Carbon Dipping

So i want to do my spoiler, wing mirror covers and grills with Carbon Dipping but can only find one place in Ireland and there prices are pretty high from here - http://www.aquaprint.ie/


€200 for lip spoiler
€150 for wing mirror covers
€80 for grills

I could buy ones for that but have looked around and asked on M3 Cutters and they all said to get them carbon dipped as obviously they will fit perfect and the results are very good as can be seen in this thread..

http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=97421&highlight=carbon+done

So has anyone had this done or know of anywhere else that i could price up the work??

Cheers

carstyle.ie came up on a google search for water transfer printing but I know nothing about them

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carstyle.ie came up on a google search for water transfer printing but I know nothing about them

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Tried them already, they will only wrap them and kinda afraid the wrap would be cheap looking..

I remember I got a quote of a guy in Mullingar 50€ for spoiler and two mirror covers. Never went with it as I am still unsure but the prices above definitely seem pretty high.

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Originally Posted by Alex

I remember I got a quote of a guy in Mullingar 50€ for spoiler and two mirror covers. Never went with it as I am still unsure but the prices above definitely seem pretty high.

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Do you have any details of this lad??

Cheers

Just to throw my 2c in the ring...

I honestly don't see the point in carbon wrapping or dipping something. You're not getting any performance advantage (as negligible as it might be) and you're essentially making something look like something it's not. It's on the same scale as putting M3 badges on a 316i (but obviously not nearly as bad). I'd either source real carbon parts or paint the parts piano black. Dip / Wrap is fine maybe for a quick fix on something, but for the price why not just go for real carbon and get someone who knows what they're doing to fit it if there are issues with the fit of the product.

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Just to throw my 2c in the ring...

I honestly don't see the point in carbon wrapping or dipping something. You're not getting any performance advantage (as negligible as it might be) and you're essentially making something look like something it's not. It's on the same scale as putting M3 badges on a 316i (but obviously not nearly as bad). I'd either source real carbon parts or paint the parts piano black. Dip / Wrap is fine maybe for a quick fix on something, but for the price why not just go for real carbon and get someone who knows what they're doing to fit it if there are issues with the fit of the product.

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Im not looking to make anything lighter for performance just for looks is all.. And as i said a lot of the spoilers and wing mirrors have fitting issues as i was told on M3 Cutters so it seems the most sensible thing to do was dip the ones that i know i will have no fitting problems with...

Also im not looking for the BMW Performance spoiler as it is way too bog and looks silly IMO just want the spoiler i have in carbon...

I also have no interest in spening silly money on the carbon stuff and i would prefer to save my money for mods that will actually improve performance like my Eisenmann exhaust and Evolve remap.. :wink::wink:

Aqua print might be expensive, but the quality and durability is excellent

I'd imagine you find the quality and durability is as good in many places in the UK also with less expensive prices. There's no competition here so they can charge what they like and yes it is a tad too much tbh.

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Originally Posted by PaddyMcGrath

Just to throw my 2c in the ring...

I honestly don't see the point in carbon wrapping or dipping something. You're not getting any performance advantage (as negligible as it might be) and you're essentially making something look like something it's not. It's on the same scale as putting M3 badges on a 316i (but obviously not nearly as bad). I'd either source real carbon parts or paint the parts piano black. Dip / Wrap is fine maybe for a quick fix on something, but for the price why not just go for real carbon and get someone who knows what they're doing to fit it if there are issues with the fit of the product.

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My 2 c

Not every car has the availability of real carbon parts. Not sure how much of a performance advantage you would gain by putting on a real carbon spoiler instead of plastic one. Most grills sourced on ebay do not fit properly no matter who fits them.

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Originally Posted by oo7m3

So i want to do my spoiler, wing mirror covers and grills with Carbon Dipping but can only find one place in Ireland and there prices are pretty high from here - http://www.aquaprint.ie/


€200 for lip spoiler
€150 for wing mirror covers
€80 for grills

I could buy ones for that but have looked around and asked on M3 Cutters and they all said to get them carbon dipped as obviously they will fit perfect and the results are very good as can be seen in this thread..

http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=97421&highlight=carbon+done

So has anyone had this done or know of anywhere else that i could price up the work??

Cheers

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Than k you Alex for pointing me in the direction of these lads...


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mulli...116464?fref=ts


Jaysis those Aquaprint lads are pure chancers with what they quoted me, these lads are doing my spoiler, wing mirror covers and grills for 1/4 what Aquaprint quoted me.. They were very helpfull to deal with and im not worried about their quality of work from looking at the site and chatted to a lad that had a few bits done..

Anyone looking into this its worth getting in contact with these lads...

Can you post before and after pics please.

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Can you post before and after pics please.

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Yea will do, going to send them Wednesday and hopefully have them back early next week..

Its quite a slow process im told as i it takes a while to dry between the different processes..

Will watch this with interest too; hope the quaility of work is high

Can you re-post the Facebook linky.
It does not appear to be working...

Yep, please post the company name, as I was going to use
Aquaprint, but thought their prices were very high.

I found them:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/H2O-printing-laois/589644554391447

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I found them:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/H2O-printing-laois/589644554391447

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Thats a different one.. This is the crowd i was onto..

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mullingar-Dipping-Service/699013280116464?fref=ts

Nice one, I'm going to get onto them and see what they quote.

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I found them:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/H2O-printing-laois/589644554391447

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Thats a different one.. This is the crowd i was onto..

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mullingar-Dipping-Service/699013280116464?fref=ts

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Do you have a phone number for him? I'm amazed he's not got one on his Facebook site.

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Do you have a phone number for him? I'm amazed he's not got one on his Facebook site.

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0871420884 :wink:

I'll be very interested to see how you get on as was considering aquaprint even with the high price for some custom work.

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I'm going to give him a try anyway. His prices are extremely reasonable, and make aquaprint's pricing look like extortion.

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I'll be very interested to see how you get on as was considering aquaprint even with the high price for some custom work.

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I've had two jobs of custom painting done on trims in 2 different cars with aquaprint. The first batch was flawless, near factory perfect, I was talking to guy doing it and he really knew his stuff. The second batch was not done by the same guy and wasn't anywhere near as good. The key to any painting is in the prep, and the end result depends on who did it and how experienced they are with prepping and spraying.

I could be wrong but I wouldn't imagine that water-transfer printing requires the same level of prep and primer that normal painting would.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADq96RGRf00&sns=em

This is a good video showing the process, mad!

Well did you get the trim back yet?

Also interested in seeing the finished product. I priced aqua print for some piano black and it genuinely was eye watering!

What was the cost micheal ?

I priced an interior trim the other day not by aquaprint

Wrapped 150
Hydrodipped 300

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Also interested in seeing the finished product. I priced aqua print for some piano black and it genuinely was eye watering!

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Yep, his pricing is off the wall. Thankfully he has competition now, that are willing to do the work for a reasonable price.

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What was the cost micheal ?

I priced an interior trim the other day not by aquaprint

Wrapped 150
Hydrodipped 300

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Side grilles, front grilles and interior trim came in at 450 or something,