i8 BMW Carbon Fiber Trim Pics

ian_i3S_iX · 02-06-2016, 09:13 AM

My i8 arrived yesterday and is in storage until early March

Took some pics to give you an idea of the look of the BMW CF Trim

You feel the weave of the fabric not glossed over, looks more matt in real life

Also UK Lasers don't appear to have the Laser warning triangle

YWGT3 · 02-06-2016, 11:58 AM

Congratulations on the arrival of your i8. Nice carbon fiber touch to your interior. Hope that will become an available accessory retrofit for the earlier models.

twm6 · 02-07-2016, 02:03 AM

thanks for sharing, they look great

Twitch Massacre · 02-07-2016, 09:09 AM

Now I'm just wondering how much it will cost me to retrofit the trim.

jcpca356 · 02-07-2016, 09:40 AM

carbon fiber look wrap? I did that on my doorsills to protect against scratches

twm6 · 02-07-2016, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Twitch Massacre

Now I'm just wondering how much it will cost me to retrofit the trim.

I am looking into carbon 4d or even 5d wrap also

ian_i3S_iX · 02-07-2016, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by twm6

I am looking into carbon 4d or even 5d wrap also

Enlighten me 4d 5d ??

twm6 · 02-07-2016, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ian_i3_rex

Enlighten me 4d 5d ??

the term 4D and 5D is used by the manufacturer to show the difference in the carbon fiber wrap they come up with. Ofcourse the first gen was 1D and so forth. I have always had roofs on all my previous vehicles and I had 4D on my gtr and that thing look pretty darn to the real CF under the sun.

Twitch Massacre · 02-07-2016, 10:55 PM

@ian_i3_rex twm6 I did the 5D Carbon in my car. Ok but not great.

twm6 · 02-07-2016, 11:39 PM

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@ian_i3_rex twm6 I did the 5D Carbon in my car. Ok but not great.

thanks for sharing the pic, my personal vinyl wrapper also recommended the 4D, he said the 5D isnt as real as the 4D

Twitch Massacre · 02-08-2016, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by twm6

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Originally Posted by Twitch Massacre

@ian_i3_rex twm6 I did the 5D Carbon in my car. Ok but not great.

thanks for sharing the pic, my personal vinyl wrapper also recommended the 4D, he said the 5D isnt as real as the 4D

To be honest my issue is not really with the looks. It actually looks pretty bang on, almost fooled me the first time I saw it which surprised me considering for the past 7 years my cars have always had real CF interiors. My problem with this is that the material, in an attempt to look as realistic as possible, is very thick and it's a pain to work with on interiors according to everyone in the vehicle wrap business I've spoken to. It's not as flexible as a regular 3M or Avery vinyl and it doesn't adhere as strongly. To get around this they had to do some awkward cuts because of the amount of curves in the interior (this material is terrible at adhering to curves). The finished product came out impressively well given how hard to work with the material was but in the back of my mind it's still just a wrap and the material itself feels cheap to the touch which is why I want to replace it with the OEM Carbon trim. I'm just hoping they don't want both arms and legs for it.

Aye-eight · 02-09-2016, 09:34 AM

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. ... I'm just hoping they don't want both arms and legs for it.

They probably do, though. I just inquired about getting laser lights retrofitted and the quoted price was about twice what the option costs now in the catalog.

Twitch Massacre · 02-09-2016, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Twitch Massacre

. ... I'm just hoping they don't want both arms and legs for it.

They probably do, though. I just inquired about getting laser lights retrofitted and the quoted price was about twice what the option costs now in the catalog.

That's discouraging.

Anyone know what the catalog price is for the carbon trim?

ian_i3S_iX · 02-09-2016, 04:02 PM

UK IS £1700 lasers £5100 so if lasers in the US are 6000 then CF about 2000

Is it not on the US online configurator?

Stevends · 02-11-2016, 12:44 PM

Hi everyone
Traded in my M6 GC for a brand new 2016 i8 and have the carbon trim installed as not available as an option from the factory over here ...
Looks great and is for sure worth the money !

Aye-eight · 02-14-2016, 03:53 AM

That does look quite nice, esp. in combination with the LED strips. I like the matte sheen.

shadi500 · 05-22-2016, 02:22 PM

Does anyone know if you can now order the carbon fiber trim parts from BMW (part #)? I want to have it installed on my 14' i8.

SANguru · 05-23-2016, 01:28 AM

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Does anyone know if you can now order the carbon fiber trim parts from BMW (part #)? I want to have it installed on my 14' i8.

not sure what the price is but here's the part number.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...13#51952412960

shadi500 · 05-24-2016, 10:03 PM

BMW parts department quoted me $4000 for the parts & another $400 for installation.

KamalAli · 03-19-2017, 02:42 AM

Morning everyone,

I'm looking to get the trim on my i8 wrapped. Does anyone know how to take of the trim, specially the centre console? BMW are quoting me £250 just to remove the trim which seems obsurd. Please see the image attached for the parts I need removed. Any help will be much appreciated.

ericsi · 03-19-2017, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by shadi500

BMW parts department quoted me $4000 for the parts & another $400 for installation.

I just paid £1600 all in.

Had a little discount.

JasH · 03-19-2017, 10:43 AM

Nice

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