Re-did my interior trim with hydrographics
01-31-2014, 09:48 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Re-did my interior trim with hydrographics
I took advantage of the cold weather and re-did my interior trim pieces with a carbon fiber hydrographics treatment. Not too expensive, ... I think it came out pretty good and is a big difference over the original dulso stuff...
01-31-2014, 11:28 PM
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02-01-2014, 10:45 PM
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Nice 
How did you do the graphics? (eg, around the light switch)
How did you do the graphics? (eg, around the light switch)
02-03-2014, 01:33 PM
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Outstanding!
02-03-2014, 07:23 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Thanks!
I picked up a spare set of trim so I could save my originals. So it was all OEM pieces , just not my own. I removed the dulso (or whatever the heck the name of that rubbery stuff is) and disassembled the parts before handing them over for the dip. I wanted to maintain the lighted graphics so I masked off the portions the best I could. The light switch graphics were maintained by using a circle just big enough to let them show. Since the original surface was black and I used the silver/black graphite look, it blended in well enough. I couldn't keep some of the graphics like the dimmer line or the power mirror graphcis on the door. I couldn't find a way to mask them and still have them look decent. I had hoped that maybe the hydrogrpahics might be thin enough to let the light shine through at night, but no dice. The fog light and traction control buttons were easy because they were recessed, so I just cut away the graphics up to the edge of the recessed area.
Cost was around $500 or so for it all (could've added the intrument cluster surround too), so compared to some of the pricing I was seeing at the other shops it was well worth it...
I picked up a spare set of trim so I could save my originals. So it was all OEM pieces , just not my own. I removed the dulso (or whatever the heck the name of that rubbery stuff is) and disassembled the parts before handing them over for the dip. I wanted to maintain the lighted graphics so I masked off the portions the best I could. The light switch graphics were maintained by using a circle just big enough to let them show. Since the original surface was black and I used the silver/black graphite look, it blended in well enough. I couldn't keep some of the graphics like the dimmer line or the power mirror graphcis on the door. I couldn't find a way to mask them and still have them look decent. I had hoped that maybe the hydrogrpahics might be thin enough to let the light shine through at night, but no dice. The fog light and traction control buttons were easy because they were recessed, so I just cut away the graphics up to the edge of the recessed area.
Cost was around $500 or so for it all (could've added the intrument cluster surround too), so compared to some of the pricing I was seeing at the other shops it was well worth it...
02-04-2014, 12:19 PM
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Just went to YouTube and educated myself on this process..wow!...times are a changin'
very cool process and amazing production, see the videos, it's very impressive.
Best, Derek.
very cool process and amazing production, see the videos, it's very impressive.
Best, Derek.
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