meissen

First layer of resin.

paarman97maro

man you are doin a lot of work with that... how much did it put you back?

meissen

Hold on, let me look on my ebay to see what it was I ordered...

Clear Epoxy & Resin, 1.25 Gallons - $36
Real Carbon Fiber Fabric 3k 5.7oz 2x2 twill 36x50 - $27

All the work I've done (minus the window switch trim, those were done with a different roll and rating. Otherwise, everything else was done with the 36x50 roll and I've pretty much used up all I can. Not bad if you ask me.

paarman97maro

it turned out really nice, i like it

FamousZ

How do you cut out the holes for it?

archemedes

razor knife

Bernotas05

open up a buisness lol

Lookin sweet bro

FamousZ

is that hard? I want to try it on some stuff..

RFF

X2

bLkWdOw SS

looks sweet

camaro94

nice

meissen

depends on the fiber you get. Mine is REALLY thin and light weave. Due to that, if I press my thumb or something against it too hard, it'll mess up the weave. Laying the shifter piece on top of the carbon fiber screwed up the weave, so then I had to take the mighty toothpick to it and straighten the weave again. On the flip side, the fiber I used on the window switch trim is thick, so while it doesn't mess up as easilly, you have to use a lot more resin because it has to really soak into it. otherwise, it's just a matter of wrapping the piece, mixing your resin, and applying the resin carefully as to not create any bubbles.

meissen

http://meissenation.com/pictures/2005-09-21/

Grabbed a new exacto blade and trimmed away, it's REALLY easy to trim when it's such a thin weave (it's about the thickness of two pieces of paper), anyway here's some pics of the 2nd layer dried and everything trimmed. After the first layer dried, I did some sloppy trimming just to get the part where the ash tray and cubby hole is to lay down, but I didn't have enough to cover the part around the cuby hole and where the 12v plug is, so I had to use touchup paint to paint that... hopefully the 3rd layer of resin will give it a cool 3d effect









And the 3rd layer, still wet:




And a high-res image just to give a better idea since the lighting is so bad:
http://meissenation.com/pictures/200...iber%20014.jpg

2Poor4Z

hey bro do me a favor and pm me with the details of who you bought each of the different types of fiber from and your opinions on what i should use.. not sure if i can make it work on my existing pieces without destroying my current dash kit and iono if i can bring myself to do that considering im an amateur at this self applying carbon

69z-28

wow. fricken sweet.lol. looks awesome brian. good work. one of the most unique things ive seen