Carbon Fiber work

[1995 525i]

Ever thought of having it done in gloss black like a grand piano? I've seen it before, with the lighter colored interiors it looks quite good. A good body shop could easily prep and paint them, probably wouldn't be much more than $100 or so.

As for the CF, give me a month or so and I may know what I'm doing with it. I'm going to work at the National Institute for Aviation Research in their composites research lab, probably start out doing lay-up.

Good suggestions! Perhaps I could get a body shop to paint it for me although i'm afraid it might hurt the re-sale value if it looks to ghetto.
let me know how it oes with the CF work.

Cheers,

Michael

[ILoveMPower]

Here`s something that might look good
http://www.euromcars.com/parts/e34m5/int/balc1.htm

*drools*

Ever thought of having it done in gloss black like a grand piano?

I've seen this on an E39, and it looked AWESOME! He had his wood trim painted in the same color as his car, which happened to be schwarz. I think this would look much better than carbon fiber, as it keeps the classy look.

[Jon K]

Alcantara for the win

[Rustam]

Good suggestions! Perhaps I could get a body shop to paint it for me although i'm afraid it might hurt the re-sale value if it looks to ghetto.
let me know how it oes with the CF work.

Cheers,

Michael

perhaps you can look into colorful alternative to carbon fiber - kevlar...

[Jon K]

They make carbon fiber colored. I can get red, blue, green, yellow... but they don't have too many shades... just light or dark of each shade. I have a BUNCH of carbon fiber cloth that is excess right now.

[Andrea K]

They make carbon fiber colored. I can get red, blue, green, yellow... but they don't have too many shades... just light or dark of each shade. I have a BUNCH of carbon fiber cloth that is excess right now.

No it's not.

[Jon K]

No it's not.

LOL - not the material at home andrea - josh smith, friend, has about 5 yards hes trying to sell.

[Rustam]

They make carbon fiber colored.

Carbon fiber can never be colored... Carbon is graphite, loosely speaking... Pencils are made using graphite - pull out a regular number 2 for example pencil - what color do you see?

No, colored pencils are not made of graphite...

If the fiber has color then it's KEVLAR, and anyone who believes that (s)he is buying colored carbon fiber paying carbon fiber price is taken for a big ride...

[Booster]

While this is true, There are varieties of CF/Kevlar blends or Hybrids somewhat available that do come in color hues such as blue,red,orage etc. Kevlar in its self is a dark yellow....for those that didn't already know.
You could indeed do a wet lay-up overlay on the parts once removed from the car and then wetsand and spray with automotive Eurothane clears.....then wetsand some more and polish. Alot of work for the "LOOK", but still miles less work than doing it right as in making molds and doing resin Infusion as a replacement part.
.............V'

[Rustam]

While this is true, There are varieties of CF/Kevlar blends or Hybrids somewhat available that do come in color hues such as blue,red,orage etc. Kevlar in its self is a dark yellow....for those that didn't already know.
You could indeed do a wet lay-up overlay on the parts once removed from the car and then wetsand and spray with automotive Eurothane clears.....then wetsand some more and polish. Alot of work for the "LOOK", but still miles less work than doing it right as in making molds and doing resin Infusion as a replacement part.
.............V'

very good, I am glad you can support in provsion of some info to those who may think that they are buying "colored carbon fiber"...