Vinyl covering on FG parts / "A" pillar, most cost effective way or alternitives Options

[ruby914]

Some of you may have seen this "A" pillar with the tweeter boss mounted in my car before. The CF I have is cost prohibitive to reproduce.
I have held off modifying my "A" pillar mold, to include the boss, until I work out a solution for a nice OEM looking vinyl finish.
I saw a pair of Morph's speaker pods at G&R that looked like they were covered with vinyl? They looked great. Is this how Morph is selling them or someone else's nice work?
I picked up this very thin sticky back vinyl shelf paper at HD that actually looks great on flat surfaces. Just a little heat and it will couture but it is hard to control with out wrinkling.
I made a crude picture frame to vacuum the HD vinyl over the part. That helped but It looks likeI will have to make a dedicated vacuum table and frame with some heat souse to get the quality I am looking for. I have seen some 3M vinyl that seems very pricey. I am not sure if that is what the dash recover guys are using? A more proper vinyl may help.

After seeing a, complex shape, thermo formed ABS cover at work the other day I am also considering other options. An ABS with a surface finish on one side would make a nice part but with a cheaper nonOEM look.
I have also seen some kind of over lay patterns that can be put on wheels, dash, grills... This was last seen up at Pomona Auto show.
I was thinking some of you, Morph, may have connections or ideas to produce a hi quality low cost part . Your thoughts...

[ruby914]

Just a heads up, the real problem with autos is UV rays in sunlight. I doubt your shelf paper would have much UV resistance, and UV's especially hard on adhesives that aren't specifically designed for it. Before you go too crazy try putting some on something and leaving it up on the roof of your house for a year, see how it fares. Its a crude test, but we've done that with some modern "miracle" materials, and they didn't fare well.

Good point, I dont think I will be using it but I put some out side where it will get a full day of sun ever day.

I tried to heat some vinyl to form to my A pillar but with the cloth backing it is just too much of a stretch.
Thinking I just may not have the skill, I took it down the street to a pro.
He tried with what he called a vary expensive four way stretch. With out a cut and seam, It was still too much for him.
So, I called Just Dashes and asked if they had the material or a source that I could get it from.
" We use a proprietary material that needs to be heated"
proprietary I was hoping he would not say that.
So how much would they charge to cover one A pillar? 80~$90 each.
I am sure they would be flawless but that's about 75 or $80 too much.
I could make them out of CF for that price.
Makes me wonder if I could get the same material that the big auto makers are using for their OEM parts and what their processes are?