taurran

Yeah yeah, I'm not usually a big fan of carbon, but Ive been considering this for a while now. Seeing some of the installs on here lately convinced me to try it myself. I'm not a big fan of covering all that nice black wood trim, so I just covered that ugly silver bezel around the shifter.

It didn't take too long to fit it in there with a basic template by paper and just cutting around the edges with a razor knife.

I'm still getting used to it, but it looks decent. Tell me what you think.

Note - This is the GLOSSY Di-noc material.

Oxygen

Looks fantastic!

By the way, it's 3M Di-Noc, not Ni-Doc! haha.

taurran

Oops. Fixed. heh

Oxygen

Awesome... question... how did you go about cutting around the buttons and making the edges smooth?

taurran

I used a piece of paper to trace the whole shape and make holes for the plate, then I traced it on the back of the vinyl and left a slight amount of extra material all around. Then, I applied it to the plate as straight as possible and trimmed off the slight excess carefully with a very sharp razor cutter.

You just have to be careful not to cut through and hit the plastic or leather, but if you take your time it'll be fine.

w203is

Looks great

tgoss

Looks great man! Finish that girl up! Only 10+ pieces to go

taurran

Naw... I think there is such thing as TOO MUCH carbon fiber overlay. I don't want my car to look riced out. ha

abrim

x2, I'm debating exactly what I want to do in carbon and what I don't. I think I might do everything in the dinoc and then glossy clearcoat everything except the shifter surround and leave that matte.

I want that style armrest though! I think it looks so much better than the roll up style I have!

taurran

I personally think doing all of the trim makes it look cheap, but having a smaller piece around the shifter keeps it classy looking. Other cars, like the IS-F, have a smallish piece of CF there from the factory without overdoing it.

IMO, overdoing anything on an interior makes it look cheap.

Oxygen

Here is my rendition on a W220...

aghakauve

Looks nice!!

sparky909

has anyone ever covered the roll-up armrest with Di-Noc? Or can you get the bifold door one from Mercedes?

Oxygen

Just finished having the WHOLE interior done, not in DiNoc but 3M's new product 1080 vinyl. Looks ****ing awesome!

grantwoodtx

Very nice both you guys!

Duc1098E500

Wow those look beautiful.

Oxygen

Thanks... it was a long time in the making but came out better than I expected!

AMG3.2

Dang you did a good job. I've been itching to do this to my interior as well.

Oxygen

I hired PHENOMenal Vinyl to do the work... took about 14 hours. Not something yo want to tackle yourself... especially with that much wood!

anhie69

nice how long did it take you? did you take anything apart and how did you cut it? i was looking to do mine too

anhie69

how much did it cost you?

berti_00

here is mine, did last week

AKnight55

S class has more wood than an E, so cant really compare.

theunderlord

I like it! Great work.

Alps

looks good!, I like the piono wood finish on the w211, but really bad design having the silver inserts I have some 3m carbon sitting here for the last 6 mnths to complete covering the silver bits.

anyone covered the outer door pillar covers with this stuff?