(Faux) carbon fibre Overnight Sensations set

[revans]

Hiya, managed to finally finish my Overnight Sensations project the other day.

I made a pair of the TMs and a pair of the MTMs, finishing both with a carbon fibre wrap. They sound awesome! Like really, really, really awesome. Big props to Paul, for his great designs, helpful writeups and willingness to reply to emails :D
Only running the MTMs at the moment, via a DTA-100a (I need more amps! :o)

Here's a couple money shots of the finished product, but you can see some more and most of the build in a Picasa album over here.

[deewan]

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They look awesome. I'll have to check out your thread to see how it was done. I like the look so much I many try them on my surround sound speaker build.

[mriversinco]

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WOW!!! That's a really cool finish.

[Chris Roemer]

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Hiya, managed to finally finish my Overnight Sensations project the other day.

I made a pair of the TMs and a pair of the MTMs, finishing both with a carbon fibre wrap. They sound awesome! Like really, really, really awesome. Big props to Paul, for his great designs, helpful writeups and willingness to reply to emails :D
Only running the MTMs at the moment, via a DTA-100a (I need more amps! :o)

Here's a couple money shots of the finished product, but you can see most of the build in an album over here.

Cool execution. Very cool image.

[Paul Carmody]

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Hell yea! Those have a look that just draws you in.

So, what's "faux" about the carbon fibre finish? Or did you use the real sheets of carbon fibre? I know someone on here tried to do a carbon fibre finish on the Overnight Sensations before and had technical difficulties that wouldn't allow him to finish (to my knowledge, anyway)

[greywarden]

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It's a vinyl that looks alot like CF... good job looks pretty sweet.

[johnnyrichards]

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I love alternative finishes. Especially this one. Well done, sir.

[revans]

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Thanks for the complements

So, what's "faux" about the carbon fibre finish? Or did you use the real sheets of carbon fibre? I know someone on here tried to do a carbon fibre finish on the Overnight Sensations before and had technical difficulties that wouldn't allow him to finish (to my knowledge, anyway)

Like greywarden said, it's essentially a glorified sticker that looks like carbon fibre (really, really glorified though :D) More specifically, it's 3M Scotchprint 1080 Wrap in the black carbon fibre colour. If you look in the linked album, you'll see the big sheet I bought of it.

It's a really good, quality product. I think it's typically used on cars (bonnets, trim etc.). It actually has a bit of texture and the look can be quite changeable in different light. I guess it must be good if you thought it might be real carbon fibre ;)

[videsh]

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That`s a sweet finish bro. What did the roll of that CF wrap cost you?

[Dave_W]

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I read the title of the thread and was anticipating something far less attractive. THose look great, good job!

[Face]

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I read the title of the thread and was anticipating something far less attractive. THose look great, good job!

+1!

Great job!

[revans]

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That`s a sweet finish bro. What did the roll of that CF wrap cost you?

The 3M wrap was $85NZD ($70USD) per metre and I got 1 metre (roll was 1.5m wide). Which was cheaper than a nice glossy paint job or decent veneer would've have been for me.

Also, I was actually originally going to get 2 meters, as I couldn't figure out how to fit all the pieces onto 1x1.5m - until I found this awesome cutsheet optimiser. For free software it's really, really good, some of you guys might find it pretty handy.

[mzisserson]

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Sexy. I really like the look of the CF with the cone color.

[kmibb]

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The 3M website shows it available in several other colors/finishes like metals, colors, and even different colors of carbon fiber. I think the black and white carbon fiber mixed could make a pretty sweet finish.

[Paul Carmody]

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http://www.vinyldecals.com/wrap-vinyl-material/black-carbon-fiber-3m-1080-wrap-film-vinyl.html

Seems to get expensive quickly. But still, saves a whole bunch of time compared to a high-quality veneer or paint job.