I gotta say this is the most realistic looking technique that I've seen...looks great!

this is actually the only video out if all that I watched that the carbon fiber looks authentic. All the other who use shelf and drawer liner are crap. Good job and thanks for the idea.

I'm not easy to impress and you just did it. Great work.

Super Clean looking ...Awwesome job

I'm definitely gonna try this now whenever I start my drift build project. That CF look is BAWSS.

i have just started with rc cars , and about to paint my (lexan) body wanting to put a , carbonfiber look , this helped me out ALOT , Thanks a Mil dude . ! ! ! H O L L A N D ! ! !

awesome build. The car looks like a real car on camera almost.

Just finished my HPI R35 using this technique. Thanks for this vid. It came aout awesome.

i was on a video spree and just randomly watched a bunch of tutorials and im gonna do this when i can afford a rc drifter.

This is the best technique for carbon fiber look in the entire world wide web. Much better look than using drawer lining.

best rc carbon fiber look ive seen thumbs way up buddy

thats the coolest look for rcs im doing this to all my new bodies thanks for the great vid

what a beautiful supra my friend , thumbs up for you ;)

Great work and good idea... I'm going to do that with my next scx-10 body

Good job sir. Never would have thought of that.

This is pure genius! Might be copying this on my Supra

Thumbs up on the tip! Nice clean cf look!

I did this on my supra and it looks dope! Looks so real this idea is smart thanks:) now I don't have to buy or order sheets of carbon fiber I could just buy a roll of double sided tape and use this brilliant idea :D

totally impressed! props!

that was awesome. your car looks sweet.,

Nice job man. Can't wait to try this on my next shell. Thanks loads for sharing! :D

I'm very impressed thanks for the tutorial.

Looks great!

That is hella sweet. I'm going to try this on my next shell.

Awesome!!!!!! Thanks for sharing this is really cool :)

BRILLIANT video!!! VERY nice of you to share dude!! Appreciated!! :)

Excellent look, few suggestions for anyone else... 1. I tinted the inside of the body, not outside, can do either. 2. I sprayed the tape on one side (black) BEFORE I applied it to the body, lays in like vinyl and you will avoid bleeding paint into the edges. 3. I sealed the carbon with more smoke (can do clear). Looks awesome, tape can be repositioned a little without destroying the smoke and you can even use smaller pieces to contour around hood scoops, etc.

that is freaking awesome! must try!

Glad to help out when I can. Thanks for the view!

Wow that was some pretty good job

saw your shell and looks good. Glad I can help

Awesome effect!

So awesome great video

Awesome work

nicely done. looks nice.

absolutely. you can spray the inside with tint and then apply the tape. I choose to do it the other way because if you spray too dark you're S.O.L.. It's happened to me where it was too dark and when I tried to remove the tape, the paint came off with it. Either way is good. I used the Pactra window tint. Thanks for commenting

amazing job!!!!

Love the Supra!!!!

I cant get my window tint to look glossy by spraying it on the outside. but if id spray it on the inside to keep the gloss of the body (then use the black on the inside as well) it seems like there would be not point in haveing the tint on the inside as well. correct?

Clever and still good looking ;)

looks great!

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Class thanks for the idea

If you're spraying the tint on the Inside, you can simply just use small pieces/squares of the carpet-tape itself on the Outside temporarily on different areas/body-panels, for tint-darkness reference and to help you see how much tint you're spraying on in the Inside, before you add the carpet-tape Inside after drying. (Outside carpet pieces is only temporary and will be removed later on along with the Outside protective film). Temporary carpet-tape on the Outside will be the closest tint-darkness reference... since it's the exact same material to be used later on in the Inside of body. Steps: - mask off windows and other areas/panels not to be carbon fiber'ed. - place small pieces/squares of carpet-tape on the Outside for reference, in different areas wanting to be CF'd (hood, fenders, doors, roof, quarters, etc.) - lightly spray tint on the Inside until you get the desired darkness (the temporary Outside carpet-tape pieces gives you visual reference) - place carpet-tape on the Inside, over the dried tint - spray solid black or gold over the carpet-tape on the Inside (or other desired color) - mask accordingly and spray any other non-CF body panels if you need to (this can also be done before the CF process as well, with desired regular-colored body panels) - remove the Outside protective overspray film (the Outside small pieces of carpet-tape are stuck to it..making it easy to remove along with the Outside film) - All done! :)

Very good video!

thanks mate helped a lot

What website did u buy that supra body off of that's my personal favorite and thank u Sooo much for showing me how to do that its great and looks fantastic

Very cool bro

Pretty sick

Awesome!

nice build

what is some low budget spray paint. name that I can use for rc shell painting. any info Greatly appreciated thanx

I'm gonna have to try this on my next SCT body

Davergt - What make are your carpet tape - I've been to numorous stores to no avail. They only have a sticky square design - Are the material you lay on some sort of glasswowen material or? Best regards.. EDIT: nevermind - found the Duck tape website by thinking about the logo on the roll :)

Thank you !

you could spray the window tint under the body then place the carpet tape after it dries

Thanks for uploading this ! I am so gona try this on my yokomo S13 !! Cant find that particular brand carpet tape in Australia,trying to find something with similar pattern.. =(

i looked all over for that stupid tape! walmart, target, osh, lowes, home depot... i dont feel like waiting for a shipment so i tried duck tape drywall tape. the pattern is bigger but its worth a try. if it dont work then later i will buy another body and order this tape. really like your style for cf look. better than most i have seen. good job

I had a good outcome with drywall tape i got at lowes. Same everything else as in the vid. Looks kick ass!

Please I need your help . What is the adhesive tape for carpet that you use?

which Summerian demon did you invoke to be able to just tear off the wheels opening and bottom of the body ? was it costly ? because I'm really low on goats and totally out of virgin to sacrifice...

Good job.

I would order it and wait a couple days for it. I would recommend applying two layers of the tape you got. apply so that the bottom layer crosses the bigger squares, this will give you a smaller pattern and add some depth to it too. good luck!

Best video

Hi does this work with gun metal (tamiya ps-23)

Sick!

have to remove the carpet tape after it dry?

really awesome, im thinking about repainting my body,and doing this.. quick question though. why the window tint? i know it makes it a bit darker,but does it not look good without it?.

LOL! I wish I could make it look that good. I'm sure it'll turn out great! Thanks for watching

Thank you

Thanks!

wait, did you leave the mesh tape on there?

Ok. When u sprayed the doors Black. I seen overspray onto the Blue paint and it was not taped off or I missed something. Anyway. Awesome. I do this method with drywall screens too on flat surfaces, but never thought of back of Carpet. I'm ripping all my Rugs up tonight !!!!!!

Exactly!

Cheers mate its awsome I'm defo going to give it a go and mayb try it with other colours. I wonder what fluro would turn out like instead of smoke. I'm going to practice with cheap spray paint 1st tho tamiya stuff is pretty pricey here 8 qwid 1ooml

Little trick that I used when doing graff and street racing. Warm bottles (spray cans , Nitrous) increase the pressure in the can and you get a better flow hence, a cleaner spray.

nice car, rc rules.

this is the best video ive seen for doing carbon fiber.... how many coats did you use after you did the window tint?

nice job and nice video to

Very effective.

Bro wat is the exact carpet tape do u use? I saw the duck brand but they have 5 different kinds of carpet tape. Pls let me know. Thanks

Hello. Maybe stupid question. But what brand of body did he used? Because he didn't need to cut and trim the body but just push plastic of :). And what a really nice job :)

nice job

Nice car just because of how u made it look i would go out and buy a drift car and try and make one exactly like that lol

Most lexan bodies come with an overspray film to protect the outside of the shell. That big orange sticker on the windscreen in the video is a good indicator that the shell has one.

Thanks! drivers are from HPI trophy truck. I use velcro to hold the drivers on, this way I can use them on most my other bodies.

You are correct, I mentioned this option in description box.

what is the exact brand and sizing of the carpet tape that you used? Please let me know.

What did you use to paint the front and back light buckets?

Hey, if you screw up, the carpet tape makes it stronger!

Nice paint job.... Do you remove the double sided carpet tape when the process is done??.

wait.so if i say had a body painted a color thatneeded to be backed with black could i do it all at once? like back the color and make the design?

whats the difference between spray painting smoke or window tint inside the body, then applying the tape, then the black over the tape versus spraying the tint outside and the tape inside, followed by the black over the tape? I'd imagine the tint that was sprayed outside would eventually come off from the bangs the body will endure. By the way, you ever attempt to get the carbon kevlar look?

Correct. it's what gives it the fiber look

when you were removing the unwanted plastic, did you trim cut it, or just pulled it off with your hands?

Big tune

Where did you get the Trueno body?

how are you just tearing the body like that? did you score the lines? how did that work? are the lines clean?

do you leave the tape on after you spray the black/gold?