Vinyl / carbon fiber wrap on the center bezel?

[jblues1969]

I've bought some VVivvid carbon fiber wrap and gave it a first try and failed to get it done in one piece.

Before I try again, I want to see if anyone else has succeeded and if there are any tips and techniques that help, and if it's even possible without making upholstery-style cuts in the wrap.

Carbon fiber wrap adds a ton of complexity because you don't want to stretch the pattern.

 

[hear]

It seems like a topology problem to me. You need to map a flat sheet to a complex curved surface....something has to give. Map makers have struggled with this for 400 years.

 

[annihil8ted]

I've bought some VVivvid carbon fiber wrap and gave it a first try and failed to get it done in one piece.

Before I try again, I want to see if anyone else has succeeded and if there are any tips and techniques that help, and if it's even possible without making upholstery-style cuts in the wrap.

Carbon fiber wrap adds a ton of complexity because you don't want to stretch the pattern.

In my experience, it's hard to notice the distortion from stretch in carbon fiber patterns. It's not going on a flat surface anyways so stretching it won't hurt or take away too much.

My advice is work in a warm area, grab a heat gun and be sure to heat up big parts before pulling and stretching. This way, the distortion is spread out/blended and you won't have funky looking areas

 

[TheBoogieman]