CL63wide

Tired of looking at my burlwoos and want to have it wrapped.

Any recommentdations?

pmercury

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you need professionals to do that with vacuum or it will look like crap

slonar21

This guy who posts every other week here maybe...

https://mbworld.org/forums/cl55-amg-...-shipping.html

Don Nguyen

If you're looking to do it in carbon fiber vinyl, I can help you out. If you had any questions, feel free to message me on here or e-mail me at Don@WannabeRacer.com.

Thanks!

fastlife23

Look on ebay there's a company that sells the kit for 5200 plus your old trim

RonCL55

CL63wide and slonar21. Thanks very much for this thread and your comments. It got me thinking about my own CL 55 that had burl wood throughout, including the steering wheel. Like CL63wide I had gotten tired of looking at the burl wood (having owned the car for 10 years) and to be perfectly honest it never really went that well with my interior which is a dark grey top with a light gray/cream bottom. Also, my wife recently got a Porsche with carbon fiber and I liked it a lot.

So I contacted Don Nguyen like slonar21 suggested.

Don just completed redoing all of the burl wood in my CL 55 with a carbon fiber vinyl wrap. The wrap really looks incredible. It totally updates in the car. So I would strongly recommend this for anybody who is interested in getting an updated look.

fastlife23 mentioned the carbon fiber kit that is available for the W 215 cars. Based on how easy it was for Don to take out the burl wood pieces and wrap them, I suspect that you would be able to do this kit in a few hours yourself. However, the kit is 10 times the cost of having the carbon fiber vinyl wrap done. For me the look of the vinyl wrap is so good I could not justify that significantly increased cost (though I suspect the look would be incredible). Also, if you read the fine print in the kit ad it does not include the carbon fiber steering wheel. In my case I couldn't do that since I also had a burl wood steering wheel. I suspect a replacement steering wheel (if available) would be another $1000 or so and also involve a lot of work.

I also want to tip my hat to Don Nguyen. I was really lucky that he was in my area. The project only took a day from start to finish so I wasn't out the use of my car hardly at all. Also Don is a pleasure to deal with, very honest and straightforward, he really knows his product and readily discussed alternatives and options with me. Overall he gets a five star rating from me.

Ron

CL63wide

You never mentioned what it cost and post pics please.

Don Nguyen

Thanks for the kind words Ron! The most important thing for me is always that you're happy with the results and enjoy your car in a new/different way than before.

As far as pricing goes, every car is going to be typically different, since even small variations between cars and/or what the owner wants done exactly can affect the costs. For those who were interested in getting any type of vinyl work done, it'd be best to contact me with exactly what you are trying to do and I can quote you specifically for your car.

Thanks!

-Don

CL63wide

I am looking for something like this....

A black/silver with a splash of red. Have you seen anything similar to this anywhere?

CL63wide

and as far as steering wheels, if my wheel is a plain leather one should I consider a wood one for you to wrap or can you modify my leather one by cutting the leather back where the wrap will be?

RonCL55

I managed to get some pictures done today. Apologies for the quality. Hopefully these come through.

CL63wide

Nice!

that will work well. I'll wait for Dan to come up to the Bay in a month and get mine dime in black/red as previously posted.

RonCL55

I assume that you have a black interior. I think it will look great! Be sure to share pictures.