3M Carbon Fiber Wrap for Hoods

This is not real carbon fiber it's just vinyl, but aesthetics wise it gets the job done so it's great.

I've covered my phone in it before, it's awesome. And cheap.

Actually I he 3M is a film rather than a thick vinyl wrap. You can give them a call and 3M will send you a sample pack for free

Eight_Blade wrote in post #15076692
Did you do this to your Civic Si too?

John Photography wrote in post #15076698
no, did it to my Bentley!

Well played, JP. Well played. Looks like a good way to square away a scuffed up lens hood if you wanted.

Mike

WOW $30 is about $28 to much! If it is vinyl that is. You can get a whole roll of it for about $10 and it is very easy to apply. But I used to do a lot of automotive graphics so I may be biased. I have thought about doing it but never did. The CF wrap with the studio logo on each side is what I was going to do .

Of course, if you buy the big Nikon glass, you get a real-deal carbon fiber hood:

gakoenig wrote in post #15129261
Of course, if you buy the big Nikon glass, you get a real-deal carbon fiber hood:

So what your saying is NIKON puts the $$$ in the lens hood instead of the glass.

gakoenig wrote in post #15129261
Of course, if you buy the big Nikon glass, you get a real-deal carbon fiber hood:

I believe the large Canon Ls are the same. Theyre just painted white.

xpfloyd wrote in post #15117538
I actually love this, I've been wanting to find out how to do it for a while and my search tonight found this thread.

Can you tell me it can be removed again I.e. if I ever sell the particular hood on?

yes, in fact a few of them was already wrapped and my new guy removed the old wrap and rewrapped it.

Bonbridge wrote in post #15117679
30 dollar for a single hood? Did you buy a new hood for it?

I did it for just 2 dollar. But I wrapped the original hoods, a long time ago.

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it's the labor and workmanship that goes into the wrapping of the hoods....properly lining it up.

Mark1 wrote in post #15125164
WOW $30 is about $28 to much! If it is vinyl that is. You can get a whole roll of it for about $10 and it is very easy to apply. But I used to do a lot of automotive graphics so I may be biased. I have thought about doing it but never did. The CF wrap with the studio logo on each side is what I was going to do .

it's not vinyl, it's 3M di-noc film. and a whole roll of it is a lot more than $10. if you use to do a lot of automotive graphics, you'd know this.

John Photography wrote in post #15137020
it's not vinyl, it's 3M di-noc film. and a whole roll of it is a lot more than $10. if you use to do a lot of automotive graphics, you'd know this.

What's the difference? A bit OT, but I'm looking for some vinyl (or at least I thought it was vinyl that would be best) for doing some graphics that will wrap over the surfaces of a Thule luggage box. I'm looking for stuff that will be durable, clean wrapping, not leave any residue (or easily removable residue), and the cheaper the better. Any suggestions?

Looks legit, OP.
Anybody know how difficult is it to remove?

Nightdiver13 wrote in post #15137044
What's the difference? A bit OT, but I'm looking for some vinyl (or at least I thought it was vinyl that would be best) for doing some graphics that will wrap over the surfaces of a Thule luggage box. I'm looking for stuff that will be durable, clean wrapping, not leave any residue (or easily removable residue), and the cheaper the better. Any suggestions?

this 3M di-noc is meant car exteriors and is very durable. not sure how big your Thule luggage box is, but this should do the job.

Thanks. I'll look into that.

John Photography wrote in post #15137020
it's not vinyl, it's 3M di-noc film. and a whole roll of it is a lot more than $10. if you use to do a lot of automotive graphics, you'd know this.

di-noc was not even conceived of when I was an automotive painter. Everything was vinyl. Have not kept up with it since I stopped painting.

And your right it is more expensive. 4 hoods worth is $22. And at that price I just may have to get some!

Mark1 wrote in post #15137922
di-noc was not even conceived of when I was an automotive painter. Everything was vinyl. Have not kept up with it since I stopped painting.

And your right it is more expensive. 4 hoods worth is $22. And at that price I just may have to get some!

yeah, it's great stuff bro! locally, i had a hard time finding anyone who would sell me smaller pieces. but you can get them pretty easily online.