Carbon Cover or Carbon Skin

[taras]

This is why skinning is more suitable for parts such as interior.

Notice that how many small complicated and inter locking fixings there are for the interior?

Something like this is near impossible to hand make out of carbon or FRP which is why skinning the original part is the best solution to ensure best possible fixings.

 

Some parts may even interlock so lining up is important. By skinning you do not change any of these aspects.

 

Had parts like this be made purely out of carbon you'd either have to fabricate or come up with your own method of fixing or risk it flapping or moving about.

 

Things you must know about skinning

It does make the surface stand out more than normal by approximately 2-5mm +/-

Overlaying carbon to your parts will make the part much more rigid and harder so some flexibility will be lost

Edited December 19, 2012 by RT-Performance

[RobPhoboS]

Impressive work, and I do understand about what you say in regards to the swapping.

[S1 HNK]

looks fantastic. will certainly be interested in the centre console just to jazz up the interior abit

[Tinyflier]

I too would prefer to decide which bits I want skinned rather than a complete interior set.

 

As to having a semi complete interior while parts are being skinned - the pain of that will be directly proportional to the time taken!

 

Def want some bits done tho!

 

David

[taras]

Better shots of it fitted today. As expected everything fitted perfectly.

[KC350Z]

Great job need to save some money to get some parts done

[RobPhoboS]

The work looks very good indeed ! (I personally prefer the 'dry' look of CF, less reflective in the windows - I guess you can do either?).

I'm trying to guess the car, a Toyota of some kind ? (some shared parts I recognise from the MR2)

[taras]

Rob you've got a good eye

It is a Celica ST205 hence why some parts are the same as a MR2.

 

Regarding dry carbon, at the moment I can only do that with pre-preg carbon but that is not suitable for skinning OEM parts.

I have seen people simply rub down the gel coat after vac bagging to achieve this dry look but I'd never leave it like that because without the clear coat it'll deteriorate very easily.

I am however still experimenting alternatives though.

[Adrian@TORQEN]

im gona do this to a z in january

 

Of course you will, on my Zed first!

[Zeds dead.]

That looks awesome

Edited January 4, 2013 by Zeds dead.

[Adrian@TORQEN]

Just seen it live, looks awesome! My interior will be done in matte finish, can't wait!

[Zeds dead.]

that looks awesome

[taras]

Just seen it live, looks awesome! My interior will be done in matte finish, can't wait!

 

Yes we can now say we CAN offer them in a matte finish.

[taras]

So I've been a bit busy working on some overlays.

Here's a 7 pcs kit.

[Adrian@TORQEN]

These are going on my car, right? On my way! See you in 27 minutes!

[Jay]

Looks awesome guys

[4RE Leather]

These are going on my car, right? On my way! See you in 27 minutes!

Your 2 late they are already on mine:)

[KyleR]

Without a doubt skinning is the best way, but I certainly couldn't drive my car every day without a center console and window switches for a few weeks, so i guess unfortunately wrapping them in glossy CF is probably most peoples best option unless they want to buy 2nd hand parts themselves and send them to get done

[taras]

Sorry Peter but these are for the non HR.

It was always going to be a case of which model do we invest in as we can't cater for all if we where to make moulds.

We went for the majority and yes exactly as Kyle says. There is no easy solution to this.

[ceaser]

Very interested in this, has anyone had a kit fitted yet?

[taras]

In the process of doing a 15 piece interior for a zed at the moment. Will post some pics in a few weeks time.