3M Di-Noc Carbon Fiber Grille+Interior by cjTL

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3M Di-Noc Carbon Fiber Grille+Interior 

Compliments of cjTL @ https://acurazine.com

2-27-2010

First off, I've gotta give jptl04 credit for mentioning this product in this thread- here. Anyway, the product- 3M Di-Noc Carbon Fiber can be found here. I bought an 8 square foot roll for $60 and used pretty much all of it...on the grille, rear license plate trim, and over the OEM fake carbon fiber on the interior along with some other places. It took a couple hours to do but was fairly easy. Cut out a chunk about the size of the area you wanna cover, stick it on, mold it on with a hair dryer, cut with a razor blade. So far, everyone who's been in my car has noticed on their own without me mentioning it to them. God it looks amazing. I'll let the pics do the talking from here. Excuse the quality. The interior shots were taken last night at 1AM in my garage, 40 some degrees down there.


Interior:

I wanted to do the area around the vents and upper display, but the Di-Noc just would not stick and form a good bond with that plastic at all for some reason.

Grille and rear plate trim. Exterior:

That's all guys! Not bad for a 16 year old's work.

3-1-2010

Yessir. Per your request. Interior looks a little bit blue since I've done the blue LED mods.

And I somehow forgot to take a pic of the steering wheel pieces in my original post.

3-16-2010

Thank you! Where were you thinking? I'm gonna try to do the gray part on the front and rear A-Spec kit next. And maybe if I get a roof spoiler...might do that too.

I got bored a few weeks ago and took some of my scrap Di-Noc and wrapped my keyfob. Took it apart and sprayed the outside part black, then wrapped it in CF. iPhone 3GS=sucky pics. Sorry.

4-21-2010

The Di-Noc grille is holding up great after a few months now. Had plenty of 80 degree days already and nothing is coming loose. Good sign. From 20 minutes ago-

4-25-2010

Ever since I put the Di-Noc in my car, I wasn't happy with some of the cuts and fitment of a few of the pieces. I had some free time this weekend so I decided to fix those areas up with some left over CF I've had in my trunk for a while now. The first area I tackled was the center shifter area. There were wrinkles and jagged cuts I never was really too happy about. I took some pics of the process with my iPhone 3GS...so let's excuse the sub-par quality.

Before shot:

Notice the sloppy cuts and wrinkles on the upper right section. I didn't take my time the first time around.

Step 1:

Remove the old Di-Noc with heat.

Surprised that there was zero residue left over. I kind of miss the stock shiny look.

Step 2:

Cut a chunk of the vinyl that is slightly larger than the area you want to cover. Since this area was around the shifter, I cut a hole in the middle of it for easier application.

Step 3:

Use heat to melt it down and mold it to the surface. Press down along the edges of it so you can see where to cut.

Step 4:

Cut it up! I used a straight razor blade for this step. Didn't take any pictures unfortunetly. But here are the finished pics of this area. Notice how I covered up part of the silver area around the shifter this time. And yes I fixed the area on the lower corner of it. And the upper left. Heat allows this stuff to be easily stretched out to cover up slips with cutting like that.

Part II. 

The right section of my steering wheel also had some cuts that I wasn't happy with. So I decided to redo that while I was at it.

Step 1:

After cutting the chunk of Di-Noc, put it on. Use heat to mold.

Step 2:

Cut! Here's a pic of what I used for all the cuts. Small and very sharp.

Step 3:

Press down along the edges of the buttons so you can see where to cut. And then very carefully cut. One slip and you'll have to start over.

Finished product:

Thanks for reading! I'll post some night shots of my interior in the next post.

Here are some shots of my interior at night taken with my Nikon D60. These pics don't do it justice. Di-Noc with blue LEDs is a stunning combo. Added a piece of CF to the bottom of my steering wheel- yes it sticks to leather.

10-18-2010

 Thanks man! I really appreciate it. I try to keep my car clean and subtle. And yes- I'm known to spend some quality time in my garage with my TL...