z28camaross2

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So i was looking at 1quicktransam's thread he made a couple of months ago of his carbon he did in his trans am. his project inspired me to do this myself for my camaro. let me just say right now this is no easy project by any means, you will be insanely itchy, get cut up and it will test your patience. i have more patience than anyone i know and it still tested me so if you have little patience pay some one else to do this for you or you will want to take a big F%@*ing hammer to your parts lol. i had a few offers to have it done for me, but i thought about it and decided i wanted to have the pride of doing it myself.well enough talking you guys want to see pictures lol.

first sneak peak (shot inspired by 1quicktransam)

all laid out to make sure i have enough carbon fiber to cover each piece.

Here all the parts are wrapped( i screwed up the lid so i had to put another layer of carbon fiber later )


The parts started to get to me lol

Not a happy camper (super itchy and the multi tool makes alot of dust)

just SOME of the trimmings lol

Finally making some progress

Wet coat of resin, not finished

and the last picture for right now teaser of the finished product


ill hopefully have them finished up and have some install pics up soon guys.

also i have a decent amount of carbon fiber left, enough to do the corvette style engine covers, anyone know a cheap place to get plain ones? i dont need anything fancy since i plan to wrap them in carbon fiber. thanks guys.

TempleU_WS6

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good stuff! Looks pretty solid for you first time around.

I'm interested in seeing how everything turns out.

1quickTransAm

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Very well done! Glad to have inspired such good work

BOBS99SS

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Where did you buy the kit from,have a link

VTJosh

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So this is essentially a wrap or do you than remove the original piece somehow leaving a carbon fiber copy?

LSCha0s

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Gj :0)

lilpb1

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I feel inspired!! Where did you purchase the CF and what resin did you use?

z28camaross2

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here is a preview of the finished product going to have to take everything back out though because while everything looks great, there alot of air bubbles in the clearcoat that the 1500 grit could not simply remove so im most likely going to have to start at 800 then work my way back up which sucks but not just not satisfied with the results they werent very noticeable until i put the M105 on to buff them then once everything was glossy smooth the M105 is stuck in the little popped air bubbles give alot of mini white specs in certain area's of the parts. also i really cant move my air vents up and down any more lol because the carbonfiber has them held so tight -__-

well here is your preview guys

1quickTransAm

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To avoid the air bubbles in the clear coat (I had them at first too), spray from further away and thinner coats. You are spraying too much too close which is trapping air bubbles under a solid layer of clear. When the air finds its way to the surface, the bubble pops and creates the pit in the clear. Later attempts to cover this over will fail because the air in the void will just pop on the new layer as well.

By spraying from further away you're allowing the clear coat to atomize better so no air will be trapped, and spraying thinner coats will help ensure that you don't get any air trapped under (but really the key is the distance). You'll waste more clear, but the results are worth it.

I just had the same thing happen on an exterior spoiler part that I'm doing for a Mustang GT500, so after stripping the clear I tried this method and it turned out absolutely perfect.



And an angle shot showing how perfect the clear layed this way (after polishing here). Any defects would show in a reflection at this angle.


Can't wait to see some of your finished pics!

z28camaross2

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thanks man so do you suggest completely removing the clear coat ( if so how safely) then respraying or just sanding down smooth what i have now then buff smooth?

1quickTransAm

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You only need to sand down until the "bubbles" or pitting is completely gone. Obviously going all the way down to the resin will mean you've done that, but if you get all the way past them and you still have clear coat, that's fine too. I used 180 grit to make fast work of getting back down to a smooth layer, then followed up with 400 grit before applying the clear.

The important thing is that you are past all the pitting and have a smooth surface to work with.

tt383lt1

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so where did you guys buy the carbon fiber? im thinking of making a dash in my camaro out of it and i would like to get the basics


what carbon fiber did you use? is it real or a mate?
what hardner for the carbon fiber?
and did you have to put a clear coat on it after?
if so is it just paint clear coat like ppg/ dupont

kciaccio

Cool as ****, but i'm not used to such high end materials in a Camaro. Whats next? a Alcantara head liner?

cancam99ss

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looks good,..... carbon is starting to grow on me

beyonddisturbed

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nice job man that looks great

squee

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Theres several cars on here with Alcantara headliners and interior trim, and I'll be doing mine in Alcantara soon too...

z28camaross2

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Thanks for all the compliments guys I'll post up another teaser today , I have all the pieces back off. To do a final sanding to make sure there are no wavy surfaces and all bubbles are gone will hopefully be completely finished by the end of the weekend lol and I guess the alcantara comment was sarcastic. But after I read it I looked up and realized how cheap old the factory. Head liner looked lol squee do you know of any of these pics?

BlueBird346

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Looks good. Id like to see how you did the cup holder. I want to do these parts in leather, just cant figure out the cup holder.

JW@JWMotoring

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Looking good. In for more pics

z28camaross2

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I tried to put a smaller piece of carbon fiber in the cup holder then and the larger sheet over that. Didn't work out too well... Lol carbon fiber frayed all over the place so I just ended up cutting the cup out from under neath Wrapping them seperate then epoxied them back together