I plan on doing some carbon fiber mods on my Model S very soon. With all the time I had waiting on my car, what else better to do than to figure out which mods to do first. I found a great tutorial on the corvette forums of all places on how to "skin" the carbon fiber onto OEM parts. This involves the real carbon fiber fabric layered with epoxy. This is the same as rdrcmatt andartsci had done on the trim of their cars. I bought a small sample sheet of each fabric and did a test project. I used a hard CD case for each fabric. If I screwed up horribly, then I could just trash it. Turns out, with patience I was able to complete the two test pieces. To my surprise they turned out very well. I made a few mistakes along the way but nothing that couldn't be either learned from or immediately fixed. I now have the confidence that I can do this project.
I plan on doing the three plastic cover pieces under the frunk first. They are easily removable and easily snap back in place. I have two fabric options. I have regular carbon fiber fabric and I also have carbon fiber/ kevlar hybrid fabric. The hybrid fabric has red strands of kevlar along with carbon fiber. It really looks amazing. There is also yellow, blue and orange hybrid fabrics. I have the MC Red so the red kevlar is the way to go. I think the blue kevlar would go great with the blue metallic. I bought a small sample sheet of each fabric and did a test project. I used a hard CD case for each fabric. If I screwed up horribly, then I could just trash it. Turns out, with patience I was able to complete the two test pieces. They turned out very well. I made a few mistakes along the way but nothing that couldn't be either learned from or immediately fixed.
I laid the skinned CD cases on the frunk pieces to get a sense of which fabric look better. If and when I decide to do the lower trim, I will most certainly do carbon fiber. I think it would be too much red to have red trim on a red car. Under the hood is a little different. I haven't decided quite yet which fabric I'll use. I'll happily hear any comments from others. Do you think it is too much red under the hood?
Btw, on the red CD case, disregard the lighter part of the case. I got lazy and didn't finish polishing the entire case. The darker red is the finished product. The carbon fiber CD case is complete.
I plan on doing the three plastic cover pieces under the frunk first. They are easily removable and easily snap back in place. I have two fabric options. I have regular carbon fiber fabric and I also have carbon fiber/ kevlar hybrid fabric. The hybrid fabric has red strands of kevlar along with carbon fiber. It really looks amazing. There is also yellow, blue and orange hybrid fabrics. I have the MC Red so the red kevlar is the way to go. I think the blue kevlar would go great with the blue metallic. I bought a small sample sheet of each fabric and did a test project. I used a hard CD case for each fabric. If I screwed up horribly, then I could just trash it. Turns out, with patience I was able to complete the two test pieces. They turned out very well. I made a few mistakes along the way but nothing that couldn't be either learned from or immediately fixed.
I laid the skinned CD cases on the frunk pieces to get a sense of which fabric look better. If and when I decide to do the lower trim, I will most certainly do carbon fiber. I think it would be too much red to have red trim on a red car. Under the hood is a little different. I haven't decided quite yet which fabric I'll use. I'll happily hear any comments from others. Do you think it is too much red under the hood?
Btw, on the red CD case, disregard the lighter part of the case. I got lazy and didn't finish polishing the entire case. The darker red is the finished product. The carbon fiber CD case is complete.
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