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Not really looking at it from a weight perspective, actually. Thing is, there's no known way to change the interior trim color without wrapping everything. That is, no way that lasts. Unless of course you just replace it all with something else. First I was thinking cool CF steering wheel, then I thought, why not change it all? Assuming the material has no really undesirable properties. (For example, I'm reading that they spray CF with urethane at some point. Urethane is an extreme carcinogen, so that's an issue if the urethane isn't locked in.)Since a cruiser is so heavy, carbon fiber pieces in the interior will do little to lighten a cruiser. If you have the whole body recreated in carbon fiber, that would make a difference. But would be very expensive.
Oh OK. I've painted lots of my interior. Once in a blue moon I have to touch up a area, but most of it does fine. You can also wrap most surfaces in leather, cloth, or vinyl with different colors. The side vents in my dash are painted black to offset the brown dash. I'm going to paint the rear roof speaker grills black shortly as well as the sunroof controls. I've also considered adding some machined aluminum bits eventually.Not really looking at it from a weight perspective, actually. Thing is, there's no known way to change the interior trim color without wrapping everything. That is, no way that lasts. Unless of course you just replace it all with something else. First I was thinking cool steering wheel, then I thought, why not change it all? Assuming the material has no really undesirable properties. (For example, I'm reading that they spray CF with urethane at some point. Urethane is an extreme carcinogen, so that's an issue if the urethane isn't locked in.)
Maybe I should change the post title...
From what I'm told, you can expect any re-dye to fade with time, no matter how well tanked, stripped, dyed and recoated. (Hadn't occurred to me to actually paint the trim, but can't picture that fitting in with what I want to do.) Leather's gorgeous, but doesn't last. Marine vinyl/cloth better that way--but if you use the cargo area as an actual cargo area, that's gonna get ripped up. I'd prefer to re-dye the existing plastic trim and dash a deeper gray, but know it won't last, so... Carbon Fiber maybe? Can it take being kicked around, extreme temperature swings (without offgassing), high humidity, dirt etc. without scuffing/cracking/delaminating? I dunno...Oh OK. I've painted lots of my interior. Once in a blue moon I have to touch up a area, but most of it does fine. You can also wrap most surfaces in leather, cloth, or vinyl with different colors. The side vents in my dash are painted black to offset the brown dash. I'm going to paint the rear roof speaker grills black shortly as well as the sunroof controls. I've also considered adding some machined aluminum bits eventually.