Carbon Fiber applique
 

My wife thinks the interior of our HHR is dull, so I went looking for a way to upgrade inexpensively. I found 3M Di-Noc to be the solution as the custom fit appliques were expensive and the reviews were not all that great. I wrapped the Waterfall, and both front door handle/ bezels plus the darker "stripe" in the door panel that was really scratched up. Total cost: about $60 including replacing the window switch bezels because I thought black ones would look better than the gray in the car.
To do this, watch as many videos on YouTube as you can stand (search for Di-Noc and you'll find plenty. You can get the vinyl and the primer from Amazon. All of the other tools are described in the videos. I also built a "holder" for the door bezels (just a board that you can fasten the bezels to using screws in the mounting holes in the bottom of the cup)
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The Waterfall will require another person the help you hold the part while you stretch the vinyl over it.

Passenger Door
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Driver's Door
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Waterfall
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Tips: Use the hair dryer/ heat gun liberally and often.
Make sure switches fit in their holes and operate before re-assembly ( a real problem with the hazard warning switch.
This is not that hard to do but take your time. If you mess up, you've only trashed a small piece of vinyl, the part should be undamaged, try again.

I found this better than spending $250 on the pre cut parts, especially since I wouldnt use all of the parts anyway.

Nice work , very cool!

Wow! That looks fantastic, great job! :twothumbs::twothumbs:

I am really liking what you did!

Nice work!

Looks great

I liked it, too.
modestly and with dignity

Very nice work. I'm not really a fan of carbon fiber, but I'd be happy showing that off! Takes a lot of time to do it right.

-hats off to you sir

Really Nice work

I've done my waterfall...but now you have me thinking about those other parts!

https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/fil...0/5/7/dash.jpg

The door bezels are a bit more difficult, but with practice (and a failure or two) it worked out. I ordered new ebony bezels (my interior is gray) for the front, but just did the standard rear ones. Still can't figure out why the gray drivers door bezel was $40 and the black one $14. Same part, different color. I also did the horizontal strips on the door since the get scratched up. Figured that if scratches happen to the CF vinyl, I;ll just replace it when it gets bad. That part is really simple.