What have you done for your Z today?
12-12-2014, 07:19 AM
#8543
New Member
12-12-2014, 08:12 AM
#8544
Lol, no fool, 8 inches all around my car. Had to use a "Caution" sign to shovel a path for my car to get out of the parking lot at work. Then had to source mats for traction and throw those bit*hes under the wheels. All in all, took 30 minutes.
12-14-2014, 12:26 PM
#8555
LOL! Ain't that the truth. I seen some dbag with an srt4 earlier with some hella stretched wheels, looked so gay. And his hood and roof were flat black and the rest of the car was gloss black. Intercooler was hanging sideways I couldn't stop laughing XD
12-14-2014, 02:51 PM
#8556
Registered User
Hydro Dipping
Took the last 24 hours since I had to re-finish and re-dip one of them a few times.
So my door barrels looked like poop, like most Z barrels I looked at when I bought this one. I got some genuine Fiber Carbon covers for a few places but for door barrels I wanted to try my hand at the hydro dipping. I just used a mydipkit for this, I am fairly happy with the results. Also my navigation hatch had a few imperfections, thought I would try that wrap vinyl fiber carbon simulant and man was that a mistake, couldnt get creases out. I was left with a glue covered hatch. The Hydro dipping may of saved the day, will post pics after a few clear coats and mounting back in car.
These pics dont really do it much justice as you can actually see the thread in the weave in the details. Also it takes 14 days to fully cure, after that I will buff these up for a nice shine.
So my door barrels looked like poop, like most Z barrels I looked at when I bought this one. I got some genuine Fiber Carbon covers for a few places but for door barrels I wanted to try my hand at the hydro dipping. I just used a mydipkit for this, I am fairly happy with the results. Also my navigation hatch had a few imperfections, thought I would try that wrap vinyl fiber carbon simulant and man was that a mistake, couldnt get creases out. I was left with a glue covered hatch. The Hydro dipping may of saved the day, will post pics after a few clear coats and mounting back in car.
These pics dont really do it much justice as you can actually see the thread in the weave in the details. Also it takes 14 days to fully cure, after that I will buff these up for a nice shine.
12-15-2014, 02:29 PM
#8559
Registered User
I was afraid of that actually. While better than straight spray painting the part like I have seen on so many Z's, and though its about as professional of a job as it could look, I agree its still a bit on the tacky side. The problem is that all the aftermarket carbon fiber solutions for the door barrels kind of suck IMO. I bought and almost installed some matte black plastic ones from factory which I think would of looked okay, better than before anyway. But also thinking about a black on grey carbon fiber hydro dip to match the real carbon fiber veneers I have on the door controls in the pic.
What have you done for your barrels, surely the original OEM ones havent held up?
What have you done for your barrels, surely the original OEM ones havent held up?