reset at dealer/indy (unless your scanner can do it).

wilkoturbo · Post by **wilkoturbo** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:51 pm

Hey thanks a job for this weekend , but I've bought enough to cover my roof !!!!! Should I ???????

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:17 pm

No - give me the surplus.

wilkoturbo · Post by **wilkoturbo** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:19 am

I'll see what I've got left

wilkoturbo · Post by **wilkoturbo** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:36 pm

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:30 pm

My two pence worth wilko! I pulled the trigger finally....

wilkoturbo · Post by **wilkoturbo** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:15 pm

Woop woop very nice that the bit I found the hardest

Hammy · Post by **Hammy** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:36 am

I've done this for the interior of my Volvo, as long as you take your time it works well.

Before

After

Been on for 18 months now with no issues at all. Just make sure you use the 3M Di-Noc wrap, much better quality than the other makes on sale.

storminmike · Post by **storminmike** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:27 pm

[quote=""Sanj""]My two pence worth wilko! I pulled the trigger finally....

[/quote]

did you pull it to bits to do it?

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:44 pm

Yeah, no other way to get it looking right.

Pics from xoutpost thread here:

http://www.xoutpost.com/755779-post76.html

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