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Wrapped my diffuser in 3m 1080 carbon fiber vinyl. Opinions please.

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Old 10-22-2012, 08:04 PM
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Wrapped my diffuser in 3m 1080 carbon fiber vinyl. Opinions please.
Hey guys, had some 3m 1080 carbon fiber vinyl and was bored so decided to try something out and wrapped my diffuser. Comment on what your thoughts are.

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Old 10-22-2012, 08:04 PM
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not bad at all how hard was the wrapp?
 
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Old 10-22-2012, 08:05 PM
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you did a pretty good job man, nice work!
 
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Old 10-22-2012, 08:06 PM
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it was actually pretty easy. Took about an hour.
 
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Old 10-22-2012, 08:16 PM
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looks pretty good to me.
 
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nice work..i know doing the circular parts is hard
 
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Old 10-22-2012, 08:19 PM
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Looks damn good sir......i like it.
 
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Old 10-22-2012, 08:23 PM
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Thanks guys, the circular part really isn't that hard. When you heat up the vinyl with heat gun, it gets very soft and flexible and easy to shape to the curves.
 
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Old 10-22-2012, 08:29 PM
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Oh damn that looks pretty legit man!
 
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Old 10-22-2012, 08:48 PM
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looks really good, did you have troubles getting it to lay flat use any heat?
 
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Old 10-22-2012, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by extremetoy
looks really good, did you have troubles getting it to lay flat use any heat?
no trouble laying it flat, I did use a little bit of heat in certain areas like around the exhaust tips.
 
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Looks nice, good job.
 
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Looks great! Can we get a shot from further away?
 
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Originally Posted by Darkstar752
Looks great! Can we get a shot from further away?
I only have a cell phone pic and its kinda hard to tell in it what it looks like from further away but here you go.

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Old 10-23-2012, 05:16 AM
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Wow, looks good. Nice job
 
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