In this article we investigated properties of elementary carbon fibers after their activation and subsequent deposition of thin layers of metal coatings on their surface. For deposition we used copper, titanium and stainless steel. We investigated influence of various technologies of preliminary processing of the fiber surface on the value of the adhesion strength of the metal coating to the carbon tape and on the mechanical properties of elementary fibers. We established that the strength of carbon plastics at interlayer shear increases by 10-30% when using carbon tapes and fabrics with a metal coating.