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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: MC71 on May 17, 2012, 10:36:30 pm

Title: C/F Seat side Trim?
Post by: MC71 on May 17, 2012, 10:36:30 pm
Came across these Carbon Fibre Seat Side Trims on the interweb, like the look of them a lot  :drool:

Anybody know anything about them, the price or the company that makes them, company's called TID Styling and are in Korea!


(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1049.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs399%2Fmcaborn%2Fc24bae88.jpg&hash=7e298cff9011ad0dc559bc775b82fe4f024c9ad2)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1049.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs399%2Fmcaborn%2F792aebcb.jpg&hash=4e00d6852de07bdae287df1c243c7f027f88af49)

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Title: Re: C/F Seat side Trim?
Post by: RedRobin on May 17, 2012, 10:52:07 pm
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Nice find!  :happy2:

TID also make carbon flappy paddle extensions (DSG). I have them on my car, as do one or two others on the forum.
Title: Re: C/F Seat side Trim?
Post by: higher1 on May 18, 2012, 01:12:24 pm
The tt shop are uk dealers for this company may be worth dropping them a email or call for some prices

I think there gonna be pretty exspensive though check out the same ones for the tt - http://www.thettshop.co.uk/search.asp?product=202621&i=show&site=main
Title: Re: C/F Seat side Trim?
Post by: MC71 on May 18, 2012, 03:16:05 pm
The tt shop are uk dealers for this company may be worth dropping them a email or call for some prices

I think there gonna be pretty exspensive though check out the same ones for the tt - http://www.thettshop.co.uk/search.asp?product=202621&i=show&site=main


Yeah saw that thanks for that though. Good quality C/F products are not cheap so would expect it to be somewhere between £300 -£500 a pair. Maybe one day when handling and engine mods are all done i will move on to shiney bits.
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Title: Re: C/F Seat side Trim?
Post by: Johnny_tro on May 18, 2012, 09:03:46 pm
I know I may get put down for this comment, but have to risk it.......

A lot of people now are wrapping, with a good quality wrapp you can get a good effect, if you wrapped the item and the clear coat laquered it after do you think you could get a closer to this look?
Title: Re: C/F Seat side Trim?
Post by: RedRobin on May 18, 2012, 09:34:46 pm
^^^^
All my interior stuff is carbon vinyl wrapped and all my exterior body stuff is real carbon.

The latest 3M carbon vinyls are excellent and even have texture.
Title: Re: C/F Seat side Trim?
Post by: Johnny_tro on May 18, 2012, 09:53:38 pm
^^^^

The latest 3M carbon vinyls are excellent and even have texture.

^^^
Exactly, do you think a nice clear coat would give a similar/closer look to the rear stuff?
Title: Re: C/F Seat side Trim?
Post by: RedRobin on May 18, 2012, 09:58:27 pm
^^^^
The latest 3M carbon vinyls are excellent and even have texture.


^^^
Exactly, do you think a nice clear coat would give a similar/closer look to the rear stuff?


....In theory yes but in reality I doubt it. There's a point at which it's best to be honest about what a material is and afterall carbon vinyl has its own beauty, imo.

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Title: Re: C/F Seat side Trim?
Post by: Russ_leeds on May 18, 2012, 10:00:51 pm
I asked this while ago. After a few replies and a bit of research I found that you have to use certain clear coats to get a nice finish (still not as good as the real deal) or the vinyl wil just look black ( you cant really see the carbon print)