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Hi all!

Happy New Year to all my X5ers, has anyone wrapped the plastic trim of their X5 sport Steering Wheel with 3M Carbon Fiber? I think it would look great and I have loads of carbon fiber left over. The plastic trim is all faded and looks terrible and I know that its recommended to disconnect the battery in order to remove the airbag which is the trickiest bit, however surely you can remove fuse no. 14 instead?

Is the plastic trim hard to wrap in carbon fiber?

Have a read of this one and this one.

Got the Steering console wrapped on the weekend. I came up with a cheeky and quick way to shrink the carbon fiber on plastic trimmings, just rest the CF onto the plastic and stick it into the oven (Fan oven at 180 for 2 mins) it almost self wraps and gives you enough slack to mold the edges. Getting the plastic trim off the steering wheel isn't an easy job and I was trying my best to get it done before it got dark outside, however that didn't go to plan! Delighted with the result and 3M Carbon Fiber is excellent quality, highly recommend using it (thanks for the recommendation Sanj!)