Carbon Leather interior is expensive! So.......

[Starscream]

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Today Ive been busy wrapping my friends interior trim on his E46 M3 and thought Id post some pics on how that turned out,

This seems to be a very up and coming popular interior mod amongst the BMW crowd, Mostly 3 Series owners, It hasn't spilled over to the Z crowd, But everyone compliments my Carbon Leather in my Z so much Im wondering how many people start this on their Z4's
Its a bit of a PITA, Not what I'd call easy but its not rocket science either,

Here is what I did,

First you start with your stock boring silver graphite parts,



Then you get your carbon sheets that they sell very cheap these days,
Its a carbon fiber fabric, and imitates the look of the BMW "Carbon Leather" trim I have in my M and can be optioned in most new BMW M cars,





You then cut what you need leaving ample room around the part, after all you have to wrap it clean over the part and secure it to the back,
Also pictured is the doctors style tools you need for the job, a really sharp pair of scissors and an exacto knife and 3M's Super #77 spray glue



Then spray the part, I used 2 coats as it gets a bit thick with any more



Then its time to lay the sheet and start pressing out all the air and getting it nice and flat,



Next comes the holes, Pretty much speaks for itself, Just cut close to the edge and keep rolling back applying glue to the rear





And then some finished pics and closeup of the weave,

[Starscream]

The rest of the pics





I also did the same technique for the rest of his trim and here is that finished







These two parts interlock together on the dash so I made sure I got the weave to line up, This was a little tricky as the parts contour to the dash so wrapping these was a bit of a challenge but they came out nice





And thats it so far,
Tomorrow I'll install them and get some installed pics

[Starscream]

For comparison here is some close-ups of the real Carbon Leather in my BMW from the factory,

Not much difference,










Mine is a little more textured, you can physically feel the weave,
But for $30 a yard the carbon fabric really is an awesome way to add some nice interior mods without going over the top and tacky

[BMWI6]

where did you get this? it looks awesome!!!!!! i posted in the e90 forum too

[schwank]

nice!

[Dammmittt]

Bleh...I like my shiny aluminum

I'm sure you'll be getting lots of PMs on this tho.

[koala]

Wow, fantastic job on the quality of your work!

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Dammmittt

Bleh...I like my shiny aluminum

I'm sure you'll be getting lots of PMs on this tho.

I have aluminum in my E90, Love that

I think the Carbon Leather works well in my Z4M so I'm happy with both cars,
If I had the wood trim in the 3 Series id do it in this carbon wrap too,

I do think this would look great on a Z4, Im thinking of buying a standard painted graphite set to do,

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by koala

Wow, fantastic job on the quality of your work!

Thank You
This is actually the first time Ive ever done anything like this, I read a lot of message boards with people doing similar work and just paid attention and took my time

[nmulax]

Great job, looks much better then the boring grey plastic.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by nmulax

Great job, looks much better then the boring grey plastic.

I agree,

His interior is also that boring light dove grey so this should break it up a bit

[Starscream]

The interior its going into looks like this



Just without the Nav and SMG and aluminum trim lol,
But same Grey color,

[Spartiati]

I think that looks really good. Nice work.

[Burt Reynolds]

Good work. I like carbon but I got to tell you I like the contrast with my aluminum.

[Starscream]

ok some installed shots,









and a gratuitous exterior in the freezing snow shot



Granted its not a jaw dropping total pimp my ride transformation but it looks a lot better and gives a nice transition from black to grey,

I'm now doing the inside door handles and will have some pictures of those when finished,

they should come out like this, Only on a grey door
(these are just pics for reference, Not mine)

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Burt Reynolds

Good work. I like carbon but I got to tell you I like the contrast with my aluminum.

As do I on my 3 Series,
But for my M I love my Carbon Leather

[BMWJZ4]

dude..you did a good job..where did you purchase the fabric?

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by BMWJZ4

dude..you did a good job..where did you purchase the fabric?

I didn't, this isn't my car I just did the job,

I think I have seen a vendor in the classified section selling it by the yard

[Nate2046]

Nice work I'll be interested to hear how the door handle goes as it looks to be a fairly complex shape with lots of compound curves. I'm wondering if it will be hard to keep from getting wrinkles.

[ZStig]

nice work

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by Starscream

and a gratuitous exterior in the freezing snow shot

'freezing' snow

Looks amazing! I might have to give this a try for sure... maybe I'll test some peices on my Mustang.

[veryhuman]

Would 3M's Super #77 spray glue work with a leather on plastic trim wrap?