I was looking for pictures of door panels done with carbon fiber stickers. I could not find any so I decided to post pictures of my current project. I started the doors today.
I remove the rubber coating with brake fluid and steel wool. I found it best to use small pieces of steel wool and wrap them around the gummed up stuff instead of trying to pull it apart to find the clean areas of steel wool. I used 0000 though a higher number may be much quicker.
To remove the melted plastic that holds the different pieces of the door panel together I found a large drill bit pushed firmly to the melt and trigger quickly to crack it and not melt it by actually drilling it.
Here is what I am starting with and the center console project I am finishing up. It was grey and had an arm rest. The arm rest was missing a couple components and really just got in the way of shifting in my opinion so I replaced it with a holder I found at walmart for 50 cents many people use to hold butter. Spray the out side of the dish black and it will not chip off though will hold the black color. I cut it down to sit on the plastic below so it will last. I super glue all the edges of the carbon tape. I did not use 3m though a tape that looks the same for 20 dollars a square meter which is the one they sell here in the tropics.
The doors will be all black. I cleaned them all up today and tomorrow I plan to start the transformation.
Great forum by the way...
I remove the rubber coating with brake fluid and steel wool. I found it best to use small pieces of steel wool and wrap them around the gummed up stuff instead of trying to pull it apart to find the clean areas of steel wool. I used 0000 though a higher number may be much quicker.
To remove the melted plastic that holds the different pieces of the door panel together I found a large drill bit pushed firmly to the melt and trigger quickly to crack it and not melt it by actually drilling it.
Here is what I am starting with and the center console project I am finishing up. It was grey and had an arm rest. The arm rest was missing a couple components and really just got in the way of shifting in my opinion so I replaced it with a holder I found at walmart for 50 cents many people use to hold butter. Spray the out side of the dish black and it will not chip off though will hold the black color. I cut it down to sit on the plastic below so it will last. I super glue all the edges of the carbon tape. I did not use 3m though a tape that looks the same for 20 dollars a square meter which is the one they sell here in the tropics.
The doors will be all black. I cleaned them all up today and tomorrow I plan to start the transformation.
Great forum by the way...
