Carbon dipping

[Biggsjo]

I want to get a spare slam panel I will have carbon dipped, any suggestions near Oxfordshire and how much I should expect to pay.

[leerandle]

If you are serious about carbon dipping, then I would check the temperature at which the dip may start to peel/flake. It can pretty hot under the bonnet and I wouldn't want you to pay a few quid to get it done for it to start coming off after a while.

I did start trying to make my own real carbon fibre slam panel and made 4 but all with defects/problems. That's why real carbon fibre parts as so expensive......

Good luck

[xjay1337]

It's coated with lacquer so will be fine.

Detail My Car in Newbury offers hydro dipping. Proper set up, not an idiot with a bath tub.
Nick did my rear wing on my Scirocco. It's a close match to my actual carbon fibre bonnet.

Drop him a message on Facebook

IMG_3921-4 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

[kbooker]

I had the sill plates dipped in a carbon effect out of curiosity, it's ok and certainly better than the original finish but I wouldn't do it again or recommend it, if it's the carbon effect you're after you really can't beat the real thing...

[Beefmeister]

xjay1337 said:

It's coated with lacquer so will be fine.

Detail My Car in Newbury offers hydro dipping. Proper set up, not an idiot with a bath tub.
Nick did my rear wing on my Scirocco. It's a close match to my actual carbon fibre bonnet.

Another big thumbs up for Nick here. He does exceptional work, i've seen lots of dipped parts that 'stretch' at the edges which really looks rubbish. But Nick does it properly and it's very very convincing when they do the carbon look.

[Jibberingloon]

here is my 2p.......


DONT


You have a lovely expensive and prestigeous Aston, so dont cheapen it with Max Power Carbon dipping.

I tried it to match all my real carbon, and it looks crap!

Save up, and get the real stuff.

If you cant buy the part you are after in carbon because they dont make it, find a good company to true carbon wrap and lacquer it or spend a few grand and get a carbon copy made!!!!


Boom........



(might have had a few glasses of red prior to response.... )

[xjay1337]

Jibberingloon said:

here is my 2p.......



(might have had a few glasses of red prior to response.... )

At 4PM?

As I said I have an actual carbon fibre bonnet and it's a very good match to the Carbon dip I have on my spoiler.
There are a variety of carbon dips available. Some look awful.
Some look better.

IMG_3924-7 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

Dip






Genuine carbon

As I said, it's not EXACT, but from a few ft away it is quite convincing.

[Jibberingloon]

Yep at 4pm...... I’m not working.

I think the issue is that when you have lots of lovely carbon and you go down the line of dipping certain bits.... You will always know its fake and you then have to explain it to someone, and deep down in the back of your mind you have had to compromise on it....



Its like having a sexy girlfriend that has all the right bits in the right places but then decides to get a boob implant....

"They might look good from a distance..... but when you get up close and look properly it cheap, tacky, plastic and doesn’t have the right credentials!"

Why settle for something fake..... get the real stuff

[biggsjfp]

Thanks for all the replies, I think I will look for a proper carbon one rather than get mine dipped.
As has been pointed out, why spoil an expensive car for a few quid👍😊

[leerandle]

biggsjfp said:

Thanks for all the replies, I think I will look for a proper carbon one rather than get mine dipped.
As has been pointed out, why spoil an expensive car for a few quid????

As a compromise you could always 'skin' the existing metallic slam panel if you really wanted a real carbon effect.

This would involve sanding down existing slam panel and buying a 'skinning' kit from somewhere like Easycomposites.

Bond it down and apply resin, sand it down etc

Just a thought

[xjay1337]

Jibberingloon said:

Yep at 4pm...... I’m not working.

I think the issue is that when you have lots of lovely carbon and you go down the line of dipping certain bits.... You will always know its fake and you then have to explain it to someone, and deep down in the back of your mind you have had to compromise on it....



Its like having a sexy girlfriend that has all the right bits in the right places but then decides to get a boob implant....

"They might look good from a distance..... but when you get up close and look properly it cheap, tacky, plastic and doesn’t have the right credentials!"

Why settle for something fake..... get the real stuff

If you can get whatever part you want done** (edited typo) in real carbon, sure.
Some pieces aren't available.
Some are, but at 10X the price of dipping.
If it's £80 to have something dipped or £800 for a "genuine" carbon then you have more money than sense
I agree bit external trim pieces EG bonnets, splitters, valances, pays to get better quality, but internal trim pieces, nah.

Edited by xjay1337 on Friday 21st April 11:38

[divetheworld]

I've never seen a dip that looks convincing. Even if it could be made to 'look' like carbon, fake is still fake, It's an Aston, not a ricer.