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

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Old Oct 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 Oct 22, 2012 | 08:04 PM
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not bad at all how hard was the wrapp?
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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you did a pretty good job man, nice work!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 08:06 PM
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it was actually pretty easy. Took about an hour.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 08:16 PM
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looks pretty good to me.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 08:16 PM
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nice work..i know doing the circular parts is hard
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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Looks damn good sir......i like it.
 
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Old Oct 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 Oct 22, 2012 | 08:29 PM
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Oh damn that looks pretty legit man!
 
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Old Oct 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 Oct 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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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 09:01 PM
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Looks nice, good job.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 09:21 PM
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Looks great! Can we get a shot from further away?
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 10:19 PM
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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 Oct 23, 2012 | 05:16 AM
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Wow, looks good. Nice job
 
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