Just made a carbon dashboard for my VX220!

[Lordbenny]

Well kind of....Basically the silver dash & light switch surround was a bit scratched, I've only had the car 3 days so I'm keen to make it as clean as possible. I covered the dash in 3M carbon vinyl wrap. Its pretty easy to use if your reasonably dexterous and the results are great. It cost me £20 in total and about 2 hours work. I dont have before pics but here are some 'after' ones.

[wmg100]

Good work,

[Carlique]

Very tidy, looks great

[SXi Lad]

Looks ace...nice work. Its such an easy little mod to do yourself.

[insanojackson]

wonder how easy it would be to do the plastic sill covers in the same material?

[Lordbenny]

insanojackson said:

wonder how easy it would be to do the plastic sill covers in the same material?

I want to do the door/lever cards but think it'll be a nightmare because although the vinyl bends a bit it won't bend enough to mould inside the handle area. I anyone's done this let us know!

As for the sills....Possibly, let me know how you get on!

[Sammo123]

Maybe if you could heat the vinyl up as you are applying it?? Just using a hairdryer should make it much more flexible.

[Lordbenny]

Sammo123 said:

Maybe if you could heat the vinyl up as you are applying it??

Good shout, only I've tried the hairdryer method, its fine for making the vinyl slightly more pliable but when you need to mould it it gets difficult. The vinly goes hard and creases easily when hot, you have to be very careful.

[djgritt]

Looks good that - major improvement over the standard trim