Carbon fiber trim

Underground6t9 · 09-10-2014, 08:59 PM

Wheres the best place to buy carbon fiber trim for E92 without idrive? Oh btw it's for an automatic.
Thanks.

Dark_Knight_335 · 09-10-2014, 09:27 PM

Any reason you're not going with vinyl wrap?

Austin 1439 · 09-10-2014, 10:10 PM

+1 on wrap

Underground6t9 · 09-10-2014, 11:13 PM

I really hadn't put to much thought into that. Maybe vynil is the best way to go?

peterparker · 09-10-2014, 11:42 PM

ocarbon, look them up.

Underground6t9 · 09-11-2014, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by peterparker

ocarbon, look them up.

thats only for E90

udm328i · 09-11-2014, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Underground6t9

Wheres the best place to buy carbon fiber trim for E92 without idrive? Oh btw it's for an automatic.
Thanks.

I think I saw it for around $1200, BMW of Tenafly

Underground6t9 · 09-11-2014, 07:16 AM

I seen it there but it doesn't say if it's for idrive or non idrive as well as auto or manual

udm328i · 09-11-2014, 07:22 AM

That's without the idrive, and it will be the same for auto and mt

peterparker · 09-11-2014, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Underground6t9

thats only for E90

Contact them, I'm pretty sure they'll be able to do it.

shadow191 · 09-11-2014, 09:02 AM

Best is subjective and totally up to you. Vinyl looks good, but it's very obvious that it's not real carbon fiber. Real carbon fiber has a depth and gloss that no vinyl can match, but the cost is pretty high. I would avoid the overlay kits ~$400 since they may not fit perfectly. You might as well use vinyl vs. overlay. Having actual CF layed over your stock trim is the best option, but the price is $1K + from most places. There is someone on the forums that seems to do a lot of this work. roll_the_dice or something like that.

Eat.Sleep.Race · 09-11-2014, 09:05 AM

Get the real CF kit!! Its worth the 1200 bucks.

brewnami · 09-11-2014, 09:30 AM

O Carbon is like $800... Kind of pricey. I've seen some vinyl that looks pretty good, but you'll need to do the cost/benefit analysis yourself. $800 and have real carbon fiber wrapped OEM trim, or $700 in your pocket and nice gloss 3m carbon fiber vinyl.

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Underground6t9 Lieutenant Colonel 317 Rep 1,735 Posts Drives: BMW 335xi, Lexus is250 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Eugene, OR iTrader: (2)	I really hadn't put to much thought into that. Maybe vynil is the best way to go?
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peterparker Captain 137 Rep 819 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Rochester NY iTrader: (3) Garage List 2009 BMW 335i [0.00]	ocarbon, look them up.
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Underground6t9 Lieutenant Colonel 317 Rep 1,735 Posts Drives: BMW 335xi, Lexus is250 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Eugene, OR iTrader: (2)	I seen it there but it doesn't say if it's for idrive or non idrive as well as auto or manual
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shadow191 Lieutenant Colonel 181 Rep 1,681 Posts Drives: 2017 Volvo XC90 R-Design Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: GA iTrader: (3)	Best is subjective and totally up to you. Vinyl looks good, but it's very obvious that it's not real carbon fiber. Real carbon fiber has a depth and gloss that no vinyl can match, but the cost is pretty high. I would avoid the overlay kits ~$400 since they may not fit perfectly. You might as well use vinyl vs. overlay. Having actual CF layed over your stock trim is the best option, but the price is $1K + from most places. There is someone on the forums that seems to do a lot of this work. roll_the_dice or something like that.
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