could we see a close up ? of the wire so we can see the CV curves ?
Also with out the hat. would be nice.

What Kurt was talking about could help fix the problem your having. Also you can do hair only witht he rubs patches as a replacemnt for the PFX hair.

The only other option is it looks like for you would be polygon tubes.. and there a big mess, Don't think thats the direction you want to go..