Carbon Fibre Wrap Results

So i have been playing around with Di Noc carbon Fibre wrap, these are the results!, Think it matches the Sargent seat to a good effect

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Looks like you have patience.'

nice :fing02:

Really does blend in with the seat nicely. Nice work.

Looks awesome ! I just ordered a couple sheets of di-noc myself and I am hoping to wrap the visible portions of the frame. With my custom bike color the darker frame would look awesome (in my opinion) and I am just not up to the idea of stripping the bike and getting it painted/powder coated.

How was the stuff to work with ? Any hints ? I am reading that a heat gun and calm patience is about all thats required for install ???

Looks fantastic :fing02:

Прекрасная работа Браво)
Great job Bravo)

Digging it...


let's see full side views.

[image: View Post]bayarearider, on 16 April 2011 - 02:59 PM, said:

Digging it...


let's see full side views.

Dido, full side views. Looks very nice. Posted Image

Thanks for all the positives guys most apreciated

Those look excellent. Have you considered making your own carbon fiber parts instead of wrapping the existing components? If it is a "one of", just use the part as a mold Your new part will be bigger than the old part by the thickness of your cloth. Any reinforcement can be a secondary bond on the inside.

I made a set of dash panels that way, one of the stock ones was quite broken. A single layer of duct tape makes an excellent mold release. [image: Posted Image]

[image: View Post]VFRCanuck, on 16 April 2011 - 11:02 AM, said:

Looks awesome ! I just ordered a couple sheets of di-noc myself and I am hoping to wrap the visible portions of the frame. With my custom bike color the darker frame would look awesome (in my opinion) and I am just not up to the idea of stripping the bike and getting it painted/powder coated.

How was the stuff to work with ? Any hints ? I am reading that a heat gun and calm patience is about all thats required for install ???


All the hints/tips are as you stated, heat gun, disposable blades for trimming, and a heap load of patience, I`m going to do my frame in the winter if you do yours before, please let me see the results

[image: View Post]apex, on 16 April 2011 - 05:12 PM, said:

Those look excellent. Have you considered making your own carbon fiber parts instead of wrapping the existing components? If it is a "one of", just use the part as a mold Your new part will be bigger than the old part by the thickness of your cloth. Any reinforcement can be a secondary bond on the inside.

I made a set of dash panels that way, one of the stock ones was quite broken. A single layer of duct tape makes an excellent mold release. [image: Posted Image]


Nicely done, but i like a quick fix sounds to time consuming for me lol

I'm going the real carbon fiber route. Made fiberglass molds from the OEM parts and taught myself vacuum infusion layup. Here's the first part on my V12. Working on the lower covers and the final drive cover too.

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Very nice :cheerleader: , vacuum infusion great method, get the vacuum set up and only then pour in the epoxy. Good first part, non structural, small.

A lot of work for one part. Perhaps you are going to sell them? I have vacuum bagged a lot of parts (recumbent bicycle) which works good but if you get a pin hole leak then things get pretty exciting until you find it. Be careful of the epoxy dust.

[image: View Post]IEmoto1, on 16 April 2011 - 07:26 PM, said:

I'm going the real carbon fiber route. Made fiberglass molds from the OEM parts and taught myself vacuum infusion layup. Here's the first part on my V12. Working on the lower covers and the final drive cover too.

Thanks Apex! Yes, it is a lot of work making the molds for a one-off part. I do hope to sell full sets when I get the other parts done. It has been a long process with lots of trial-and-error (read wasted carbon and epoxy) learning to work with this stuff. I'm really happy with the quality of the finish using infusion. I experimented with vacuum bagging first, but the carbon wouldn't lay in the negative contours without using a two-part mold.

[image: View Post]apex, on 16 April 2011 - 08:14 PM, said:

Very nice :cheerleader: , vacuum infusion great method, get the vacuum set up and only then pour in the epoxy. Good first part, non structural, small.

A lot of work for one part. Perhaps you are going to sell them? I have vacuum bagged a lot of parts (recumbent bicycle) which works good but if you get a pin hole leak then things get pretty exciting until you find it. Be careful of the epoxy dust.

[image: View Post]IEmoto1, on 16 April 2011 - 07:26 PM, said:

I'm going the real carbon fiber route. Made fiberglass molds from the OEM parts and taught myself vacuum infusion layup. Here's the first part on my V12. Working on the lower covers and the final drive cover too.

[image: View Post]captslakbladder, on 16 April 2011 - 06:22 AM, said:

So i have been playing around with Di Noc carbon Fibre wrap, these are the results!, Think it matches the Sargent seat to a good effect
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How did u manage these 2 covers? Been trying but it just won't do the curves? Did u cut it into 2 pieces instead?

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[image: View Post]captslakbladder, on 16 April 2011 - 06:22 AM, said:

So i have been playing around with Di Noc carbon Fibre wrap, these are the results!, Think it matches the Sargent seat to a good effect
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How did u manage these 2 covers? Been trying but it just won't do the curves? Did u cut it into 2 pieces instead?


yes i cut the top part 1st which rolled around the corners easy, then another piece for the back part, tried the way you have doesnt work no matter how hot you get the wrap... hope that helps

[image: View Post]captslakbladder, on 18 April 2011 - 11:22 AM, said:

[image: View Post]WingZer0n, on 18 April 2011 - 10:53 AM, said:

[image: View Post]captslakbladder, on 16 April 2011 - 06:22 AM, said:

So i have been playing around with Di Noc carbon Fibre wrap, these are the results!, Think it matches the Sargent seat to a good effect
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How did u manage these 2 covers? Been trying but it just won't do the curves? Did u cut it into 2 pieces instead?


yes i cut the top part 1st which rolled around the corners easy, then another piece for the back part, tried the way you have doesnt work no matter how hot you get the wrap... hope that helps




Thanks for the advice...I will try it

[image: View Post]captslakbladder, on 18 April 2011 - 11:22 AM, said:

[image: View Post]WingZer0n, on 18 April 2011 - 10:53 AM, said:

How did u manage these 2 covers? Been trying but it just won't do the curves? Did u cut it into 2 pieces instead?

yes i cut the top part 1st which rolled around the corners easy, then another piece for the back part, tried the way you have doesnt work no matter how hot you get the wrap... hope that helps


Watching the advertising video on YouTube made by 3M, it should actually be possible to do this with one piece, if you use a hot air gun to stretch the vinyl in the right places. Since I've done my frame rails already now, I might give this a shot!

I have some of that stuff.


LOOKS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD ......................

Bah ! I did both those side plastic covers this weekend and the results are less than photo worthy :angry: I did improve on the second piece but I see to run into trouble when I stretch around corners as it leaves me with a bunched up piece. I also disovered that if you stretch too much you pull the carbon look right out of the stuff and it just looks more flat black.

I will take a break and work on my car project for a bit and likely retry both pieces next weekend.

Apparently I am short of patience and a little light on skill :pissed: