carbon fibre printing
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carbon fibre printing
how effective is carbon fibre printing (not overlay ok) just normal printing...was quoted USD 250 for trims....reasonable? and do u guys think it will peel after a while?
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Water Transfer Printing
It's called "water transfer printing" (WTP). I researched it heavily before putting overlaying my 430 interior with real carbon fiber. It's a very cool technology and they can "print" any pattern you can think of. I was thinking of some other patterns like an aluminum mesh also.
WTP was actually was more expensive than the real thing when I checked, primarily due to the top dash trim (long piece below the windshield). That piece alone was about $300 and the total was about $600. The other issue is that any parts that have curvature will not look exactly like real carbon because the pattern follows the curve more than real carbon would. I don't think this would be a big deal though and only those paying a lot of attention would notice.
$250 for everything is a very good price and if done properly, there is no reason why this won't last as long or longer than your original finish.
Here's a site that shows what doramon is talking about:
http://www.watertransferprinting.com/index.htm
WTP was actually was more expensive than the real thing when I checked, primarily due to the top dash trim (long piece below the windshield). That piece alone was about $300 and the total was about $600. The other issue is that any parts that have curvature will not look exactly like real carbon because the pattern follows the curve more than real carbon would. I don't think this would be a big deal though and only those paying a lot of attention would notice.
$250 for everything is a very good price and if done properly, there is no reason why this won't last as long or longer than your original finish.
Here's a site that shows what doramon is talking about:
http://www.watertransferprinting.com/index.htm
Last edited by bs00clk; Jul 2, 2006 at 10:56 AM.
