HJ - WB air vents with carbon fibre vanes

[damienengland]

If you do the insert sections that are normally silver or woodgrain then the carbon will look great, (certainly better than woodgrain anyway!)

You are really onto something here....

Thanks Rob, i will update a couple more pics as i go and yes, its got to be better than the wood grain. Cheers

[SLR_dave]

I reckon they look awesome!
I don't think I'm ready to get that radical with my vans atm as I'm goin orig, but it's a brilliant modernistion, This carbon wrap stuff looks better and better!

Can I ask, How fiddly was it to do that job Damien? - Whats it cost?

[damienengland]

I reckon they look awesome!
I don't think I'm ready to get that radical with my vans atm as I'm goin orig, but it's a brilliant modernistion, This carbon wrap stuff looks better and better!

Can I ask, How fiddly was it to do that job Damien? - Whats it cost?

Thanks Dave

They weren't too bad. I read Absinth's post on how to restore the vents and after i got them apart, simply removed and wrapped each vane using a heat gun to settle it in. Used a sharp knife to trim around the edges and all seems well. Reassembly was simple with a couple of dobs of super glue on the two vent halves. Material cost was about $70 for the vinyl kit (Super Cheap Auto) and a couple of bucks for some sticky backed foam from Bunnings to reline the housing (see below). I will post pics of the reassembled dash when complete. Cheers

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[Big Rob]

Bloody good job. Attention to detail of the small things makes all the difference in a finished product.

[damienengland]

Well, a couple of more pics. I did half my facia to see the difference. Now I'm not sure if there will be too much carbon fibre look? On a good note, this 3M stuff really moulds well around the corners and various profile shapes of the dash. Seems to go fairly hard after the heat gun treatment so i assume it will stick well where its been worked into corners etc. Thoughts?

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[Big Rob]

That looks great! And it is not too much, it looks like it should be like that. HOLDEN would be annoyed they didnt do it.

I am going to get some of that stuff for sure.