Carbon Fiber steering wheel wrap "face lift" DIY
Carbon Fiber steering wheel wrap "face lift" DIY
Twin charge z is getting a face lift inside... The steering wheel clear coat on the "aluminum brush look" side plates, is flaking off. So before I sell the car to the lucky new owner, Im going to do a nice touch up 
Step one: Measure out a slip of any kind of wrap you want to apply.
>make sure you leave about 1/4inch excess of wrap all the way around so you can tuck in the edges .... Completely remove the back paper and apply the slip onto the surface evenly that you want wrapped. You may peel up and re apply if you miss judge placing.
Step Two: Heat up the wrap and mold it over all the corners smoothly, Try to smooth out all bubbles as you do this. Pull up and re-lay if you need to.
>trim excess wrap and begin to tuck the wrap away. You can do this hot or cold. Hot is better in my opinion...
Step three: After you nip'n tuck, use a heat gun or hair dryer to heat up the wrap, use a small sharp object to pop the bubbles and squeeze out the air...
>this is where you girl can help you
After you do both sides, this is what it will look like:
If you look to the right, the custom gauge face plate is a real carbon fiber plate that was custom fitted to hold my gauges> to me they look the same. I think this looks good. It changes the attitude of the cars interior by 30%. its cheap and easy. maybe 32mins to do. And your girl can help you
Thanks for reading. Look out on youtube soon for my new teaser vids
Step one: Measure out a slip of any kind of wrap you want to apply.
>make sure you leave about 1/4inch excess of wrap all the way around so you can tuck in the edges .... Completely remove the back paper and apply the slip onto the surface evenly that you want wrapped. You may peel up and re apply if you miss judge placing.
Step Two: Heat up the wrap and mold it over all the corners smoothly, Try to smooth out all bubbles as you do this. Pull up and re-lay if you need to.
>trim excess wrap and begin to tuck the wrap away. You can do this hot or cold. Hot is better in my opinion...
Step three: After you nip'n tuck, use a heat gun or hair dryer to heat up the wrap, use a small sharp object to pop the bubbles and squeeze out the air...
>this is where you girl can help you
After you do both sides, this is what it will look like:
If you look to the right, the custom gauge face plate is a real carbon fiber plate that was custom fitted to hold my gauges> to me they look the same. I think this looks good. It changes the attitude of the cars interior by 30%. its cheap and easy. maybe 32mins to do. And your girl can help you
Thanks for reading. Look out on youtube soon for my new teaser vids
Last edited by SuperZ-onDPE's; Jan 31, 2013 at 01:32 PM. Reason: title spelling error
Not A fan of the "CF" wrap.It seems every new car out there has this faux CF
look.For example,Kia uses it a bunch.You could have duplicated the depth
and look of your gauge panel by using real CF .25mm veneer.It will bend to
fit your steering wheel.
look.For example,Kia uses it a bunch.You could have duplicated the depth
and look of your gauge panel by using real CF .25mm veneer.It will bend to
fit your steering wheel.
No problem man! Im selling my car next week, and I don't want the new buyer to feel the same way as you or I do when we get in the car and that's the first thing in your face haha so I had to do a touch up
Im not a fan either man, but cf wrap Is what I had laying around, and it is better looking then fake brush aluminum look that realy is plastic that the clear coat is flaking off like some one Alah Deen'ed in my car haha so like I said quick fix. you have to admit it does look better then the flaky shizzz?
