hi people , ok ive done a fair bit to my car now and have just found a source locally for some top grade carbon fibre vinyl -im definitely going to cover my chrome door handles in as im thinking they look a bit too much now on reflection (no offence to anyone that has em everyone to their own !) but am thinking of covering the raised part of my bonnet in the stuff too (only prob being would be obviously shaping it into the roundel but it is the stuff you can heat up and will stretch ) -whats everyone reckon too much or good idea ? car is slightly different now as i have sprayed the front and back splitter up gloss black - any opinions appreciated -scott
I like the colour coded trim..I would put black grills on though and yeah agree about the chrome door handes...BUT I wouldn't carbon fibre the bonnet cause IMO they look like Halfords mods :eek sorry but thats my opinion
k k apreciate replys lads -stk thats a bit harsh ! pmsl i know what your saying though -and agree with the wideboy kit stevieboy ,too much and boyracerish-like , the pic has give me an idea how would look though and im liking ! if ewt i think mine might look better done with my headlights and indicators being white (sorry first thing to go any beemer for me is the orange indicators!!)
Have you seen any carbon in Halfords?!
Do it full bonnet as its gonna look like proper bonnet. If you would do only part of it everyone will say it's just vinyl.
I've just done bonnet, roof and boot on X5 and you know what - it looks absolutely fantastic.
Dude...let me go to the local halfords and get a pic of the BMW they have there...:frown I feel sorry far that BM and feel that torching it would be a humane way of putting it down...aaaarrrrgggghhhh the shame...It must feel so embarrassed to be out in public...:frown
ok ! michael 14789 cheers buddy and yep point taken and yours looks mint -have you no piccys of the beast done close up though ?(roundels on and all i mean ) -and get this piccy on here of this halfords mobile my man ! i dont think i fancy driving mine and people classing mine as one ! pmsl -dont forget lads id be doing mine myself also and i aint cack-handed but at the same time aint a pro !
As long as it looks like carbon fibre itll look ok, I know with bikes you can get a lot of carbon look bits that look cack compared to proper CF:thumbsup
id of carboned my bonnet until i saw black and white taxis in my local town (white cars black bonnets ) and thought better of it but i would do the roof and id like to have put cf csl style vents in the bonnet instead
feck me your a bit handy on the old photoshop aint you pistenbroke ! lol yeah thanks alot man that does help ! if ewt to be fair i think itll look better than that done as the stuff im getting is much blacker -went to pick the stuff up 2day and they had it there cut ready from me only prob was it was ******* silver carbon !!! lol -fecks sake in the ad obviously it was black so i didnt get the misunderstanding ?! -gutting as well as they did have some black on another roll on the floor but wouldnt sell me that as someone had already payed for via paypal !! grrr - bloody good quality stuff though (is sorta 3d you can see the weave in it ) i have to say and minds made up its deffo getting done -their getting some more in next week so ill be back ! cheap as chips too enough for the bonnet theyll let go for £25 ,think they must have nicked it ! pmsl
yep ! theres something dodgy about for sure mate as you can see at a glance its good stuff ! i am deffo going to do and add pics -am thinking about happen doing the boot lid as well as the bonnet , will see how well it goes on first .
I say go for the carbon fibre bonnet, along with very suttle mods, bonnet pins, and a little carbon fibre shown on the rest of the car it can look quite professional. More motorsport than ripspeed. Chrome door handles - Big No No IMO.
I'd say go for it mate, its your car and if you don't like it you can always remove it. I did my grills last weekend in 3M Di-Noc and I'm quite please with the results. But IMO don't do half a job, if you're going to do it remove you badge and grills etc. don't cut round them it'll look naff. As seen in the other posts, that X5 was stripped of components, properly wrapped round the edges and sealed in....just looks cleaner when its all back together.:thumbsup
oh leave me alone asa theyre cool ok ! pmsl ,no ive gone right off them and agree with your point -cheers 645coup and damb good job youve done there ! what is 3m-di noc though buddy is that vinyl ?
chrome door handles officially gone today ! looks so much better dont know why i thought they looked well tbh !! -still awaiting the bloody carbon arriving !:-(
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