Doing Carbon Fiber Overlays Myself - $300 Worth of Parts for $30!

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Looks wayyyy better than fake carbon fiber wraps

Epoxy resin creates heat once it is mixed with a hardener. Also u need to know ur working time or set time and ur cure time. Also making very large batches creates so much heat that the epoxy will cure faster in the cup so only mix how much u need per part or less.

It’s great that you did this. Many of us watching have projects that we want to do ourselves and we’ll make mistakes too. I am glad that you stuck with it and figured it out.

Exactly the type of tutorial I’m looking for. Looks great!

I don’t know why more people don’t do this that want the look but don’t care about spending $300 per piece. Plus it does strengthen so to those who say it’s a waste it is not. Turned out great.

This man is a genius holy shit looks like ima have to do this with my frs interior pieces tired of using plasti dip n clear coat shit don’t last

For plastics, I had great luck with 3M 77 Spray Adhesive. *Also to mention, I believe you accelerated the curing exothermal reaction process too fast while trying to remove bubbles. The intense heat is probably what warped the cup.

Awesome job my man! I had to repair a cracked carbon wing for my R8 and same thing, I let the resin mixture sit and it hardened up. Lol. Lesson learned but once you get the hang of it, it’s actually pretty easy to do. The repair came out awesome and it’s the same steps as your overlays. Again. Awesome job!

Really cool man, came out great for cheap. Might have to try this on a splitter.

It actually looks really nice. Good work

Don’t worry about bubbles in the cup. Also, don’t use foam brushes they cause bubbles. Great job btw. Some people use chip brushes but those can leave bristles. I hot glue the chip brushes near the handle to prevent that.

Utube did it’s thing again & I learned great stuff today. Great video bro!

Great video. Thanks for sharing

Thank you. 👍🏻 I was looking at wrapping my interior and fender flares, but I would much rather do this.

Niceeee ! 🔥 will definitely be trying this

Good work kid. You should be proud of your work

Someone else mentioned it and they're exactly right. The reason the cup shrank was because the epoxy "cooked off" As I'm sure you know, Epoxy resin is exothermic (creates heat as it cures) you created a prime situation for this by heating the resin to get the bubbles out AND by having so much in the cup for an extended period. Seems like you figured out a solution on your own by mixing individual batches. Also, a safer (and more effective) way to remove the bubbles is to put them into a vacuum chamber- doesn't need to be anything fancy.. something like a large pickle jar works perfectly fine for a makeshift chamber.

Fantastic Video Sir. Now I wanna do my ST :)

Couple of quick questions.What is the size of the fabric and how much was it? Where did you get it from? I want to do my center console in my 2000 em1.