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Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/trunk. Suby and Miata content! | « » 10:30 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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i've been planning to do the roof of my mini for a while now. planned all week to do it today. come today though, i'm somehow talked into doing a friends daily.  i'm not to up on my subaru speak, but its one of the pretty older ones.














 midway through the day, my friend showed up in his 2 hour old miata. the rear piece was rhinolined with some crap. we sanded what hadn't chipped off and applied the wrap there.


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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/trunk. Suby an ... (jbell) » | « » 10:36 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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I wan't my roof done since my roof is all faded already.Too bad you're on the wrong coast.
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I love it. in before the ****storm though
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FV-QR » | « » 10:37 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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I dunno how I feel about it but on the execution.
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I might carbon wrap my dick to impress Danica Patrick.
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Re: (ToucheTurtle) » | « » 10:38 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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Looks good.
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FV-QR » | « » 10:39 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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oh, and fwiw: the main reason for doing this was to cover clear coat disasters.
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Re: (ToucheTurtle) » | « » 10:40 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by ToucheTurtle » | | I might carbon wrap my ***** to impress Danica Patrick. |
i used scrap to do my bic lighter. flame is hotter.
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FV-QR » | « » 10:42 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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looks good. At least your doing it to cover up paint in bad condition.
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Re: (jbell) » | « » 10:42 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by jbell » | i used scrap to do my bic lighter. flame is hotter. |
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is it easy to get all the wrinkles out?
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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/trunk. Suby an ... (jbell) » | « » 10:47 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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looks lighter already
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Re: (LoudTIGER) » | « » 10:58 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by LoudTIGER » | | is it easy to get all the wrinkles out? |
yeah. i'll find another pic. we worked on the trunk in the wrong way- wound up with a lot of material bunched in the center. we just peeled it back stretched out the wrinkles and went at it again. heres the pic of that:

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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/trunk. Suby an ... (umeng2002) » | « » 11:02 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by umeng2002 » | | looks lighter already |
Yeah. But on a serious note- this cosmetic change probably adds about as much weight as a coat of paint. So it's all good (but not for me). And I guess it does protect the paint underneath. So maybe carbon fiber wraps could be used in place of those clear bras.
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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/trunk. Suby an ... (BRealistic) » | « » 11:11 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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is that steve myoto"s new miata?
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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/trunk. Suby an ... (BRealistic) » | « » 11:11 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by BRealistic » | Yeah. But on a serious note- this cosmetic change probably adds about as much weight as a coat of paint. So it's all good (but not for me). And I guess it does protect the paint underneath. So maybe carbon fiber wraps could be used in place of those clear bras. |
On the miata, it probably saved weight. we sanded off a PILE of this black wrinkle crap. Like i said, if you're worried about any sort of functionality to back up the LOOK of carbon fiber... there is none. some other sorts of functionality? sure, there are plenty.
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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/trunk. Suby an ... (IVIcgurk) » | « » 11:12 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by IVIcgurk » | | is that steve myoto"s new miata? |
yessir. its flippin schweet. we also did the crome thingys by the trunk lid. lemme find the pic.

Modified by jbell at 11:18 PM 8-16-2009
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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/tr ... (jbell) » | « » 11:17 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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I do wonder how well the adhesive will last as it being on the roof is now a giant heat conductor in the summer
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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/tr ... (Lepsis3942) » | « » 11:20 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by Lepsis3942 » | | I do wonder how well the adhesive will last as it being on the roof is now a giant heat conductor in the summer |
if anything, it will make the removal harder, not the other way around.
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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/tr ... (jbell) » | « » 11:25 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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Damn it. i want the effing teg finished/sold so i can buy a miata...or e30....or s deuce...or a jeep...yeah the teg still needs to leave.
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More pix of that Mini?
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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/trunk. Suby an ... (jbell) » | « » 11:37 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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I wouldn't say an STI deserves that kind of treatment.
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Re: (whitejeep1989) » | « » 11:41 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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looks good where did you get it from?
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| Quote, originally posted by whitejeep1989 » | | More pix of that Mini? |
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I think this stuff is really neat for the interior of a car...Outside? Meh, I guess it looks alright, I've never been a huge CF fan unless the entire vehicle consists of it for weight purposes it's great. For cosmetic reasons, don't really get it.
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Re: Fun Sunday: Installed that Dry Carbon Wrap on a friend's roof/trunk. Suby an ... (J-Tim) » | « » 11:50 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by J-Tim » | I wouldn't say an STI deserves that kind of treatment. |
Pretty sure its an RS 2.5 scooby. Not feelin the wraps at all.
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Re: (efrie) » | « » 11:51 PM 8-16-2009 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by efrie » | | I think this stuff is really neat for the interior of a car... Outside? Meh, I guess it looks alright, I've never been a huge CF fan unless the entire vehicle consists of it for weight purposes it's great. For cosmetic reasons, don't really get it. |
My dash is done with it. I simply prefer the look of it over the silver shiny-blind-you-with-reflections one that mini puts in there from the factory. I agree that the exterior application is love/hate. I personally like it. I can't expect everyone to like it, and i completely understand when they don't.
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| Quote, originally posted by Knock Sensor » | Pretty sure its an RS 2.5 scooby. Not feelin the wraps at all. |
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FV-QR » | « » 12:07 AM 8-17-2009 | |
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Picture perfect illustration of R!CE. But the install looks like it was done well.
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FV-QR » | « » 12:15 AM 8-17-2009 | |
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thanks for the compliments of the install.  its not as hard as it looks, anyone competent enough to get themselves dressed in the morning can be taught to install vinyl.it takes a little bit of patience. really, only a little bit. ask McGurk, i'm the most fidgety ADD person ever.
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Re: (ToucheTurtle) » | « » 1:50 AM 8-17-2009 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by ToucheTurtle » | | I might carbon wrap my dick to impress Danica Patrick. Modified by ToucheTurtle at 7:39 PM 8-16-2009
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No problem, they have a 1in by 1in scrap piece left over.
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Re: FV-QR (jbell) » | « » 1:51 AM 8-17-2009 | |
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where did you get that at?????
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Re: FV-QR (65dunebuggy) » | « » 2:00 AM 8-17-2009 | |
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Not sure if want.
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Re: FV-QR (Subwoofers) » | « » 2:11 AM 8-17-2009 | |
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I wouldn't mind doing my roof..the paint sucks anyways..Where'd you get this, and how much?
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Re: FV-QR (Aetsh) » | « » 2:14 AM 8-17-2009 | |
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If you look on ebay, you can buy this stuff in massive bulk. I'm really surprised at how well you guys put that stuff down.
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